Frank Weber, MD
Chief Executive Officer / Chief Medical Officer, Executive Director
Frank Weber supported InterMune (now Genentech/Roche), in particular, its launch of Esbriet in Europe, as Global Clinical Advisor. Prior to this, he served as Chief Medical Officer at Merck KGaA in Germany and Switzerland, where he contributed to several marketing authorizations and market access agreements in the EU, U.S. and Japan and also spearheaded personalized medicine, biomarker and companion diagnostics. During his career, Frank Weber has also been involved in several M&A transactions as well as licensing deals. His past roles include management positions in medical affairs and clinical development at American Cyanamid (Lederle), USA and at Synthelabo (now Sanofi), France. Frank Weber is also a board member at Zambon Biotech SA.
Frank Weber started his industry career after 10 years in academic clinical research and patient care in the areas of cancer, immunology, infectiology and maxillo-facial surgery. He is a licensed physician and received his MD in Cancer Immunology from the Medical University Cologne, Germany.
Anne Doering, CFA
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director
Prior to joining Vivoryon, Anne Doering was Director of Investor Relations at BioNTech and Director of Group Strategy at Merck KGaA, where she contributed to the strategic direction of the company. Her additional corporate experience includes R&D finance and strategy at Merck & Co. Anne Doering also has nearly 10 years of investment experience at Franklin Templeton as portfolio manager and analyst and has spent time in venture capital at Creathor Ventures in Germany. In addition, for several years she was a healthcare equity research analyst covering pharmaceutical companies at Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Commerzbank.
Anne Doering holds an MBA from The Wharton School and an MA in International Studies from The Lauder Institute. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder.
Michael Schaeffer, PhD
Chief Business Officer, Executive Director
Michael Schaeffer is a highly experienced entrepreneur with an over 20-year track record. He was founder, CEO and Managing Director of the biotech companies CRELUX GmbH and SiREEN AG as well as of the nano-tech company CRENANO GmbH prior to joining Vivoryon. Together with two partners he established CRELUX from scratch and expanded it to a world leader in biophysical and structure-based drug discovery services. Following the acquisition of CRELUX by WuXiAppTec in 2016 he was responsible for integrating the Munich based entity into WuXiAppTec, a leading Shanghai based CRO with over 40,000 employees globally.
Michael Schaeffer received his PhD in Molecular Biology from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. He is also an active start-up coach and a mentor for young talent with immigrant background.