Dr Mark Hudson-Peacock
Chair & Speaker: Dr Mark J Hudson-Peacock, BSc(Hons), MBBCh, FRCP, MIoD - Chair/Medical Director, Mantara
Talk title: Introduction to Pharmacogenomics & Benefits
Biography: Dr Mark Hudson-Peacock is a Consultant Dermatologist and CMO for The Dermatology Partnership. He is an entrepreneur and is the co-founder/Chairman and Medical Director of the eXroid group of companies and the founder/Chairman and Medical Director of Mantara Health Ltd, responsible for launching the first commercially available Pharmacogenomics (PGx) test in the UK which has full MHRA registration and both CE and UKCA marks.
Therapeutics has always been a passion for him and with this knowledge he wanted to drive better and safer prescribing for patients in the UK by introducing an evidence based, affordable PGx product, having been an advisor for a US PGx company for a few years and realising the great potential this would have. Sustainability is also a passion and PGx feeds very nicely into this agenda, by significantly reducing drug waste. Understanding that 90% of medications prescribed, only work in 30-50% of patients, is the starting point.
PGx provides the opportunity to change this narrative significantly, by driving personalised medicine using a simple saliva test to generate individual medication reports for individuals to use with all their HCPs, thus allowing the right medication to be prescribed at the right dose first time, rather than the current trial and error prescribing that is carried out.
Professor Daniela Steinberger
Speaker: Professor Daniela Steinberger, MD, MBA - Scientific Cooperation Partner, Mantara
Talk title: Technical Considerations and Future Trends of PGx
Biography: Daniela Steinberger is a board certified physician for human genetics. She has more than 30 years of experience in genetic diagnostics and research. As a professor for human genetics she is a member of the medical faculty of the University Hospital Gießen-Marburg.
She is founder and medical director of the diagnostic institute “diagnosticum Center for Human Genetics” in Frankfurt Main. In addition she is chief executive of the “bio.logis digital health GmbH”. The company focuses on the development of IT solutions for the management and communication of human genetic information. The work on innovative concepts and solutions in this field has been awarded with several prizes and was e.g. recently implemented in 7 countries within a large international project funded by the European Union.
Dr Nathan Hudson-Peacock
Speaker: Dr Nathan Hudson-Peacock, MB BChir MA (Cantab) MRCS PgC Prof.DipTH FEWM FRSA FRGS - Non-Executive Director, Mantara
Talk title: Clinical Examples & Considerations
Biography: Dr. Nathan Hudson-Peacock is a Cambridge-educated Emergency Medicine doctor at one of London’s top hospitals. He is also a distinguished expedition doctor, having supported scientists to some of the most remote places on the planet, and has garnered recognition for his pioneering contributions to sustainable healthcare. Founder of the award-winning nonprofit Eco Medics, Dr. Nathan is also a Fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of Arts, and is an accomplished speaker having given a TEDx talk in 2022 on the climate health crisis.
His work combines his medical expertise with a passionate commitment to addressing the climate crisis through healthcare innovation. As a Non-Executive Director for Mantara, he brings his real world experience from some of the country’s top A&E departments and his entrepreneurial mindset to this role.
