Biomed Life Science Day
October 31, 2024
Mövenpick Hotel Basel
Agenda
October 31
16:45
Arrival & Reception
17:15
Speaker Program
Claudia Ulbrich Co-Founder & CEO of Cardior Pharmaceuticals, shares her incredible entrepreneurial journey from the company's inception to its acquisition by Novo Nordisk for up to EUR 1.025 billion.
Mattias Ivarsson Co-Founder & CEO of Salvina Therapeutics, shares his story on founding Salvina Therapeutics, BiomedInvest IV's second portfolio company.
Francesco Hofmann Head of R&D at Pierre Fabre Medical Care, provides strategic Pharma insights on partnering and acquisition.
18:30
Apéro riche
Speakers
Claudia Ulbrich
Co-Founder & CEO, Cardior Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Claudia Ulbrich is the Co-Founder & CEO of Cardior Pharmaceuticals, a BioMedInvest III portfolio company recently acquired by Novo Nordisk for up to 1.025 billion Euros. She is an MD and health economist by training with >25 years of management expertise in biotech companies. Claudia has served as an executive advisor at InoCard GmbH (uniQure), CEO of t-cell Europe GmbH, and CEO & Co-Founder of LipoNova AG.
Mattias Ivarsson
Co-Founder & CEO, Salvina Therapeutics
Dr. Mattias Ivarsson is the Co-Founder & CEO of Salvina Therapeutics, a BiomedInvest IV portfolio company. He previously founded Inositec AG out of his research work at ETH Zurich and served as CEO from incorporation in 2015 until acquisition by Vifor Pharma (CSL) in 2021. Mattias has a deep understanding of early-stage drug development and serves as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at BiomedVC.
Francesco Hofmann
Vice President, Head R&D Pierre Fabre Medical Care
Dr. Francesco Hofmann is the Vice President & Head of R&D at Pierre Fabre Medical Care, overseeing the Group's innovation strategy for pharmaceuticals. Prior his role at Pierre Fabre, Francesco spent more than 20 years in Oncology Drug Discovery & Development, formerly as the Global Head of Oncology Drug Discovery at Novartis. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry from ETH Zurich.
Location
Mövenpick Hotel Basel
Aeschengraben 25
4051 Basel
The hotel is located across the road from the Basel SBB train station. Trains arrive and depart at regular intervals. To get to the hotel by car, go towards Basel City on the A3 motorway, take the exit 5 and follow the 12 until Aeschengraben. Parking spaces are available on-site. The event will be held in the Topaz meeting room.