Hans Henskens

Biography

Hans joined PharmaCell as Director of Quality in January 2015 and is responsible for all aspects of Quality Assurance and Quality Control for the company. Hans has over 15 years experience in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry and has earned his PhD in Molecular Biology in 1999 at the University of Amsterdam. He started his career at Selborne Biological Services Pty Ltd. (Tasmania, Australia) in the position as Quality Assurance Manager. After his return to the Netherlands he spent his career as a Quality Executive in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry. From 2000 to 2004 Hans held responsibility for the Quality Assurance department of Banner Pharmacaps – Patheon Inc., and since 2003 acted as a Qualified Person. In 2004 he joined Synthon BV as a Qualified Person for the commercial production of several generic products. In 2007 he was appointed to the start-up team of Synthon Biopharmaceuticals where in 2009 he was appointed to head the Quality Assurance and Quality Control departments in addition to his role as Qualified Person. In this latter role he was responsible for the implementation and Dutch regulatory approval of the quality system at the site, enabling the manufacture of a monoclonal biosimilar product as well as an Antibody-Drug Conjugate to perform clinical trials.  

Research Interest

 Molecular Biology