Following on from his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Oxford PharmaGenesis Commercial Director Dr Richard White will be taking part in the Oxford to Cambridge bike ride on Saturday 27 September to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.
“Unfortunately, cardiovascular disease runs in my family,” said Richard, who took up road cycling last year in order to keep fit. “It is a terrible thing, as much when it brings life to a sudden end (as happened to my Aunty Betty and my Uncle Doug) as when it leads to incapacitation of previously active and healthy people (my grandmother). Pharmaceutical companies and public health initiatives have made amazing progress in reducing the incidence of heart attack and stroke. Continue reading