JÖrn Aldag
Healthcare
Biotools Inc
Norway
Biography
Joern Aldag leads the amazing Hookipa Biotech team as Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Hookipa in June 2016, Joern was CEO of NASDAQ-listed uniQure N.V, a company pioneering adeno-associated virus-based gene therapy. Under his leadership from 2009-2015, uniQure received the first-ever approval of a gene therapy product by the European Medicines Agency, built a pipeline of gene therapy products across several disease areas, obtained approximately $200M through its NASDAQ-listing and follow-on, and closed a multi-billion dollar collaboration in cardiovascular gene therapy. From 1997-2008, Joern was President and CEO of Evotec AG, where he designed many alliances with leading pharma and biotech companies, listed the Company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, and managed the acquisition of LSE-listed Oxford
Research Interest
Nutrition
