Magnus Persson
Pharmaceuticals
Cerecor
Sweden
Biography
Dr. Persson has served on our board of directors since August 2012. Dr. Persson is currently serving as CEO of Karolinska Institutet Holding AB in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also served as an Associate Professor in Physiology at Karolinska Institutet since September 1994. Dr. Persson has served as a practicing pediatrician at CityAkuten in Stockholm, Sweden, since December 2012. Prior to joining our board of directors, Dr. Persson served as a Partner at HealthCap, a Swedish based venture capital firm, from January 2008 through December 2009, and as a Managing Partner at The Column Group, a San Francisco based venture capital firm, from January 2010 through November 2011. Dr. Persson co-founded Aerocrine AB, a medical technology company in 1994. Dr. Persson has also served on the boards of Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB, a technology transfer company, since December 2011, Galecto AB, a biotechnology company, since January 2013, AscendxSpine Inc., a medical device company, since December 2012, SLS Ventures AB, a life science venture capital firm since March 2012, Karolinska Institutet Information AB, a healthcare IT-software company since October 2015, Immunicum AB a biotechnology company since December 2015, and Albumedix AS, a biotechnology company since January 2016. Dr. Persson received his M.D. and Ph.D. in physiology from Karolinska Institutet.
Research Interest
biotechnology , marketing, Entrepreneurial financial and operations
