Copenhagen Life Science Advisors
connecting science to market
We are a dedicated life sciences consultancy company with years of experience from the pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech industries, as well as experience from working in and with life science venture capital.
We work closely with our clients to secure a detailed understanding of the specific challenges at hand in order to provide actionable solutions.
In addition to our native network in Denmark, we have a strong network across the life sciences industry and venture firms in Europe and the US.
Torben Skarsfeldt
Torben Skarsfeldt, Managing Director, has more than 30 years experience in the life science industry with a strong record of achievements in research and development.
Prior to joining Copenhagen Life Science Advisors he worked within research, business development and project management at H. Lundbeck A/S handling both small molecules as well as biological products. Furthermore, as a consultant he has orchestrated successful regulatory pathways from preclinical into IND in the US.
Torben Skarsfeldt I currently CEO and owner of Pharma Guidance ApS, and serves as Scandinavian Advisor for the Ferghana Partners Group. He is member of the KLIFO Drug Development Counsel and a Board member of ArrayDignostics. He previously served 16 years as member of the Supervisor Board of H. Lundbeck A/S in Denmark.
Torben holds a M.Sc. a D.Sc from Copenhagen University.
Morten Faester
Senior Partner with special focus on Business Development.
Morten has 20 years’ experience in the international biopharma industry with a strong track-record of partnering and deal-making.
Prior to joining Copenhagen Life Science Advisors he worked with big-pharma and speciality-pharma companies.
From 2002-09 he was Senior Director with Nyucomed-Takeda, followed by a 3 year term as Lifescienc Ambassador in Canada for the Bio Industry Association. Subsequently Morten wored as a Business Development executive with AstraZeneca in Sweden, and most recently in a senior role within Corporate Development for Grünenthal in Germany.
Morten Faester currently serves as a mentor and strategic advisor to several Scandinavian biotech, medtech and diagnostic companies.
Morten has a commercial education as BBA from Copenhagen Business School and holds an MBA from Heriot-Watts University in Edinburgh Scotland.