Management
Göran Forsberg
CEO employed since 2014, born 1963. Holdings: 304 412 shares and 1 220 000 options
Göran Forsberg has a PhD in biochemistry and is associate professor and author of over 40 scientific publications. For over 30 years he has had leading positions in research and development, business development and investor relations at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including KabiGen, Pharmacia, Active Biotech and the University of Adelaide, Australia. Forsberg has extensive experience in leading drug development and clinical trials, with a special focus on oncology. Forsberg is a board member of Guard Therapeutics International AB (publ).
Lars Thorsson
VP Clinical Development employed since 2015, born 1961. Holdings: 141 349 shares and 435 000 options
Lars Thorsson graduated with a PhD in clinical pharmacology in 1998 and has extensive experience from the pharmaceutical industry, including leading roles in clinical studies and project management in a large number of development phases at AstraZeneca and Novo Nordisk A/S. Thorsson has been responsible for evaluation and documentation of new substances and has the experience of regulatory activities and interactions with health authorities.
David Liberg
CSO employed since 2015, born 1969. Holdings: 25 194 shares and 475 000 options
David Liberg graduated with a PhD in 2001 and has over twentyfive years of research experience within immunology and tumour biology. Liberg has worked within the pharmaceutical industry for the last eighteen years, with responsibility for early research projects and activities in tumour immunology. He has extensive experience of pre-clinical phase cancer projects. His most recent position was at Active Biotech AB, where he worked as Project Manager Drug Development as well as Head of Cell Biology and Biochemistry. Liberg has also carried out research at Imperial College in the UK and at Lund University.
Nedjad Losic
VP Biometrics employed since 2021, born 1969. Holdings: 25 750 shares and 330 000 options
Nedjad Losic holds an MSc in Mathematics and a diploma in Management of Medical Product Innovation (SIMI). Losic has over 25 years of experience in providing biostatistics expertise in clinical drug development, mostly in antibody development and oncology. Losic has been directly involved in the planning and obtaining market approvals for several biological drugs at Genmab and Y-mAbs Therapeutics. He has previously held managerial positions and worked for Ferring, Spadille, Genmab and Y-mAbs.
Dominique Tersago
CMO employed since 2022, born 1962. Holdings: 0 shares and 0 options
Dominique Tersago is MD and has over 25 years of experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry in early and late-stage clinical development, regulatory strategy and interactions. In biotech as of 2011, Tersago in the position of Chief Medical Officer has led the clinical development of various biologics and supported the transition and growth of the companies Ablynx, Bioncotech (now Highlight Therapeutics) and Exevir. Her experience covers the therapeutic areas of immune oncology, virology, auto-immune disease and hematology. Pharmaceutical industry positions were with Bristol-Myers Squibb and Janssen Pharmaceutical.
Patrik Renblad
CFO employed since 2023, born 1970. Holdings: 55 000 shares and 320 000 options
Patrik Renblad holds a MSc in Business Administration and Economics from Lund University. He has more than 20 years of experience from the Life Science industry. With a strong financial background and focus, he has served in various roles across the pharmaceutical value chain and across geographies for AstraZeneca, LEO Pharma and SynAct Pharma. Prior to joining Cantargia, Renblad led SynAct Pharmas listing on Nasdaq Stockholm in 2022 as CFO. Before that, he served 10 years at LEO Pharma, amongst his roles were head of Research & Development Finance unit and local CFO for the Chinese affiliate in Shanghai.
Ton Berkien
CBO employed since 2024, born 1968. Holdings: 0 shares and 0 options
Ton Berkien holds a BA degree in economics/business information from Saxion University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, as well as an LSid from SIMI and from PwC/Harvard Business School/IMD. He has more than 20 years of experience in the Life Science Industry. Berkien has previously held senior business development positions at Amgen, Nuevolution, Takeda and Nycomed. Before that he held positions at Ferring Pharmaceuticals, PwC, KPMG and Gilde Investment Management. Further, he is Chairman of the Board in Gedea Biotech AB and board member in Adjutec Pharma A/S.
