Vesna Åkerberg
Director Pharm. Development. Joined Iconovo 2017.
IconovoEducation: MSc. Biomedical Technology
Background:
- 14 years of inhalation experience, mainly from AstraZeneca
- 10 years experience from line managerial positions in several companies, mainly from product/process/analytical development
- Worked with product development within the pharmaceutical industry, mainly within formulation development of dry powder formulations
- Experience from manufacturing of clinical trial material
- Experience from various powder filling techniques for DPI
Fredrik Gunnarson
Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2017.
IconovoEducation: BSc. Chemical Engineering
Background:
- 16 years of experience analyzing inhalation products at AstraZeneca and Iconovo
- Testing everything from concept prototypes to documenting products in GMP for NDA application
- Developed test equipment and performed testing within AstraZeneca new DPI platform
- Have worked 8 years within different medical device companies with product development, product testing and design control
Mea Lindsjö
Executive assistant. Joined Iconovo 2018.
IconovoBackground:
- 7 years experience providing efficient secretarial and administrativ support to senior management, mainly from Sydkraft Konsult
- 26 years experience effectively supporting executive level staff, including the CEO and CFO, mainly from Manpower, E.ON Försäljning and Wise Professionals
- Direct and support experience in sales and marketing
- Experience from listed companies E.ON and BE Group
Magnus Waldt
Manager Device Development. Joined Iconovo 2018.
IconovoEducation: BSc. Innovation Engineering
Background:
- 25 years of experience within product development and plastic components
- Long experience from mobile phones and other similar consumer products
- 12 years working as mechanical design responsible, from concept/early design throughout project execution with requirement setting, evaluating design solutions and design verification
Experienced in design of precision parts for high volume production
Karin Svensson
Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2018.
IconovoEducation: BSc. in Chemistry
Background:
- Over 7 years of work experience in the pharmaceutical industry as an analytical chemist, including 2 years with inhalation products
- Experience from working on elastomer based products containing hormones and microbicides
- Experienced in test method validations and transfers
- Good knowledge in GMP for the analytical laboratory
Jakob Samsøe
Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2018.
IconovoEducation: MSc. in Analytical Chemistry
Background:
- Over 7 years of working experience as analytical chemist in R&D within the pharma industry, including 2 years with inhalation products
- Developed and validated UHPLC methods
- Experience in LC-MS
- Has worked with polymers and small organic molecules
Simon Karlsson
Device Development. Joined Iconovo 2019.
IconovoEducation: MSc. Mechanical Engineering
Background:
- 2 years of working experience as mechanical engineer
- Experience in product development
- Experience in fluid mechanics and CFD
Nathasha Rizza
Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2019.
IconovoEducation: MSc. in Engineering Biotechnology
Background:
- 3 years of working experience as analytical chemist within the pharma industry, including 2 year with inhalation products
- Experience in GC, HPLC, UPLC and device testing
- Good knowledge in GMP for the analytical laboratory
Jerker Carlsson
Manager Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.
IconovoEducation: BSc. Chemistry
Background:
- 22 years of experience from pharmaceutical development as analytical scientist, including 8 years with inhalation projects in AstraZeneca
- Experience from small molecules and large synthetic/recombinant peptides/proteins in early and late phase
- Method development/validation within a large range of analytical techniques, e.g. specific inhalation analysis, U(H)PLC-UV, LC-MS and CE
- Specialist roles within method development and high resolution MS
- Experience with mathematical modulation (ACD Labs/Dry lab)
- Author of NDA/MAA documents
Calo Ahlgren
Device Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.
IconovoEducation: MSc. Mechanical Engineering
Background:
- 7 years of experience in the field of product development, from concept studies to realization and development as well as analysing and testing against technical specifications and requirements
- More than 5 years’ experience of plastic component design of products and mechanisms for office chairs and water system installations
- Knowledge of plastic seal applications and design in elastic polymers
- Knowledge of structural analyses (FEM), 3D printing and model rendering and visualisation
Linn Andersson
Device Development. Consultant (from Essiq). Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: MSc. Mechanical Engineering
Background:
- Experience in product development
- Experience in testing and evaluating prototypes
Linda Andersson
Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.
IconovoEducation: BSc. in Chemical Engineering
Background:
- 11 years of working experience as an analytical chemist, including 2 years in QC laboratory within the pharmaceutical industry and 1 year with inhalation products from AstraZeneca
- Experience in a large range of analytical techniques, e.g. HPLC, UPLC, GC and FTIR
- Experience from working with elastomer based products and tablets containing hormones
- Good knowledge in GMP for the analytical laboratory
Max Viklund
Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.
