Dirk Löffert

Dirk is co-founder of DESIGN PHARMACEUTICALS and BIOMILLENIA. He brings more than 25 years of experience in product development and commercialisation in the Life Sciences industry. After obtaining his Ph.D. in immunology from the University of Cologne, Germany, Dirk joined QIAGEN, a global leader in Life Sciences and Molecular Diagnostics products where he held the positions at the German headquarter as VP, Global head of Product Development Life Sciences and as VP Research of Molecular Diagnostics in the US. He has a proven track record in building high growth profitable product portfolios with >€660 mio organic revenues (1998-2019). He has authored numerous patents and brings experience from having internationally managed product development teams and programs including integration of acquired businesses.