He currently serves as chairman of the board of AL-S Pharma (Zürich, Switzerland), Argos Therapeutics Inc. (Durham, North Carolina), leon-nanodrugs GmbH (Munich, Germany) and Spepharm Holdings BV (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and is a member of the board of directors of Proteon Therapeutics, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts). Over many years, he was the chairman/vice chairman of Direvo Biotech AG (Cologne, Germany) and Jerini AG (Berlin, Germany), which were acquired in 2008 by Bayer HealthCare AG and Shire Ltd., respectively.
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