PhD, Dipl. Pharm. Med. SwAPP
Joined the Pharmaceutical Industry in 1989
Significant positions held in different companies:
Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Co-founder of a CRO
Due diligence, start up activities
Set up of a project management department
Acquisition, budgets and contracting of clinical trials
Concept and coordination of EDC software development
Supervision of international eClinical trials, phase II-IV
Head of Clinical Research Department
Trial design, protocol and report writing
Coordination and supervision of clinical trials, phase I-IV
Surveillance programs and strategic marketing trials
Member of risk management task forces
Project Leader with full budget responsibility overseeing
Technical development, scale up and production
Clinical development, phase I-IIIb
Coordination of NAD filing
Marketing strategy and launch of new product
Product Manager with full budget and sales responsibility
Strategic product profiling, business plans
Marketing Strategies, promotion and measures
Sales activities and sales training
Medical Manager
Medical management of product portfolio
Life-cycle Management, line extensions and new indications
Pre-marketing strategies and launch of new products
Medical training, congress presentations and publications
Additional 8 years experience in research
Columbia University, New York, USA;
Friedrich-Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland and
Preclinical research in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Other Business Relevant Relations held:
Chair or member of Industry, Academic and Professional Association´s Boards, Committees and working groups guiding, advising and consulting on a range of Ethical, GCP and Pharmaceutical Professional items. Presentation of clinical results and speaker on topics relevant to Clinical Research on national and international congresses and seminars.