Dr. Bendtzen is CSO of Biomonitor and responsible for the developing the scientific foundation of the company. As Chief Physician and Professor of Inflammation at the Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Dr. Bendtzen founded the Institute for Inflammation Research (IIR) in 1995. He served as Head of Copenhagen Biotechnology research Centre and was President of the Danish Society for Immunology from 1997 to 2002. He has also been an active consultant for the biopharmaceutical industry in Denmark and abroad. Biomonitor A/S was founded in 2003 on his initiative and on the basis of his scientific work. Dr. Bendtzen is a medical doctor holding a DMSc degree from the University of Copenhagen. He has extensive clinical and research experience and has published more than 500 papers within the fields of inflammation, clinical immunology, immunopharmacology and cytokinology. He was among the first to characterize the physiology and multifunctionality of several pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines including TNF-alpha/beta and interleukin-1.
