Janet attended Heriot Watt School of Pharmacy where she graduated in Pharmacy in 1985 with First class honours.

Janet carried out pre-registration with Sterling Winthrop and was appointed to the role of formulation scientist working on tablets, capsules and oral liquids. She then studied for PhD at University of Strathclyde in pharmaceutics in the formulation of metered dose inhaler suspensions in conjunction with Glaxo Welcome.

Janet joined CT as a bench formulation scientist where she worked on solid dosage forms initially, transferring over to work on hydrogels and was intimately involved in scale up and process development for Cervidil, having overall responsibility for manufacturing the launch supplies. Janet was involved in FDA audits and partnership visits with Forest and Ferring. Janet has since worked on development projects in