Piet Wigerinck

Piet Wigerinck is a pharmacist and holds a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from the KU Leuven. He has over 30 years of R&D experience in the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology with extensive experience in anti-infective, autoimmune and anti-fibrotic disease research.

He has been a key driver of the research and development programs of 4 approved medicines: PrezistaTM, OlysioTM, JyselecaTM and RekambysTM. He started his career at Janssen Research Labs, next moved to Tibotec-Virco, where he was Vice President, Drug Discovery, Early Development and CM&C and most recently he was Chief Scientific Officer at Galapagos where under his leadership a pipeline of first-in class medicines was built out, that drove the growth of the company to a top European biotech player.

In May 2018, Dr. Wigerinck was elected as independent board member of Ipsen SA, France and as of September 2021 he joined the miDiagnostics board.