Dr Spencer has been with Nicox since 2005 and has been key in building and managing the partnerships, including closing the 2006 Pfizer deal and the 2010 Bausch+Lomb deal. He has also been responsible for identifying ophthalmology opportunities including the 2012 deal with RPS and his team has led the design and communication of the new Nicox corporate identity. Gavin Spencer has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has over 18 years of experience in the industry, including product development, search, evaluation and licensing of new technologies, alliance management, communications and M&A evaluation. Before joining NicOx he fullfilled roles in the search, evaluation and development of new technologies at Novartis Consumer Health in Nyon, Switzerland, where he was responsible for the search, evaluation and development of new technologies and began his career in the develoment and evaluation of new products at Boots Healthcare International in the UK.

 Ophthalmology career and technology