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Norman Carey

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Norman Carey
Born8 February 1934
Died5 November 2017(2017-11-05) (aged 83)
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsGeorge Washington University
St Thomas' Hospital
G.D. Searle
Celltech
Doctoral studentsMichael Houghton

Norman Henry Carey (8 February 1934 – 5 November 2017) was a British scientist who helped to establish Celltech in 1980, where he was the founding director of research and development until 1992.[1][2]

Born in Newport, Wales, he attended St Julian's secondary school in Newport, before winning a scholarship at the age of 17 to read natural sciences at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[1] He graduated from Cambridge with a BA in 1954 and with a PhD in biochemistry in 1958.[3]

He worked at George Washington University, St Thomas' Hospital, and G.D. Searle, prior to joining Celltech in 1980.[1] While at Searle in the 1970s he was a doctoral supervisor to Michael Houghton, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2020.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Dr Norman Carey". The Times. Retrieved 18 May 2024.(subscription required)
  2. ^ Tim Harris. "A British Biotech Biopedia: Early Days in the U.K." Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 July 1998
  4. ^ "Michael Houghton Biographical". Nobel Prize. Retrieved 18 May 2024.