- Staf Van Reet
Staf Van Reet is a Belgian scientist and businessman. Currently he is Managing Director of the biotech company Viziphar Biosciences BVBA, and member of the Board of Directors of
Janssen Pharmaceutica and the VIB. He was succeeded as Chairman ofFlandersBio byJohan Cardoen .Education
He obtained a degree of engineering in Applied Biological Sciences and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences from the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven ,Belgium ) and a Law degree from theUniversity of Antwerp (Antwerp ,Belgium ).Career
In
1972 , he started his career atJanssen Pharmaceutica , as a scientist in the "Department of Theoretical Medicinal Chemistry". After a year he moved to the "Department of Patents and Pharmacochemical Data Processing" of Janssen Pharmaceutica, and he headed the department from1977 until1989 . Since1987 continued his career as General Manager of Janssen Biotech, Chairman of the Management Board of the Janssen Research Foundation (JRF) and from1991 until1999 as President of the Janssen Research Foundation and Managing Director of Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. Until he retired, he was responsible for corporate venturing activities in Europe forJohnson & Johnson . In 2007 he foundedMovetis together withRemi Van den Broeck ,Dirk Reyn andJan Schuurkes .ource
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