About Richard Knight

Dr Richard Knight PhD, ERT. A co-founder of ApconiX, Richard is an expert toxicologist with more than 20 years of drug development experience gained in AstraZeneca, where he was part of the Drug Safety and Oncology Leadership Teams. Richard has worked on projects in multiple therapy areas involving small molecules, biologics, proteins and oligonucleotides. He has an in-depth understanding of drug discovery and drug development and has been directly involved in bringing over 35 new candidate drugs to clinical trials and 6 to marketing approval. He uses his extensive experience to bring an innovative, science-led and pragmatic approach to the design and delivery of nonclinical safety programmes.

ApconiX Welcomes William O’Brien

ApconiX Welcomes William O'Brien ApconiX is delighted to welcome William O'Brien as their new Finance Director.  William has a strong background in high-tech development management and corporate finance. William is the founder of WOCO, a specialist R&D tax and financial advisory business based at Alderley Park, Cheshire.  A seasoned leader, he [...]

By |2021-08-13T13:47:15+01:00June 26th, 2019|Careers|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes William O’Brien

ApconiX Welcomes Ian Slater to the Team

ApconiX Welcomes Ian Slater to the Team ApconiX is delighted to welcome Ian Slater to the team.  Ian has spent many years in the pharmaceutical industry as a toxicology Study Director and Study Monitor and he joins our nonclinical study monitoring team.  Ian was previously an Associate Principal Toxicologist [...]

By |2022-02-22T13:02:39+00:00April 30th, 2019|Press|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes Ian Slater to the Team

ApconiX Celebrates Opening Swedish Office

ApconiX Celebrates Opening Swedish Office Dr Michael Morton, Professor Ruth Roberts and Dr Richard Knight flew to Sweden to celebrate the opening of ApconiX AB in Gothenburg by sharing coffee and cake (fika) with our fellow tenants in the BioVentureHub. Experienced toxicologists Drs Steffen Ernst and Björn Dahl, who [...]

By |2022-03-15T11:21:48+00:00March 13th, 2019|Events|Comments Off on ApconiX Celebrates Opening Swedish Office

SOT 58th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo – 2613: Talk by Dr Paul Duffy of ApconiX

SOT 58th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo - 2613: Talk by Dr Paul Duffy of ApconiX At the Society of Toxicology 58th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo from March 10th to 14th at the Baltimore Convention Center, Dr Paul Duffy of ApconiX will be giving a talk as part of the Safety Assessment: [...]

By |2022-12-13T17:42:27+00:00March 4th, 2019|Toxicology, Events|Comments Off on SOT 58th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo – 2613: Talk by Dr Paul Duffy of ApconiX

ApconiX Exhibiting at SOT Booth Number 2610

ApconiX Exhibiting at SOT Booth Number 2610 ApconiX will be exhibiting on booth number 2610 at the Society of Toxicology 58th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo in Baltimore between 10th and 14th of March. Ruth Roberts, Richard Knight, Michael Morton, Jane Barber, Paul Duffy, Steffen Ernst and Marie Cumberbatch will [...]

By |2022-08-17T12:01:52+01:00February 20th, 2019|Toxicology, Events|Comments Off on ApconiX Exhibiting at SOT Booth Number 2610

ApconiX Opens a New Office in Sweden

ApconiX Opens a New Office in Sweden ApconiX is excited to announce the opening of our new office in Sweden.  The subsidiary ApconiX AB will be located at AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub in Gothenburg. ApconiX was formed by Dr Richard Knight, Dr Michael Morton and Professor Ruth Roberts in 2015 and [...]

By |2022-12-13T17:50:27+00:00February 7th, 2019|Ion Channels, Target Safety Assessments, Toxicology, Events|Comments Off on ApconiX Opens a New Office in Sweden

ApconiX Welcomes Steve Snyder

ApconiX Welcomes Steve Snyder ApconiX is delighted to welcome Steve Snyder to the team.  Steve joins the nonclinical study monitoring team and is based in Florida in the United States. Having worked at Wyeth, Eli Lilly, McNeil Pharmaceutical and Charles River, Steve has a wealth of experience in preclinical [...]

By |2022-12-13T17:56:29+00:00February 6th, 2019|Press|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes Steve Snyder

ApconiX Welcomes Dr Bjorn Dahl

ApconiX Welcomes Dr Bjorn Dahl ApconiX is delighted to welcome Dr Björn Dahl to the team, who joins our new Swedish office at AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub in Gothenburg. Björn is a highly respected and experienced toxicologist, having been the co-chair of the European Federation Pharmaceutical Industry Association (EFPIA) Preclinical Development [...]

By |2022-12-13T17:58:20+00:00February 6th, 2019|Toxicology, Careers|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes Dr Bjorn Dahl

Wishing Everyone Happy Holidays

Wishing Everyone Happy Holidays The ApconiX team enjoyed a festive lunch at the Coach and Four in Wilmslow this Christmas. We'd all like to take this opportunity to wish everyone Happy Holidays, a Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. Here's to making lots of better [...]

By |2022-12-13T18:19:42+00:00December 16th, 2018|Events|Comments Off on Wishing Everyone Happy Holidays
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