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Evans On 29 March, Richard Michael
Evans, MRPharmS, aged 46, of 206 Queensferry Road, Cary, North Carolina,
US. Dr Evans registered in 1986
(see Tribute).
Makin On 3 February, James Sager Makin, aged 88, of 76 Redhouse Road, Tettenhall,
Wolverhampton. Mr Makin registered in 1939 and retired from the Register in 1986.
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Tribute
Evans In a tribute to the late Richard Michael Evans,
GLYN TAYLOR, senior lecturer, Welsh School of Pharmacy, and STEPHEN FARR,
chief scientific officer, Aradigm Corporation, write:
It was with great
sadness that we heard of the sudden death of Richard Evans while on a
business trip in Spain. Richard studied at the Welsh School of Pharmacy,
graduating with a BPharm in 1985. After registering in 1986, he returned
to the school to study for a PhD in inhalation pharmaceutics under the
supervision of one of us (Stephen Farr).
After graduating with a PhD in 2000, Richard moved to work in the US,
initially
for Delphi/Armstrong Pharmaceuticals, then Rhône-Poulenc Rorer and latterly
as vice-president, pharmaceutical development, for Inspire Pharmaceuticals. He
joined Inspire soon after the company’s inception and was an integral member
of the management team that grew Inspire into a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical
company focused on therapeutics for ocular and respiratory diseases.
During his career, Richard showed great commitment and dedication to research
in pharmaceutical science and published a number of important scientific articles
and patents in this area.
His most recent accomplishment was in helping steer a promising new inhaled drug
for the treatment of cystic fibrosis through to late stage clinical development.
It is tragic that he was taken from us at the height of his career. Richard was
always the “gentle giant” who inspired vision and encouraged the
heart of everyone who worked around him. He was a great ambassador for the school
and a passionate advocate for all things Welsh. He was a longstanding technophile
and we always marvelled at what new device he would pull from his bag during
his frequent visits.
He was a keen biker and many of his friends will have fond memories of him astride
a motorcycle, his long beard windswept in the breeze.
He will be sadly missed by professional colleagues and friends across the world.
Our thoughts are with his wife Carole and parents Don and Alma.
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