Heiner

Biography

Heiner graduated in Economics and Business Administration at the University of Cologne, Germany and started his industrial career in pharma at Bayer. Heiner Pieper holds more than 20 years of expience in commercial functions in Europe and Latin America, and has also worked for ASTA Medica AG and Baxter Oncology GmbH in Frankfurt, among others, as country manager in Argentina as well as regional director for Latin America where he led the Oncology operations for key brands such as Navelbine® and Holoxan®. In 2003, he joined Merck KGaA’s headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, where he took over the role of regional director Latin America and launched the monoclonal antibody Erbitux® within the Oncology franchise. With the acquisition of Serono in 2007 he moved to business development and headed MerckSerono’s Global BD&L department for emerging markets and general medicine before joining PharmaMar in May 2013 as VP, Business Development and Licensing. He is a member of the Pharmaceutical Licensing Club in Germany (PLCD) and part of the European network of Pharmaceutical Licensing groups (EPLG).

Research Interest

Genetics