People
Scientific Advisory Board
World-renowned oncology expert, has registered more than 15 of the world’s top cancer drugs, over 35 years in oncology drug development
▪ Former CMO of Celgene where he presided over the registration of drugs including Abraxane, Revlimid, Vidaza, Istodax, and Taxotere
▪ Board member in various biotech companies including Transgene, Halozyme, Celator Pharmaceuticals, and CRO IDDI
▪ Author of more than 70 articles in peer-reviewed
▪ Senior advisor to the board of Quercis Pharma AG and Board Observer.
Major contributor to the understanding of the mechanism of platelet granule release and its role in thrombus
▪ M.D. and Ph.D. from NYU School of Medicine as well as M.Sc from Harvard Medical School
▪ Associate Director of the Translational Research Center in Thrombosis and Hemostasis
▪ Member of the Hemostasis and Thrombosis NIH Study Section
▪ Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
Former Head of the Laboratory of Neurodegeneration at Pasteur, Montevideo and performing research on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain aging
▪ M.D. from the University of the Republic (Uruguay) and Ph.D. from Collège de France
▪ Member of the National Academy of Science of Uruguay and of the Third World Academy of Science
▪ Former President of IIBCE Board of Directors
▪ Former President of the National Council of Science and Technology
World renowned oncologist, specialist
in pancreatic cancer
▪ Professor of Medicine at Cornell Medical School and Chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
▪ Previously Clinical Director of the Rosenberg Clinical Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard
▪ Member of the Board of PANCAN
▪ Author of more than 220 articles in the top tier peer-reviewed journals
Expert on nano-sensors for in vivo tumor profiling
▪ Professor at ETH Zürich heading the Responsive Biomedical Systems Lab
▪ Former researcher at MIT on nanosensors for in vivo tumour profiling
▪ Co-founder of MagnebotiX
Board of Directors
▪ 20 years of experience in strategy consulting & investment management
▪ Partner and Managing Director at Cevian Capital for 12 years
▪ Seven years at McKinsey’s Corporate Finance practice, ultimately as Associate Principal
▪ Lawyer and serial entrepreneur for more than 20 years. Started and successfully built/sold more than 10 companies
▪ Authored multiple drug patents and trademarks
▪ Has been studying naturally occurring small molecules as disease prevention agents with an emphasis on flavonoids for 20+ years
▪ Founded and built biotech/pharma business and bundled it into Quercis Pharma AG in 2019
▪ Doctor of Science (hc)
▪ Cardiologist and Former Minister of Health in France
▪ Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
▪ Former chairman of the Executive Board of UNITAID
▪ Founder of Unitlife
▪ Senior executive with 35 years of experience in Life Science Industry
▪ President & CEO of vTv Therapeutics
▪ Served as director on 35 private, public & non-profit Boards.
▪ Held senior positions at TEVA and Sanofi
▪ Former Chief Strategy Officer Vifor Pharma where he was driving the growth strategy, creating value through in-house development and a series of licensing deals & acquisitions.
▪ Board member in various biotech companies including 4TEEN4, Adrenomed and HICT
▪ 25+ years of experience as pharma executive at AMGEN and Vifor Pharma in commercial, strategic and R&D roles
▪ Senior lawyer with 35+ years of experience in Life Science Industry
▪ Attorney at law and Board member
▪ More than 30 years experience as senior lawyer at Roche leading the global legal M&A department
Executive Team
▪ Lawyer and serial entrepreneur for more than 20 years. Started and successfully built/sold more than 10 companies
▪ Authored multiple drug patents and trademarks
▪ Has been studying naturally occurring small molecules as disease prevention agents with an emphasis on flavonoids for 20+ years
▪ Founded and built biotech/
pharma business and bundled it into Quercis Pharma AG in 2019
▪ Doctor of Science (hc)
▪ Over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry
▪ Former Chief Medical Officer at Vifor Pharma
▪ Previous Chief Strategy Officer and President of Global clinical development at WorldWide Clinical Trials
▪ Former Medical Affairs Director at AstraZeneca
▪ Co-founder and member of the senior management team of Worldwide Clinical Trials (WCT)
▪ Medical Doctor
▪ Over 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry
▪ Former Chief Medical Officer and Head of R&D at Vifor Pharma
▪ Previous Head of Clinical Research at Novartis OTC
▪ 20 years at Bayer in R&D
▪ Medical Doctor
▪ Over 20 years of experience in senior leadership positions in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical fields
▪ Former General Manager for Catalent
▪ Previous CEO of Nutravail which was acquired by private-equity backed Bettera Brands
▪ Part of leadership team that sold Bettera Brands to Catalent for $1B
▪ Practiced law as a commercial litigator before transitioning to a business role