IconovoEducation: MSc. in Chemical Engineering
Background:
- Specialized in electron microscopy and material design
- Experience in method development and design verification of medical devices
- Experience in GC, HPLC, UPLC and device testing
Elisabeth Wanngård
Pharmaceutical Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.
IconovoEducation: MSc. in Engineering Nanoscience
Background:
- 7 years of working experience in pharmaceutical development within the inhalation area at AstraZeneca
- 3 years of working experience as production engineer in tablet production
- Experience from development and characterisation of early phase formulations
- Good knowledge in GMP for the pharmaceutical laboratory
Ruiyu Lin
Pharmaceutical Development. Joined Iconovo 2021.
IconovoEducation: PhD. Physical Chemistry
Background:
- More than 10 years research and laboratory work experience in formulation development. Solid background in understanding the properties of the dosage forms
- Worked for the process from product development to full-scale production, planning and participating pharmaceutical manufacturing during the development phase
- Rich Experience in physical chemical and solid state characterization including technical instrumentation e.g. X-ray and light scattering, NMR and electron microscopy (TEM, cryo-TEM & SEM)
- Good knowledge in GMP for the pharmaceutical manufacturing and laboratory
Nina Bladh
Director Project Management. Joined Iconovo 2020.
IconovoEducation: PhD. Organic Chemistry
Background:
- 25 years’ experience of pharmaceutical development, from preclinical phase to registration, including experience with inhalation products and work for small and large pharma companies
- 10 years’ experience as project manager of pharmaceutical, drug-device combination and medical device development projects.
- CMC regulatory affairs responsibility held for drug-device combination products developed for global use from clinical phase 1 to registration. Successful regulatory marketing application approval received for drug-device combination product in EU, US and Australia
Catharina Ahlenius
Project Manager. Joined Iconovo 2021.
IconovoEducation: MSc. Chemical Engineering
Background:
- 18 years’ experience of pharmaceutical development, including 8 years with early phase inhalation projects at Astra Zeneca
- 6 years’ experience of managing projects
- Extensive experience of outsourcing to CRO/CMOs
Ingemo Andersson
Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.
IconovoEducation: MSc. Chemistry
Background:
- 20 years of experience as analytical scientist, mainly within pharmaceutical development, including 11 years with inhalation projects at AstraZeneca in early phase
- Experience in physico-chemical and solid state characterization of drug substances and formulations
- Experience in a large range of analytical techniques e.g. U(H)PLC-UV, LC-MS, XRPD, DSC, TGA, GVS and Laser diffraction
- Method development and validating analytical methods using HPLC/UPLC in early phase
- Experience in evaluating polymorphs to make a solid form selection
Louise Persson
Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: MSc. Analytical Chemistry
Background:
- +25 years of experience as analytical scientist, mainly within pharmaceutical development, including 15 years with inhalation projects at AstraZeneca
- Experienced in a large range of analytical techniques, e.g. U(H)PLC, LC-MS, GC, Laser diffraction, immune assay and titration
- Experience in formulation work with dry powder as well as with wet formulations such as creams and ointments
- Knowledge in physical properties testing of wet formulations
- Method development and validating analytical methods using HPLC/UPLC with different detection techniques as UV, ELS and CAD
- Good knowledge in GMP for the analytical laboratory
Måns Österberg Widerstrand
Director Alliance Management. Joined Iconovo 2020.
IconovoEducation: MSc. in Chemical Engineering. Executive Master of Medical Business Strategy
Background:
- More than 20 years of experience from the life science industry, including 15 years in allergy and asthma
- Significant experience of global organizations and markets from global positions at companies like Thermo Fisher Scientific, Polypeptide, ALK etc
- Thorough understanding of the life science value chain through senior roles within relationship management, sales and marketing, GMP manufacturing, R&D and medical scientific affairs
- Thorough understanding of generic and new drug development
- Managerial positions in B2B sales, manufacturing and R&D
Tove Sörnmo
Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2021.
IconovoEducation: MSc. in Engineering, Biotechnology
Background:
- 5 years of work experience as an analytical chemist, including 3 years in QC laboratory in the pharmaceutical industry
- Experience in HPLC and UPLC
- Experience from working on elastomer based products containing hormones and microbicides
- Good knowledge in GMP for the analytical laboratory
Narda Thuresson
Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: PhD. Organic Chemistry
Background:
- More than 10 years of research both academia and industry
- Extensive experience in chromatography, HPLC, LC-MS and NMR
- Expert extracting, isolating and characterizing active metabolites from plants
Johan Westlund
Device Development. Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: MSc. Mechanical Engineering
Background:
- More than 20 years of experience within Product Development and Project Management
- Experiences from Medical Technology, Military Defense Industry, Mobile Phones, Automotive and Safety, Consumer Electronics
- Extensive background in Product – Project Development and Management and Engineering Management
- Solid background working in EU, US, Asia and Oceania Markets
- Experienced with common and specialized plastics, Metals, Carbon Fiber and Silicone material
Caroline Ehrenborg
QA Manager. Consultant (from QAdvis AB) at Iconovo since 2022.
