apceth is extending its top management
Prof. Ralf Huss moves from Roche to the biotechnology company apceth
On October 1st, Prof. Ralf Huss, previously Global Head of the Therapeutic Cell Initiative at Roche, joined the management board of apceth GmbH & Co. KG, Munich. Ralf Huss will focus on the pre-clinical and early development of cell-based therapeutics and external innovation in the company that is specialized on the translational development and manufacturing of innovative cell therapy products. CEO Dr Christine Günther warmly welcomes the strengthening of the apceth management team. Majority shareholder Dr Thomas Strüngmann comments: “Ralf Huss has been a founding member of apceth. We are delighted that he has now decided to join the operational team in apceth”.
Prof. Ralf Huss has many years of experience in academic research and in the international pharmaceutical industry. After studying medicine and spending time in research in Switzerland and the USA, where he focused on immunology and stem cell research, he became a consultant and Professor of Pathology at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. In addition to other positions, Ralf Huss is still Adjunct Professor for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem (USA). Since 2005, he has worked at Roche Diagnostics GmbH in Pharmaceutical Research & Early Development (pRED) in Penzberg, Germany.
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