Dr. Andreas Kirschfeld

Development and validation plans/reports Data analysis, technical documentation, scientific illustrations Manuscript reviews Invention scouting and assessment Employee invention matters, remuneration and mediation Foreign counsel support Annuity payments Collaboration and licensing negotiations Competitive intelligence and evidence collection FTO expert opinions and IP landscape analyses Due diligence processes and IP audits Asset valuations and transactions Investor enquiries In-company trainings

Analytical method development and transfer Batch record reviews Controlled change processes Editorial compilation of CMC product information for pharmaceutical registration Work breakdown structure preparation and work package coordination Capacity planning Performance metrics and statistics Gap analyses Risk assessments Root cause investigations Supplier monitoring Audit preparation Project Sponsors: Roche Diabetes Care GmbH, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, B.Braun Melsungen AG, Novartis Vaccines&Diagnostics GmbH

Strategic technology lifecycle and research management Product diversification and identification of novel application areas Expansion and optimisation of structural characterisation methodology for porous composite materials Process chromatography benchmarking FTO and competition landscape analyses Project/literature knowledge monitoring and distribution Patent application drafting and examples generation Patent/trademark prosecution and maintenance Drafting of IP clauses in development and supply contract

Bio- and nanotechnology scouting Patentability searches Promotional materials design Partnership matching and acquisition Business development Intermediate innovation financing Portfolio administration

Collaborations with academia Research on combinatorial chemistry, parallel peptide syntheses, bioconjugation, in-situ fragment screening, reaction biocompatibility optimisation, protein-protein interaction inhibition, structure-activity relationships Co-Founder: Prof. J.-M. Lehn, Nobel laureate in chemistry 1987

Technology transfer from academia Facility installation and operation Instrument manufacturer liaisons for standardisation Research on polymeric monolayer surface coating and functionalisation, biomolecule immobilisation, laser photolithography, fluorescence assay miniaturisation, nucleic acid microarrays, process automation, high throughput screening

Bibliographic Indexing of publications

Routine quality control Stability testing Personnel administration (Military Service)

Discipline: Patent Law for Engineers Final Grade: “befriedigend”

Training Programme: Business Administration (financial accounting & controlling, sales & marketing, human resources, self-leadership) Internships: Applied chemical technologies; microsystem engineering

Discipline: Physical Organic Chemistry (Colloids, Photochemistry)

Discipline: Physical Organic Chemistry (Spectroscopy) Degree: “Doctor rerum naturalium“; Final Grade: “mit Auszeichnung“

Discipline: Chemistry; Specialisation: Organic Chemistry (Kinetics); Electives: Structural Chemistry, Biochemistry Degree: “Diplom-Chemiker“; Final Grade: “sehr gut“