How to Connect | Boehringer Ingelheim US

How to Connect

Much like an ecosystem, the life sciences community is connected through a collective drive to innovate. Our partnering environment is built on trust and scientific collaboration. We focus on co-creating, accelerating scientific breakthroughs and delivering solutions for patients.

Whether you’re a biotech innovator or academic researcher, let’s start a conversation about partnering!

Our team

We work across the globe reaching partners from North America, Europe, Asia and more. Every member of our team has experience in dedicated disease areas or technology spaces. We’re pursuing new partnerships and evolving current collaborations to broaden our capabilities and explore new therapeutic areas and modalities.

Interested in partnering? Let's connect! Fill out our contact form and share a brief non-confidential project summary with us. We’ll typically respond to you in under seven business days. Please note that this communication is not intended for adverse event reporting.

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Find a team member

Cardiovascular-renal-metabolic diseases

Andrew Whittle, PhD
Head of CRM business development
Boston, MA (USA)
Partnership focus: Kidney diseases and obesity
Annika Baur, PhD
Biberach, Germany
Partnership focus: Liver disease
Robert Augustin, PhD
Biberach, Germany
Partnership focus: Stroke and cardiovascular disease

Eye health

Peter Benz, PhD
Head of eye health business development
Biberach, Germany
Partnership focus: Diseases of the back of the eye

Immunology and respiratory diseases

Fei Shen, PhD
Head of global inflammation business development
Boston, MA (USA)
Partnership focus: Pulmonary fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis
David Blair, PhD
Ridgefield, Connecticut (USA)
Partnership focus: Immunological disorders
Christian Kuttruff, PhD
Biberach, Germany
Partnership focus: Respiratory diseases (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, progressive pulmonary fibrosis)
Marcio Lasaro, PhD
Ridgefield, Connecticut (USA)
Partnership focus: Immunological disorders

Mental health and neuroscience

René Fürtig, PhD
Head of mental health business development
Ingelheim, Germany
Partnership focus: Psychiatric disorders, Nociplastic pain
Radoslaw Lipinski, DPhil
Biberach, Germany 
Partnership focus: Neurodegeration, Psychiatric disorders

Oncology

Oliver Kast, PharmD
Head of oncology business development
Ingelheim, Germany
Partnership focus: Solid tumor therapies, targeted therapeutics, immuno-oncology
Stephanie Glaser, PhD
Ingelheim, Germany 
Partnership focus: Antibody drug conjugates, T cell engagers
Anto Impagnatiello, PhD
Vienna, Austria
Partnership focus: Antibody drug conjugates, immunogenic cell death
Sokol Haxhinasto, PhD
Ridgefield, Connecticut (USA)
Partnership focus: Immuno-oncology, T cell engagers

Emerging science

Bernd Nosse, PhD
Head of emerging areas
Biberach, Germany 
Partnership focus: Adeno-associated virus gene therapies, Neurodegeneration

Technologies

Radoslaw Lipinski, DPhil
Biberach, Germany 
Partnership focus: Small molecule technology
Marcio Lasaro, PhD
Ridgefield, Connecticut (USA)
Partnership focus: Antibody technology
Gang Wang, PhD
Ridgefield, Connecticut (USA)
Partnership focus: Antibody technology
Christian Kuttruff, PhD
Biberach, Germany
Partnership focus: Small molecule technology
Alessandra Barazza, PhD
Ridgefield, Connecticut (USA)
Partnership focus: Antibody technology

Cross-therapeutic area partnering in Asia

June Hahn, PhD
Seoul, Republic of Korea

Learn more about our partnering interests and other business opportunities across our company.

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Partnering interests

Read about the areas where we’re looking to partner.

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Independent funding

Explore opportunities with the Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund.

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Beyond partnering

Business development isn’t the only way to make a difference together.

Stay up to date on our most recent partnerships and research collaborations.