Timothy M. Wright is the Executive Vice-President for Research and Development at Regulus, a Californian Biotech company and until recently, was the Executive Vice President of Translational Sciences at the California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr). With degrees in Biology from the University of Delaware and Medicine from John Hopkins University (Rheumatology, Immunology and Molecular Biology), Timothy entered the pharmaceutical industry after a brilliant academic career at John Hopkins and the University of Pittsburgh. Over more than 14 years, initially with Pfizer and then Novartis, Timothy directed early-stage and clinical research programmes. He was Global Head of Development at Novartis in Basel, Switzerland. Timothy has been the Scientific Adviser to several organisations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.