Christian Hansen is a co-founder and partner of Nordic Biotech. Dr. Hansen has a strong background as a biotechnology entrepreneur, biotech intellectual property rights expert and business development executive, combined with a scientific career.
From 2000 to 2001 Dr. Hansen was co-President of Maxygen\'s Protein Pharmaceuticals Division. From 1999 to 2000, Dr. Hansen was co-CEO and founder of ProFound Pharma A/S, a Danish start-up company focused on developing second generation protein pharmaceuticals. From 1992 to 1999, Dr. Hansen worked in various executive positions at Novo Nordisk A/S, including as Director of Intellectual Property Strategy, which is one of his core areas of expertise.
Dr. Hansen holds a MSc (1989) in chemical engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and a PhD (1992) in molecular biology/biochemistry undertaken at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, and the University of Salamanca, Spain, as well as a MBA from the Edinburgh Business School. |