Tom McCarthy
Tom is a Co-Founder and Chairperson of Grey Wolf Therapeutics and brings over 25 years of experience in drug discovery, development and commercialization to the team. Grey Wolf Therapeutics was created and incubated within M:M Bio Limited (Molecule 2 Medicine), a U.K.-based biotechnology hub that leverages its unique ecosystem to build enduring, commercially orientated drug discovery and development companies. Tom is Co-Founder and Chairperson of M:M Bio and also Co-Founder and Executive Chairperson of two additional biotechnology companies that are part of the overall M:M Bio hub; ThirtyFiveBio and Pathios Therapeutics. His additional roles include Chair of Orbit Discovery and Venture Partner at Brandon Capital. Prior to his leadership positions within the M:M Bio hub, he was President and CEO of Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, a private VC backed US/Australian biotech company developing first in class treatments for chronic pain, devoid of central nervous system side-effects. Spinifex Pharmaceuticals was purchased by Novartis in 2015 for approximately US$700 million. Previous positions include Vice President of Drug Development at Starpharma Holdings Limited (Australia). He holds BSc (Hons) and PhD degrees from Monash University, Australia and completed his postdoctoral training at The University of Oxford.