Christian Karsten Hansen

Biography

 Served as senior scientist and director of intellectual property management at Novo Nordisk 1992–1999, and was a member of Enzyme Research Management. Co-founded Profound Pharma in 1999 and served as co-CEO until its acquisition by Maxygen in 2000. In 2001, he co-founded the investment firm Nordic Biotech Advisors (renamed NB Capital). Also in 2001, he founded C Hansen Invest. Co-founded and/or been a board member of numerous privately held and listed biotechnology companies including Osteologix, Nuevolution, Curalogic, Forward Pharma, Rose Pharma, Poalis, Aditech Pharma, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, H Pharmaceuticals, and Isar Pharma. Educated as MSc chemical engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, PhD work in molecular biology and biochemistry Pasteur Institute, France and the University of Salamanca, Spain. MBA from the Edinburgh Business School, Scotland. Has filed numerous patent applications in the fields of genetics of bacteria, cellulases and other enzymes, osteoporosis, and protein engineering and uses of biopharmaceuticals.

Research Interest

 biopharmaceuticals