Speakers 2024

Speakers 2024

Stephane MADDENS

VETBIOBANK

Founder / CEO


Stéphane Maddens is the founder and CEO of Vetbiobank, a clinical-stage biotech based in Lyon (France) and specialised in developing and manufacturing cell-based drugs for animal health. He holds a pharmacy degree specialised in cell therapy applied to hemato-oncology diseases from the University of Toulouse and a PhD on leukemic stem cells resistance to treatment. Before founding Vetbiobank, he successively joined Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Oxford (UK) for leading drug-discovery programs in immunology of inflammation and then the EFS at Besançon to lead the cell and gene therapy unit and manage the cord blood bank. After completing a MBA in IAE-Aix en Provence, specialised in Change Management, he re-invested his experience acquired in human health to develop the first allogeneic cell based drug for canine osteoarthrosis

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