Transforming Drug Discovery by Accelerating the Development of More Effective Therapies

Technology Networks

by Laura Elizabeth Mason

August 16, 2018

John Baldoni currently heads up a drug discovery unit at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Since joining GSK in 1989, John has held numerous positions within the company and has led many significant cross-functional strategic initiatives. He has an impressive 37 years’ experience working within the biopharmaceutical industry.

The recently established Accelerating Therapeutics for Opportunities in Medicine (ATOM) consortium, was conceived by John, with a mission “to accelerate the development of more effective therapies for patients”. ATOM stemmed from the Cancer Moonshot – an initiative that aims to improve the availability of cancer therapies, enhance detection of cancer early on, and improve our ability to prevent cancer...