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Letter
Letter: It’s time investors tackled single-use plastic at source
...Marcus Gover Director, Minderoo Plastics InitiativeDidcot, Oxfordshire, UK...
May 17, 2023
Waste management & recycling
Big investors call on companies to slash use of plastics
...is required for this plastic waste approach / From Conor Carlin, President-Elect, Society of Plastics Engineers, Plymouth, MA, US It’s time investors tackled single-use plastic at source / From Marcus Gover...
May 4, 2023
FT Live
US Pharma and Biotech Summit
Strategies for innovation, pricing and access
Thursday, 16 MayNew York, NY, USA
House of Commons UK
Who will replace John Bercow as Speaker?
...“He’s definitely been a very important Speaker and has changed the way the Commons works,” says Daniel Gover, lecturer in UK politics at Queen Mary, University of London....
September 10, 2019
UK companies
Cannabis-based epilepsy drug to be first to win US approval
...Mr Gover added: “We’re the world-leaders in cannabinoid science, and I think we expect to stay there for quite some time.”...
June 24, 2018
Pharmaceuticals sector
FDA approves first cannabis-derived medicine for sale in the US
...Justin Gover, chief executive, described the go-ahead for the drug as ‘a historic milestone’....
June 25, 2018
Retail & Consumer industry
Big business in UK pledges to cut plastic packaging
...Marcus Gover chief executive of Wrap, a non-profit group that organised the Plastics Pact, said the initiative was about finding new ways to make sure plastic was reused or recycled....
April 25, 2018
FT Live
Global Pharma and Biotech Summit
Driving life sciences innovation in a disrupted world
Tuesday, 5 NovemberIn-Person & Online Conference
Pharmaceuticals sector
Small patient groups hinder progress of clinical trials
...Justin Gover, chief executive of GW Pharmaceuticals, a company that uses drugs derived from cannabis to treat rare forms of epilepsy, says his business has had to be sensitive to the “very intimate relationship...
February 28, 2017
UK companies
GW Pharma shares jump after success in second epilepsy trial
...“We believe Epidiolex could be an effective new treatment for a range of childhood-onset epilepsies,” said Justin Gover, GW chief executive....
June 27, 2016
UK companies
GW Pharma doubles in value after cannabis drug success
...Mr Gover said the “high statistical significance” of Monday’s data was strong enough to seek regulatory approval and further trial results due later this year could increase the evidence base....
March 14, 2016
European companies
Decisive moment looms for UK maker of medical marijuana
...By the end of the decade, however, Mr Gover felt the market was failing to recognise progress....
February 1, 2016
FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
Accommodating Westminster’s elite
...The Gover has developed a reputation for treachery and his wife is known for dishing the dirt on people in her newspaper column....
July 22, 2016
Life & Arts
Edinburgh Diary: Alec Russell on festivals, satire and Brexity Britain
...In the space of a few weeks I came across rural “Inners” and “Outers” who cannot abide encounters across the divide; life-long Labour members who are considering renouncing the party; “Govers” who swear...
September 2, 2016
News in-depthWaste management & recycling
Recycling industry feels strain of falling prices
...Marcus Gover, chief executive of Wrap, which lobbies for the recycling industry, says it is a “challenge for local authorities”....
August 23, 2016
UK companies
UK medicinal cannabis company aims to raise $180m
...Mr Gover said research, development and manufacturing would remain in the UK, where the company employs about 300 people, even though the commercial focus was on the US....
April 29, 2015
Pharmaceuticals sector
Lombard Medical looks to US for funding
...Justin Gover, GW’s chief executive, argues that the greater breadth and depth of health-focused investment funds in the US makes it easier for investors to absorb the risks of backing medical science....
March 11, 2014
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
IPOs
New enthusiasm for biotech
...“The US has an enormous breadth and depth of investors who are extremely well educated on biotech,” says Justin Gover, GW’s chief executive....
February 28, 2014
UK companies
GW Pharmaceuticals aims to build on cannabis drug
...However, the complexity of creating its drugs is also a deterrent to possible generic rivals, Mr Gover says....
December 28, 2011
UK companies
GW Pharmaceuticals gets boost from Sativex
...“Last year we received a £10m one-time payment from Bayer, which flattered 2010,” said Mr Gover....
November 22, 2011
UK coalition government
Waste: Dislike of leftovers makes households worst offenders
...Food manufacturers waste a further 3m tonnes but supermarkets account for just 400,000 tonnes, says Mr Gover....
October 13, 2011
European companies
Hedge fund socialite sent agent ‘to spy’ on staff
...The seemingly innocuous inquiry was, as Mr Gover has subsequently alleged, the beginning of an audacious spying operation conducted by the head of one of Europe’s top hedge funds – Mr Gover’s employer Ikos...
May 21, 2011
European companies
Hedge fund chief in ‘surveillance operation’ of top staff
...But Mr Gover’s High Court claim was not disputed in court by Ms Ambrosiadou. A judgment was entered in default against her, and her lawyers have agreed to pay Mr Gover “substantial” damages....
May 21, 2011
Fund management
Ikos defends espionage ‘investigations’
...She has agreed to pay Mr Gover damages. Other accusations made in his claim included a Monaco surveillance operation against former top employees of the firm codenamed “Operation Apollo”....
May 24, 2011
Climate change
Landmark plan to heat UK factory with waste
...However Marcus Gover, director at WRAP, says higher landfill taxes are encouraging local authorities to look at other ways of disposing of waste....
March 27, 2011
European companies
Novartis to sell medical marijuana
...Justin Gover, chief executive of GW, said: “We are delighted to have entered into this agreement with Novartis. This is excellent validation for GW of what we are about.”...
April 12, 2011
UK companies
GW cultivates market for MS cannabis drug
...Justin Gover, chief executive, says: “Sativex has been developed to all the modern rules and regulations. The alternatives that have not been through formal regulation look less and less attractive.”...
April 15, 2011

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