Background
Dent, John George was born on January 16, 1947 in Urmston, Lancashire.
pharmaceutical company executive
Dent, John George was born on January 16, 1947 in Urmston, Lancashire.
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, University College Wales, Aberystwyth, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University Surrey, 1974.
Research fellow department pharmacology, U. Mainz (West Germany), 1974-1976;
research associate department pharmacology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1976-1977;
biochemist, Chemical Industry Institute Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1977-1981;
director drug metabolism, Smith Kline & French laboratories, Philadelphia, 1981-1983;
group director drug metabolism, Smith Kline & French laboratories, Philadelphia, 1983-1985;
group director drug metabolism and delivery, Smith Kline & French laboratories, Philadelphia, 1985-1987;
vice president preclinical research and development, Smith Kline & French laboratories, Philadelphia, 1987-1988;
vice president preclinical research and development worldwide, Smith Kline & French laboratories, Philadelphia, 1988-1989;
vice-president, director precin. development worldwide, Smith Kline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, 1989-1991;
director, senior vice president project management, Smith Kline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, since 1991. Royal Society European traveling fellow, 1974, Welcome Trust traveling fellow, 1975. Adjunct associate professor toxicology curriculum U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1980-1982.
Adjunct Professor toxicology Pickersgill Consultancy and Planning&S, 1982-1988.
Member Society Toxicology (vice president Mid-Atlantic chapter 1990), Royal Society Chemists, American College Clinical Pharmacology, International Society Study of Xenobiology (regulatory affairs committee 1989), American Association Cancer Research, American Chemical Society, American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Married; 2 children.