Diurnal
Diurnal Group is a specialty pharma company developing new formulations of hormone-based products for the treatment of endocrine disorders. Its product Alkindi is marketed for paediatric (AI) in the US and EU. Efmody is approved for the treatment of CAH in the EU and UK.
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Martin Whitaker, Chief Executive Officer, Diurnal
Martin Whitaker has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry and has led the Diurnal team since 2008. Previously, Martin worked with Fusion IP plc (now IP Group plc) with responsibility for commercialising research from the University of Sheffield. Prior to this, Martin was Operations Director of Critical Pharmaceuticals, a venture capital-backed drug delivery company developing long-acting growth hormone products. Martin is also a Director of D3 Pharma Ltd, which successfully commercialised Plenachol®, a high dose Vitamin D product. Martin has a PhD in Pharmaceutical Science from the University of Nottingham and a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from Bristol University. He is Honorary Professor of Medical Innovation at the University of Sheffield.
