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Interview with Slim Chiha of Prosion Therapeutics

Written by The Bio-Works Team | Nov 4, 2022 2:24:59 PM

 At the 2022 ACHEMA conference we had the pleasure of getting to talk to Slim Chiha, CEO and founder of Prosion Therapeutics who was participating in the Start-Up Challenge Award. 

PROSION is a Biotech and drug development company based in Germany that aims at making the undruggable druggable. Through a proprietary platform technology of LEGO-like chemical building blocks, they are able to develop new and effective drugs, targeting hard-to-treat diseases - starting with the most aggressive cancer forms.

Hear what Slim has to say about:

  • How he came to be working with Prosion
  • The challenges of scaling up drug candidates
  • The biggest development he's seen in the industry so far

 

About Slim Chiha

Slim has a Ph.D. in Chemistry and a special interest in drug development. He co-founded and is CEO of a biotech startup that holds the Seal of Excellence of the European Commission. Previously he has experience as a medicinal chemist in a publicly funded oncology project and trained at a global pharmaceutical company.