Join Future Worlds Mentor Simon Kerry on Thursday 26 October from 12:30 to 14:00 for this month’s lunchtime Masterclass talk ‘Resilience and serendipity: how we built a biotech company.’ The free event is taking place in Building 67, Room 1007/CLS Lecture Room B.
Simon is an experienced businessman, who has managed a number of early stage life science companies, helping them to grow and achieve success. Simon was headhunted to become CEO of a University of Southampton spinout, Karus Therapeutics, where he helped to build the company through a challenging time whilst securing a major investment.
The business is now well regarded in the UK biotech sector as it works to transform the lives of cancer patients that no longer respond to other treatments. In his talk, Simon will focus on real-life examples of the journey that Karus made in taking the company from a University spinout to clinical-stage company, looking at the challenges and how these were addressed.
The Future Worlds Mentor Masterclass series allows students and staff at the University exclusive access to learn from entrepreneurs and industry experts, as well as an exclusive opportunity to see pitches and product demos from startups and spin-outs in the Future Worlds network.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
This event is open to all students and staff.
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