Meet the team
Here are some of the people at LEO Pharma who help to make Open Innovation happen:
Niclas Nilsson, MSc, PhD
Title: Head of R&D Open Innovation
Role: Designer and driver of the Open Innovation platform
Skills and Interests: External collaborations, with e.g. Biotechs, Academia and more with extensive hands-on experience with molecular pharmacology.
Would really like..: "to enable open source-driven drug research combining skills, resources and ideas from many different partners that will bring completely new treatment opportunities to patients."
Kim Kjoeller, MD
Title: Executive Vice President LEO Pharma R&D
Role: Executive leadership sponsor of LEO Pharma Open Innovation
Skills and Interests: Strategic R&D initiatives for the future
Would really like..: "to explore new ways to translate novel technologies and research into health solutions."
Tine Skak Nielsen, PhD
Title: Senior Principle Scientist
Role: In vitro pharmacology specialising in functional assays within immunology
Skills and Interests: I like to develop new assays with relevance for human diseases
Would really like..: "to develop an assay and identify hits that show up having a new, unknown mechanism of action."
Peter Scheipers, PhD
Title: Senior Scientist
Role: Scientific evaluation of new opportunites, expert in pathways and targets
Skills and Interests: Thorough understanding of disease biology and treatment mode-of-actions.
Would really like..: "to discover an orally administrated molecule that is highly efficacious in treating psoriasis."
Helen Frost, PhD
Title: Open Innovation Liaison Scientist
Role: Overseeing the smooth running of LEO Pharma Open Innovation
Skills and Interests: Scientific communication and creating partnerships through engaging interactions
Would really like..: "to tell as many people out there as possible about LEO Pharma Open Innovation, to see many more people get the mutual benefit which comes from taking part."
