Hosted by Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Professor Steve Hill, we welcomed guest speaker, Marie-Claire Peakman (Pharmacy, 1990; PhD Physiology and Pharmacology, 1994). She reflects on her deep roots in Nottingham, shares insights into careers in drug discovery and life science venture capital, and distils the skills which ensure drug development bears fruit.
Webinar running time: 51 minutes
Followed by Q&A, including:
- Advice on early and mid-career routes into the pharmacy industry
- Balancing your career with family life
- How mentoring has supported her
- Marie-Claire's proudest career moment
- Pfizer's remit producing drugs for third-world countries
- Key focus disease priorities in 2026
- Industry innovations over the next decade
- The current challenges in the world of pharmaceuticals
About our speaker:
Marie-Claire is a Partner on the Pfizer Ventures Team and an Executive Director in Worldwide Business Development at Pfizer Inc. She is responsible for investing in early-stage biotech companies and supporting them in advancing emerging science to deliver new medicines to patients. She has 28 years of experience at Pfizer holding various leadership positions supporting small molecule discovery.
As well as her degrees at Nottingham, Marie-Claire conducted postdoctoral work at Yale University. In her spare time she is a competitive ballroom and Latin American dancer, which all began at the Nottingham University Ballroom Dance Society where she met a fellow Pharmacy graduate who is now her husband! She lives in Rhode Island, USA and has two daughters.