Ondine Biomedical has appointed Dr. Simon Sinclair as Chief Medical Officer, as the Company prepares to start the US Phase 3 trial of its nasal photodisinfection technology. Dr Sinclair has over 20 years of pharma and medtech experience across translational medicine, clinical development, medical affairs, market access, and medical safety and vigilance. Dr Sinclair has served as a non-executive director on Ondine's Board of Directors since 2021.

Dr. Sinclair joins Ondine having held senior positions at major Pharma and MedTech companies, including Johnson and Johnson Medical Devices, where he was International Clinical Director and then led Medical Affairs across the EMEA region. Prior to this, Dr Sinclair led translational medicine efforts and early clinical development at Merck and Co (MSD) in the USA, where he served as Senior Director Clinical Research and subsequently Head of Global Trial Optimization. In his previous role as Chief Safety Officer at Reckitt, Dr. Sinclair was responsible for the safety of the multibillion dollar Reckitt portfolio, with the goal of building and maintaining consumers' trust in Reckitt products.

Beyond his medical degree focusing in Opthalmology as well as his pharmaceutical and Medical Device development experience, Dr. Sinclair is an established scientist with a PhD in neural transplantation from Cambridge University and a BSc in neuroscience from King's College London. He has published numerous medical and scientific abstracts and papers throughout his career.