James is co-founder and Senior Partner of Newmarket Strategy, a consultancy dedicated to
improving access to health innovation by providing strategic advice and technical support to
the healthcare, life sciences and health tech sectors. He is also a non-executive director at
HDR-UK and the Albion Development VCT plc. In early 2023 James was commissioned by the
Government to carry out an independent review of commercial clinical trials in the UK, which
was published in May.
James has operated at the highest levels of government, including as a Minister at the
Department for Health & Social Care, as Director of the No.10 Policy Unit, and as an advisor to
DHSC Ministers during the COVID-19 crisis. As Minister his responsibilities included
implementing the Life Science Industrial Strategy, delivering a new pricing scheme with the
pharmaceutical industry, chairing the National Genomics Board, and driving the digital
transformation of the NHS. He was also responsible for preparing the health and social care
sectors for Brexit and helping to design the post-Brexit regulatory regime.
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