Chief
Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology
NOVO Nordisk
Austria
Mr. Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen has served as Chief Science Officer (CSO) and Executive Vice President at Novo Nordisk A/S since November 2000. He joined the Company in 1991 as Head of Growth Hormone Research. He was appointed Senior Vice President of Diabetes Research & Development in 1994. He has chaired Danish Research Council programs within endocrinology, and has served as President of the National Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV), Denmark. He sits on the Editorial Boards of international peer-reviewed journals and is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He obtained a DMV degree in Veterinary Medicine from Koebenhavns Universitet in 1986, where he also obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in 1989, and a Doctorate of Science degree in 1991. In 2000 he became Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (currently the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences of the University of Copenhagen), Denmark.
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