Kees Van Der Graaf

Biography

Serial entrepreneur specialized in the start-up of prospering companies / products in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological field.  Has successfully set up different biotech companies like ROKEPIE® (part of Sulfateq B.V.), Angteq B.V., Alfateq B.V., Citeq Health Products BV and Bio-Intermediair B.V. Earned his degree in 1980 in Pharmacy with the specialization Toxicology and Bioanalysis and became a Dutch registered pharmacist in 1983 at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. In 1986, Kees started the biotech company Bio-Intermediair B.V., a production company for kilogram amounts of monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins. In 1990 the company expanded to large scale production in a GMP and FDA compliant facility. Bio-Intermediair developed to one of the leading contract manufacturing companies, As a real pioneer in this field, one of his developments was disposable back systems and also Clean Rooms with glass doors , to enable staff to work in a cleanroom with a view. The company was sold to Gist-Brocades (the current DSM Biologics) and Kees left the company in 1993. He started Citeq B.V. in 1993, followed by Angteq B.V and Alfateq B.V. In 2011, Kees founded Sulfateq B.V., an innovative life science company. With a team of dedicated scientists, Sulfateq develops patented compounds and registered products based on hibernation, like ROKEPIE. Kees is responsible for the overall development of Sulfateq BV and the succes of ROKEPIE.  

Research Interest

 Molecular Biology