Scientific Advisory Board Member
Philip S. Schein, MD, FRCP is a Visiting Professor in Cancer Pharmacology, University of Oxford and as President of The Schein Group, which provides consultative services to the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Schein served as a Senior Investigator and Head of the Clinical Pharmacology Section of the Medicine Branch, National Cancer Institute. His next appointment was at the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, as Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Chief of Medical Oncology and Scientific Director of the Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center. Subsequently he served as Vice President of Worldwide Clinical Research and Development, and Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, SmithKline & French Laboratories, where he had responsibility for all SK&F clinical research and development activities. In 1987 Dr. Schein founded U.S. Bioscience, a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company focused on cancer and AIDS, and while serving as Chairman and CEO he took three products, Ethyol, Hexalen and Neutrexin, through development and regulatory approval in the US, Europe, Canada and other countries. Dr. Schein has held major positions in the field of Medical Oncology. He has served as President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and he has chaired the Food and Drug Administration’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors on the American Board of Internal Medicine, where he chaired the Medical Oncology Committee. He was appointed by President Clinton to the National Cancer Advisory Board.