Ekkehard Leberer, PhD

Scientific Advisor at NEUWAY Pharma & Life Sciences Consultant, ELBIOCON

Speaker

Scientific Advisor, NEUWAY Pharma

Life Sciences Consultant, ELBIOCON

Germering (Munich), Germany

Ekkehard serves as an independent life sciences consultant at ELBIOCON (www.elbiocon.com) with more than 30 years of experience in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. He headed research teams and held managerial positions at the Biotechnology Research Institute of the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada in Montreal and in Big Pharma at Hoechst Marion Roussel, Aventis and Sanofi in Martinsried/Munich and Hoechst/Frankfurt. He was educated in chemistry and molecular biology at the University of Konstanz (Ph.D. and Habilitation in biochemistry) and University of Toronto (PostDoc at the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research). He is co-author of more than 60 publications in prestigious peer-reviewed journals including Nature and Science.

His scientific and managerial activities included responsibilities in functional genomics, genetic engineering, biological sciences, pre-clinical and clinical development of various therapeutic modalities encompassing small molecule drugs and biopharmaceuticals (peptides, antibodies, oligonucleotides, and mRNAs), drug delivery, portfolio management, external innovation, alliance management and business strategies.

Ekkehard served as a member in Scientific Advisory Boards of several biotechnology companies, and he was the Head of the Supervisory Board of BioM, Munich (www.bio-m.org). He is a member in the life sciences consulting network NewGuide (www.newguide.net).