Prof. Dr. Peter J. W. Stadler

Prof. Dr. Peter J. W. Stadler is Executive Director of TaconicArtemis GmbH. He was born June 2, 1945, in Remscheid.

• 1975 Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Hamburg, Germany
• 1976 Research Scientist at Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany
• 1981-1983 Bayer-Delegate at Miles Laboratories Elkhart, Indiana, USA
• 1984-1986 Corporate Staff Department, Coordination R&D, Bayer AG
• 1986 He worked as a visiting scientist in the Mass. Institute of Technology in the department of Dr. Daniel Wang.
• 1987-1997 Head of Pharma-Biotechnology at Bayer AG, Germany
• 1996 He was named honorary professor for Biotechnology at the Technical Faculty of Bielefeld University in Germany
• 1997 In December of 1997 he resigned from Bayer AG to start Artemis Pharmaceuticals GmbH
• 1997 He was nominated foreign member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain
• 1998 Co-founder of Artemis Pharmaceuticals, Koeln and Tuebingen, Germany
• 1998-2003 He became member of the Board of Directors of Exelixis, Inc., San Francisco, USA
• 2001 He obtained the DECHEMA Medal of Honor in appreciation of his contribution to the development of biotechnology in Germany
• 2002-2005 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the German Association of Biotechnology Industry (DIB), Frankfurt
• 2002-2008 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NewLab BioQuality AG

• Member of the Board of Directors VFA BIO of the German Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (VFA), Berlin
• Biotechnology advisor of political bodies in Germany

He is author of numerous publications as well as commentaries on genetic engineering and on management of innovation. He has written a book on safety in biotechnology and is co-editor of the twelve-volume treatise "Biotechnology"(VCH-Wiley publishers) and co-editor of "Novel Therapeutic Proteins" (Whiley-VCH). Many publications in scientific journals. 30 patents.

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