Primary Job Title Chief Technology Officer Primary Organization Kainova Therapeutics
Location Steinsoultz, Alsace, France Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Xavier Leroy started his career at Axovan and later spent more than thirteen years at Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Switzerland), in positions of increasing seniority. As associate director he developed multiple GPCR-targeting programs in the field of neuroscience and inflammation. Most recently he was head of drug discovery at Belgium-based iTeos,
overseeing the development of the company’s immune-oncology portfolio. Xavier is a member of the management committee of European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) where he actively participates in the European Research Network on Signal Transduction. He obtained a PhD in molecular and cellular biology before completing a post-doctoral fellowship at Novartis (Switzerland).
