Lene Andersen
Board Member
Diabetes and Endocrinology
PILA PHARMA
Sweden
Biography
Lene Andersen (Danish, born 1958) joined PILA PHARMA in 2016 as Director of the Board due to her thorough understanding of the diabetes market, its drivers and the positioning of new diabetes drugs. Lene Andersen provides significant experience to PILA PHARMA within licensing, business strategy & development and project management in the diabetes field obtained through various operational leadership roles in Operations and Corporate Relations during her almost 2 decades at Novo Nordisk, a Danish healthcare company in the diabetes segment.
Research Interest
Lene Andersen graduated as veterinarian (DVM). She has profound experience from the life-science industry, whereof more than 10 years were in Diabetes Research & Development at Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark working with various project teams within the diabetes and obesity research areas with small molecules and peptides including insulin- and GLP-1- analogues. She is the author of several scientific publications with a focus on TRPV1 in diabetes or anti-diabetic agents as well as of patents related to TRPV1 in diabetes and to basal insulin analogues.
