Marina Rajič

CEO, BioViros Ltd. at Bridgewest Group

Dr. Marina Rajič is Founder and CEO of BioViros Ltd., a biotechnology company focused on lentiviral vector manufacturing for cell therapies. Marina’s mission is to play a significant part in bettering the lives of millions around the world by providing viral vectors for clinical trials for life changing cell therapies. She sees New Zealand well suited for producing a high-value product and attracting worldwide talent within biotech.

Marina enjoys connecting with both clients and investors. At Leukocare AG in Munich, she worked as a Senior Business Development Manager. She enjoyed the fast pace and highly dynamic environment where she helped international clients find solutions for their formulation development for their biologic drug products.

Through Massey Ventures and Return On Science, she was involved in science commercialization. Marina thrived in bridging communications and resources between investors and research leaders. Taking innovation out of the labs into the real world is her favorite challenge.

Marina received her PhD in Biochemistry at Massy University where she worked on filamentous phage vaccine development and nanorod-based diagnostic assays. She completed her MSc and BSc (Hons) degrees in Pharmaceutical Engineering at University of Novi Sad.

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