IconovoEducation: MSc. in Biotechnology
Background:
- + 15 years of experience from medical devices (mainly combination device/drug products), both from a research & development and regulatory & quality perspective
- + 2 years of experience from being a regulatory & quality consultant. In this role she has worked with several medical device companies with different issues. In her role as consultant, she has updated and set up several quality management systems (to comply with ISO 13485 and 21 CFR Part 820)
- Experience from the European and US market
Fredrik Larsson
Device Development. Consultant (from Etteplan Sweden AB) at Iconovo since 2021.
IconovoEducation: BSc. Product design engineering, University of Skövde
Background:
- 15 years of experience within product development and plastic component design
- Experience of hearing aid products and medical device.
- Experience of pilot studies, concept design, detail design and handover to production
- Experience of testing and verification against technical specifications and requirements
Annika Antius
Design Assurance Manager at Iconovo since 2022.
IconovoEducation: MSc in Analytical Chemistry
Background:
- +15 years of experience within pharmaceutical development at AstraZeneca
- 5 years of experience within medical device development for dialysis machines and hearing aids
- Implementation/maintenance of QMS systems and ISO 13485 certification
- Design Control/Change Control document management
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification
Malkus Arlemark
Device Development. Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: BSc. Engineering/Product design
Background:
- 21 years of experience within product development, plastic components, sheet metal, casting, cutting processes and rapid prototyping
- Knowledge in FEM analysis in following areas: form filling analysis, structural FEM analysis and FEM CFD heat and flow simulations.
- Knowledge in parametric surface modelling
- Six sigma green belt certification
- Knowledge in Machine safety and CE-marking
Eva Norell
Communications and Marketing Manager at Iconovo since 2022
IconovoEducation: MSc Politics and Economics
Background:
- 10 years’ experience of digital communication and marketing, from Gedea Biotech and from the publishing industry.
- Over 20 years’ experience of sales, marketing and communication within the health care and pharmaceutical industry.
- Good knowledge of international B2B marketing with a multichannel approach.
- Experience in project management and exhibitions, seminars, digital channels and social media strategy.
- Previous roles at Pfizer, Sanofi, Studentlitteratur and Gedea Biotech
Fredrik Radencrantz
Director Business Development. Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: Bachelor Degree in Liberal Arts. Major in East- and Southeast Asian Studies. Economics and Marketing studies at Lund University
Background:
- More than 25 years of strategic, senior business management experience from Telecoms, Life Sciences and MedTech industries
- Extensive experience of global organizations and markets from management positions at Ericsson and Arjo
- Comprehensive understanding of international B2B and distributor sales and marketing as well as R&D within life sciences and MedTech from executive roles at Probi and QuickCool/TEQCool
- Considerable international experience from having studies and lived abroad for 15 years in various countries (Belgium, USA, Singapore, Spain, UK, and China)
Alak Alshiekh
Pharmaceutical Development. Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: PhD in Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Background:
- More than 10 years of laboratory experience in research and pharmaceutical development
- Solid experience in pharmaceutical development projects in formulation development for both early-stage and late-stage projects as well as feasibility studies with diverse pharmaceutical dosage forms
- Deep understanding of biomolecules and hands on experience in working with nucleic acids, lipids and peptides
- Research experience in Biochemistry, cancer therapeutics and non-coding RNA
Josefin Olsén
HR. Consultant (from Wise Consulting AB). Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: Master’s degree in Behavioral Science and Human Resource Management
Background:
- +10 years’ experience within Human Resource Management from the construction and packaging industry
- Experience in recruitment, onboarding, learning and development, labor- and work environment legislation
- +8 years’ experience in supporting and developing leadership and management
Julia Rosengren
Device Development Consultant (from Avalon). Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: MSc. in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design
Background:
- 3 years of working with medtech development at Cellavision
- 1.5 years of working with defence and in military fields at Aimpoint and SAAB
- Experience in standard testing, fine mechanics, plastics, and regulatory documentation
Anusha Rupenagunta
Laboratory Technician. Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: M.Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics)
Background:
- 3 years of working experience in Pharmaceutical industry – FR&D
- Working experience as a Pharmacist
Therese Dahl
Business Controller. Consultant (from Mpya Finance). Joined Iconovo 2022.
IconovoEducation: BSc Business & Administration
Background:
- 10 years of experience from Business Controlling including 5 years as a finance consultant
- Experience of large businesses, international environments as well as working closely with senior management
- Experience from M&A processes