Ursula Hultkvist Bengtsson

Biography

Ursula has worked in life science for almost 30 years. In 2016 Ursula founded her own company, MultiHelix AB, building alliances in life science, running a Think Tank and an international secretariat for life science clusters present in Wales, Belgium, Canada and Sweden with agreements to expand into China, Switzerland and Slovenia. Ursula has worked as EVP of Medicon Village, a life science village for research, innovation and business, since the start in 2012 being responsible for the strategic development. Ursula joined AstraZeneca in 1995 and have held a number of roles ranging from early drug discovery to commercial roles. Ursula also led an Inhalation Advisory Team to explore new opportunities for inhaled drug delivery in AstraZeneca. Prior to AstraZeneca, Ursula worked at Gambro, Sweden and at Sandoz, Switzerland. Ursula earned her PhD in Animal Physiology in 1988, Lund University, and became Associate Professor in Bio Pharmaceutics in 2003, Uppsala University.

Research Interest

Animal Physiology Bio Pharmaceutics