Synairgen plc announced the appointment of Dr Felicity (Flic) Gabbay to the Board as Non-Executive Director. Theodora Harold is stepping down from the Board with immediate effect. Flic has extensive experience within the life sciences sector including holding several senior and CEO positions in big pharma, biotech and CROs in both Europe and North America.

As Founder and Managing Partner at TranScrip LLP, founded in 2008, she has overseen drug development work with companies at all stages of the drug development cycle, as well as securing private equity investment and the acquisition of Real Regulatory. Starting Felicity career as a medical doctor, Flic held various medical posts across Europe before moving into the biotechnology sector. She is the current President of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine for the three Royal Colleges of Physicians.

In 2020, Flic was awarded the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Science and is passionate about bringing pharmaceutical medicine into mainstream medical science and its application to public health. Felicity completed a BSc in Pharmacology and a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree at the University of Manchester.