Dr.francois Meyer

Biography

 François graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), in Zurich, and studied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Zurich. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute for Molecular Biology. He has spent over 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry. During the early part of his career, he held various executive positions in R&D at Ciba-Geigy Pharma, wherehe headed the Molecular Genetics department in the newly formed Biotechnology division and at Sandoz Pharma, where he led the Gene and Cell Therapy business. After joining Rhone Poulenc Rorer, where he has been head of Global Research, he became head of R&D at Aventis Pharma, France after the merger with Hoechst and lately CEO of Centelion, a biopharmaceutical affiliate company of Aventis Pharma. He has been member of the board of directors of several privately owned biopharmaceutical companies in the US and in Europe. François joined TxCell as CEO in 2011. He became Chairman of the Board in 2012 and Head of Research in 2016.

Research Interest

 Mainly focused in therapeutics, novel drugs and medicine invention based on Cancer, Cardivascular diseases.