Our Team

Multi-disciplinary team with history of successful healthcare innovation and commercialization.   As a subsidiary of MHG Management GmbH we have access to the MHG ecosystem and network of advisors. As a group we are focused on time to value for our target patients, payors and investors.  

Leadership Team

Strategic Science Advisor - Celfex AB

Dr.Richard Bergström

Dr. Bergström is a pharmacist and received his MSc Pharm degree from the Uppsala University, Sweden in 1988. Until 1992 he worked at the Medical Products Agency as Assistant Head of Registration. Dr. Bergström worked 9 years in regulatory affairs at Roche and Novartis. Later he served as Director of EU Regulatory Strategy at Roche Basel and as Director-General of LIF, the Swedish Pharmaceutical Industry Association.

Since 2006, he has been an advisor to the World Health Organization on Good Governance in Medicine, and since April 2011 he has been the Director General of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA).

Among his many domains of knowledge, Dr. Bergström has deep experience with blockchain technology, data & analytics as well as  in drug development. Richard Bergström is a multi-disciplinary leader and Board member of MHG Management GmbH.

Development Advisor - Celfex AB

Fredrik von Kieseritzky, PhD

Owner of Arubedo AB, board member at Spinalis Foundation, Caroline Montgomery Foundation, and Spinalis Produktion AB. Affiliated to Karolinska Institutet.

Associate Professor at Lund University. Scientific adviser to several organizations. Past: Founding partner and CSO at Amidea Sweden AB. Founding partner at Osmond Labs AB. CEO at Arubedo AB.

Principal investigator in larger pharmaceutical companies. Science writer. Ph.D. in organic chemistry.

Our Parent Company

Chairman - MHG Management GmbH

Dr. Adel El Messiry, PhD

Healthcare & Tech entrepreneur, published expert on AI and Blockchain with 20+ years experience  

Successful healthcare & technology companies taken from inception to exit with unicorn track record.   Executive experience of 10 years at HealthStream, 7 years at InVivoLink/HealthTrust, and 4 years at UtilizeHealth.
Ph.D. in Computer Science at NCSU Natural Language Processing, with more than a dozen publications and inventions. Regular contributor to the United Nations governance forums, World Economic Forum, Draper Round Table (with Tim Draper) and Bitangels Network (with Michael Terpin).

CEO - MHG Management GmbH

John Schnell

Seasoned executive and entrepreneur with 30+ years experience in pharmaceutical trade/distribution, manufacturing, quality and M&A.

Several successful acquisitions and green field start-ups.  Portfolio of companies across Switzerland and Scandinavia combined with strategic relationship network represents a unique full suite of capability within pharma space.

Strong network of relationships within Europe including development relationships with several reputable institutions including Karolinska Institute, UIT University in Norway.

Strategic Partnership & Investment Inquiries

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