Oct 26, 2020
In this episode, we talk to Christophe Bancel (Founder & CEO of Tissium) as we discuss his company, what he is excited about in his industry, and how he keeps his team motivated during unprecedented times.
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Mr. Christophe Bancel, M.Sc., M.Eng, M.B.A is co-founder of TISSIUM, a medical device company developing disruptive surgical solutions for patients, based on a versatile platform of polymers developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA). He serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Director.
Since its inception in 2013, Christophe has driven the development of the company leading to the start of clinical trials in 2016 and raising up to €33M.
Mr. Bancel has a track record in the healthcare industry ranging from start-up to midsize Biopharma. He was Franchise General Manager at UCB, leading the Central Nervous System Operations in France. Prior to that, he held several corporate and strategic positions at UCB, including Pricing and Markets Access in the US (Atlanta, GA), Global Marketing (Brussels) and Patient & Market Insight (Brussels). He also worked for Serono (Now Merck Biopharma) in multiple Sales and Marketing positions. He started his career in Biotech, as Business Developer at Transgene (Boston, MA) and then was a co-founder and Director of Corporate & Business Development at Faust Pharmaceuticals (now Domain Therapeutics).
In 2016, with Bernard Gilly, Alexia Perouse and Muriel Badawi, he co-founded iBionext, the first entrepreneurial venture fund in healthcare in Europe, that has raised €50M in less than 6 months with a targeted final closing of €100M in June 2017.
Besides being a co-founder of ChronoCam and Chronolife, two of the iBionext funded companies, he serves as Director of BrainEver.
He is a graduate from Ecole Centrale Paris (Master of Engineering), holds a Master in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Tokyo (Todaï) and an MBA from INSEAD.
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