SIMON ASHWORTH, Head of Pharmacovigilance and Medical Safety, ONO PHARMACEUTICAL

He undertook his medical training in a number of London teaching hospitals, and received his medical degree from the University of London. He clinically specialised in Haematology and Oncology. After 9 years of clinical practice, he moved into the pharmaceutical industry, where he has worked for a number of companies including Eisai, Roche/Genentech/Chugai and GSK prior to joining Takeda in 2013.In 2019 he joined Autolus, a CAR-T therapy company, as the Head of Pharmacovigilance, prior to joining ONO in 2021.

He has 20 years experience in clinical safety and pharmacovigilance, including experience in early development, product registrations and both early and late post marketing safety surveillance.