Ask the Experts Interview Archives - Page 2 of 4

Margrit Schwarz

9 August 2023 by Sejelas

Who inspired you to get into the life sciences? My interest for life science was nurtured by my father, who was both a chemist and a photographer; he took me along on hikes and then to the lab where I spent hours staring through a microscope, examining the things I had just picked up on the trail. It instilled in me a deep fascination for all things ‘Nature’, from patterns of life that repeat regardless of scale, to endless curiosity for – simply put – why things are the way they are!

Dominik Hartl

20 July 2023 by Sejelas

Tell us about your background. I am a pediatrician by training with a long-term passion for both patient care and science (particularly Immunology). Through different parts of my academic & industry journey across Germany, Netherlands, US, UK and Switzerland, I figured out that Translational Medicine/Early Drug Development is the ideal place for me to combine my basic immunology & clinical/patient knowledge to develop new drugs for patients in need.

Sarah Holland

6 July 20236 July 2023 by Sejelas

Tell us about your background. I am British with a Ph.D in chemistry from Oxford University and an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School. I started out marketing highly scientific products in diagnostics, biotech and pharma, made the move to Business Development around 2005 and haven’t looked back since, doing exciting deals in pharma, CDMO and biotech. My dealmaking experience covers the full range from technology licensing, discovery deals, product in and out-licensing, M&A, divestments and spin-offs.

Jia-Yi Har

1 March 2023 by Sejelas

Tell us more about your current role with Cathay Health. rtner at Cathy Health and my day-to-day job is to evaluate investment opportunities in the area of convergence medicine, which is the application of engineering and data technologies to solve unmet needs in healthcare and life sciences.

Cécile Tardy-Srinivasan

7 December 2022 by Sejelas

Tell us about yourself. I’m French, originally from St-Etienne area, near Lyon known for its gastronomy.

Johannes Boshkow

16 November 2022 by Sejelas

Tell us about yourself.
On the personal side, I love the mountains: climbing, hiking, camping, skiing. On the professional side, I’m a scientist by training – I originally came to Switzerland to study chemistry but left the field after my PhD. The scientific mindset has stuck with me though.

Cédric Assaouloff

9 November 20229 November 2022 by Sejelas

Tell us about yourself. I could share about my technical background and the different European cities that I have been living in, but let me take a different angle and share a personal story.

Philipp Tholen

3 November 2022 by Sejelas

Tell us more about your current role at Zühlke. What does your day-to-day look like?
As a Head of Market Unit Health, I am responsible for all activities related to the Health market in Switzerland.

Tianke Wang

26 October 2022 by Sejelas

Tell us more about Dao Tun, why did you decide to found it and what does the name mean?
Dao Tun is a Swiss advisory consulting company, based in the Basel region, founded in 2019 and specialised in cross-border cooperation between Europe and China, primarily in the Healthcare and Life Science industry.

Frederic R. Simoes

19 October 2022 by Sejelas

Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I have a financial background but I have always considered myself a business leader first. As Warren Buffett said, Finance is the language of business so I learned finance before trying to learn the industries I worked in.