Clemens Blitterswijk

Biography

  Prof. Clemens A. van Blitterswijk, Ph.D., is a Co-Owner of Incubation B.V. Prof. van Blitterswijk is the Partner of Life Sciences Partners BV since 2012. He joined Life Sciences Partners on February 2012 and his prime focus and responsibility is to invest in unlisted securities. Prof. van Blitterswijk is Founding Partner at LSP-Health Economics Fund. He is the Department Chair and Professor at MERLN Institute for Technology -Inspired Regenerative Medicine at Maastricht University. Prof. van Blitterswijk served as a Scientific and Business Advisor of Progentix Orthobiology B.V. He has over two decades of entrepreneurial science experience. Prof. van Blitterswijk served as a Director of the MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of IsoTis NV from 1996 to 2002 and also served as its President. Prof. van Blitterswijk has founded nine companies over the years. He co-founded IsoTis in 1996, having previously co-founded two commercial medical companies, HC Cam Implants and Bioscan. Prof. van Blitterswijk has been a Director of Kuros Biosciences AG since May 22, 2017. He serves as a Director of Cellcotec Ltd. Prof. van Blitterswijk serves as a Board Member of Xeltis AG and Progentix Orthobiology B.V. He serves as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board of IsoTis S.A. Prof. van Blitterswijk serves as a Non-Executive Board Member of Progentix BV, River Diagnostics BV and Polyganics BV. He is a Professor of Biocompatibility at Leiden University and Professor of tissue regeneration at the Twente University. 

Research Interest

Health Economics