Herbert Heyneker
Chairman
pharmaceutical sciences
Mimetogen Pharmaceuticals
Netherlands
Biography
After earning his PhD from Leiden University in Holland, Herbert Heyneker moved in 1975 to San Francisco to take a postdoc in Herbert Boyer’s UCSF lab where he was involved in gene splicing and somatostatin research. Soon afterward, he joined Genentech as one of the company’s first scientists. In 1984 he moved to Genencor, Genentech spinoff to become VP of R&D. He has held positions with Eos Biotechnology, ProtoGene Laboratories, GlycoGen and Genencor. He also served on the board of directors for GenPharm and Guava Technologies in the US and in the Netherlands, IntroGene (acquired by Crucell), Pharming, Pepscan and Prosensa. He is an author on more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and an inventor on more than 30 US patents.
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