Jan-Henrik Terwey

Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)

Highest scientific standards, clear strategy and patient benefit as the true north.

After 20 years in clinical operations, clinical development, and medical affairs, Jan-Henrik appreciates the importance of collaboration between all health system stakeholders nationally as well as internationally to achieve meaningful and sustainable impact on science and healthcare. This is especially true when the joint focus on improving patient outcome is genuine and immediately palpable.

Starting in clinical anaesthesiology, then moving to the pharmaceutical industry Jan-Henrik has continuously been interested in innovative science and improving real-world patient outcomes. He is grateful and proud to having had the opportunity to contribute to many advances in oncology and haematology over two decades.

As the CSO at the Swiss Cancer Institute Jan-Henrik leads a team of scientists who all say the same: we understand how our daily work connects to our bigger purpose: making evidence-based therapies accessible to patients today and in the future, faster.

Career

Swiss Cancer Institute
Since 03/26: Chief Scientific Officer

BeOne Medicines
10/23 - 12/25: Head of Medical Affairs Europe

Atara Biotherapeutics
09/21 - 09/23: Global Clinical Development Lead Allogeneic CAR-T Program
01/21 - 06/22: Global Head of Cell Therapy Science and Operations
07/21 - 05/22: Global Head of Medical Affairs
03/19 - 06/21: Head of Medical Affairs Europe

Amgen
12/14 - 02/19: Medical Director Switzerland
06/12 - 11/14: European Development Medical Director
10/10 - 05/12: Therapeutic Area Head Oncology/Haematology Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa
07/07 - 09/10: Affiliate Therapeutic Area Head Oncology/Urologic Oncology/Haematology
11/06 - 06/07: Regional Medical Liaison Oncology
03/05 - 10/06: Clinical Research Associate

University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
01/04 - 02/05: Research Assistant/Anaesthetist

Education

University of Basel, Switzerland
09/13 - 08/15 European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine (ECPM), ECPM Diploma

Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
04/96 - 10/03 Medical School, Dissertation
10/96 - 04/05 Faculty of Social Sciences, Political Sciences and Philosophy

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
07/01 - 08/01 Haas School of Business: Business for Arts, Science and Engineering (BASE) Program
08/98 - 05/99 College of Letters and Science: Political Sciences, Philosophy, Cognitive Sciences

Languages

  • German
  • English