Dr. Rainer Netzer studied Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University in Braunschweig and prepared his thesis at the Medical School of Hannover, Germany in the field of Neuropharmacology.

He has more than 25 years of experiences in the field of drug discovery in pharmaceutical or biotech companies and at international research institutes. Rainer is specialized in joint drug discovery projects with different industrial and academic partners, and experienced in international collaborations and project management (Europe, United States and Japan). He has established an excellent network in the pharmaceutical and biotech community. In the past 14 years he has in addition focussed on the Japanese pharmaceutical industry where he established an unrivalled network of key opinion leaders and decision makers.