As of Sep. 2013: Lecturer in Personalized Medicine
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich
- Postgraduate Course “Clinical Development”
University of Heidelberg, Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Molecular Biotechnology
- Lecture Series: “New drug research”
2008 – 2012 Novartis Pharma AG, Basel (CH)
Site Head, Oncology Biomarker & Clinical Imaging Basel
- Established and led the Oncology Biomarker Group in Basel
Biomarker Program Leader
- Developed project specific biomarker strategies for oncology development programs in early as well as full development phases within interdisciplinary matrix teams
Global Project Diagnostics Director, Novartis Molecular Diagnostics
- Led an interdisciplinary, cross-sector matrix team to create a development plan and an economic analysis for the development of a molecular imaging agent as companion diagnostics
2005 – 2008 F. Hoffman-La Roche AG, Basel (CH)
Biomarker Experimental Medicine Leader (Herceptin®)
- Global responsibility for all biomarker & companion diagnostics aspects of Herceptin®
- Market access strategy for HER2 molecular diagnostics
- Clinical strategy for HER2 molecular diagnostics for new indications
- Strategy for the identification of further potentially predictive biomarkers with the aim to further improve patient selection
2003 – 2004 Zeptosens AG, Witterswil (CH)
Head of Marketing & Sales Europe
- Prepared the market entry of a microarray based protein profiling system (e.g. for biomarker analyses in preclinical and clinical development)
1999 – 2003 GeneScan Europe AG / BioChip Technologies GmbH, Freiburg (D)
Head of Strategic Marketing Diagnostics
- Strategically aligned the portfolio
Project & Product Management Pharmacogenetics
- Launched a microarray based pharmacogenetic profiling system (CYP450 polymorphisms)
- Further development into an in-vitro diagnostic test
Product Management Molecular Diagnostics
- Assessed conditions of the in-vitro diagnostics market
Academic Education & Activities
- Studied pharmacy (University of Regensburg)
- PhD thesis in molecular biology (University of Heidelberg)
- Post Doctorate in molecular biology/immunology (University of Freiburg)
