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as posted by the channelPandemic deputy chief medical officer moves to Moderna
Sir Jonathan Van-Tam
UK former deputy chief medical officer
Senior Strategy Adviser in Medicine (Nottingham University)
Now (as of 2nd May) a senior medical consultant to the Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna.
Was a member of the government vaccine taskforce during pandemic,
Made decisions on 'all vaccine supply contracts and major investments in manufacturing and clinical opportunities'.
UK government
Britain bought 77,000,000 moderna vaccines
Struck a 10-year £billion partnership with Modern to build a new factory
Government has committed to buying Moderna’s vaccines for the next decade.
JVT ‘advisory fee’, not disclosed
Prohibited from using privileged information from his time in government to further his business interests
Rose Whiffen, Transparency International UK
'Currently, there are only threadbare safeguards against abuse of the revolving door between the public and private sector.'
Created a 'risk of privileged information being misused for commercial benefit'.
Government Chief Scientific Adviser, April 2018 to April 2023
President, R&D at GlaxoSmithKline, 2012 to 2017
Had been Senior Vice President, Medicines Discovery and Development
(joined the company in May 2006 as Head of Drug Discovery)
He was a member of the GSK Board and the Corporate Executive Team.
Total of pay and bonuses in 2017, £ 4,400,000
Sold most of his GSK bonus shares before joining the government
(except £600,000)
Chief science adviser pay was £185,000.
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