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Dr. Mathew Leigh (CEO)

Mathew has extensive practical formulation experience with a range of dosage forms and has designed and developed numerous novel delivery technologies for both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical applications. Prior to joining Phares Drug Delivery AG, he was the Managing Director at Vandsons Ltd. He is a pharmacist by training and received his Ph.D. from the London School of Pharmacy.
Tel.: +41 (61) 317-9040
Email: mathew.leigh@phares.biz


Jeffry Grunkemeyer (Business Development Manager)

Jeff is well-versed in Drug Delivery, having worked with liposomes, dry powder inhalation, oral wafers and other novel delivery forms during his 13 year career with Bayer in Germany and the US. During the last 2½ years at Bayer, Jeff was Drug Delivery Technology Scout, evaluating Drug Delivery Systems and companies from around the world. Jeffry has a BS in chemical engineering from Yale University and an MBA from Purdue University.
Tel.: +41 (61) 317-9040
Email: Jeffry.Grunkemeyer@Phares.biz


Dr. Peter van Hoogevest (COO & Managing Director)

He has a broad background in the industrial research and development of innovative lipid-based and state of the art parenteral drug delivery systems for biotechnological and synthetic medicinal compounds. Peter worked for Ciba-Geigy and Novartis before joining Phares, and he is Adjunct Professor (Privat Dozent) in Pharmaceutical Technology at Basel University. Peter is a trained pharmacist with a Ph.D. in membrane biochemistry (Utrecht University).
Tel.: +41 (61) 317-9040
Email: peter.van.hoogevest@phares.biz


Dr. Roland Tschannen (Licensing)

Roland joined Phares Technology BV as Licensing and Corporate Development Director from Novartis Pharma, where he held senior positions in Business Development and Licensing. With a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Basel University Roland has also been President of the Swiss Licensing Executives Society (LES), Chairman of the Biotechnology Committee of LES International and Co-founder of the Swiss Pharma Licensing Group.
Tel.: +41 (61) 317-9040
Email: roland.tschannen@phares.biz

 
 

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