Pieter Spee

Pieter Spee graduated as medical biologist/biochemist and later specialized in immunology and oncology during his Ph.D. in Amsterdam. He worked at Novo Nordisk, where he went from a scientist dealing with cancer biology, angiogenesis, and immunology, through positions of principal investigator, project manager, up to Director of the NK cell biology department and then taking the position of Director and Scientific Director of the Department of Translational Immunology. At Novo Nordisk he took part in the development of Lirilumab and Monalizumab antibodies that are now in late-stage clinical development. He has served, among others, as CTO of FibroTX in Estonia (skin diagnostics), and CSO of Tikomed in Sweden (preclinical and clinical development of IBSOLVMIR for the improvement of pancreatic islet transplantation). He is a co-inventor of 7 patents in the field of antibodies and has authored almost 30 scientific publications.