Norbert Prenzel is an experienced business and corporate development expert with more than 20 years track record of licensing and M&A in Biotech and Pharma. Dr. Prenzel earned his PhD summa cum laude in Axel Ullrich’s department at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried and holds an Executive MBA from the WHU/Kellogg School of Management. His doctoral work on signal transduction and cancer was recognized with the Max Planck Society’s Junior Research Award.
Before joining SOTIO, Norbert was co-founder of U3 Pharma AG (acquired by Daiichi Sankyo), business development consultant at Staatz Business Development & Strategy, Director of Business Development at Micromet Inc. (acquired by Amgen) and he served as Licensing Director at Amgen Inc.
Norbert joined SOTIO in 2015 as Head of Business Development and Licensing where he leads global partnering and fundraising efforts across the company’s innovative oncology portfolio.