Thijs Spigt MSc, PhD

Thijs Spigt studied Neurobiology at University of Amsterdam (MSc), and graduated his PhD in Business Administration from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Following these studies, he gained his experience in Pharma: commercially at Abbott, R&D licensing with Rhein Biotech, and out-licensing skills for generic drugs with Synthon, plus licensing consultancy at Royal DSM. For 5 years Thijs worked at the Royal Netherlands Embassy at Berlin as Science & Technology Counseller, executing and stimulating international governmental cooperation. Now, Thijs is Director of TTO Erasmus MC Rotterdam, and holds a CLP and an RTTP certification.