Open House - Global Healthcare 2022: OpGen | Edison Group
OpGen is focused on revolutionizing the identification and treatment of bacterial infections. Following the merger with Curetis, it has technology to detect pathogens and predict resistance. Importantly, the AMR Gene Panel and Unyvero platforms have the ability to provide results in hours instead of days.
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Oliver Schacht, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, OpGen
Mr. Oliver Schacht, a corporate finance professional and expert in the molecular diagnostics industry, is the CEO of OpGen has been CEO of Curetis since April 2011 and prior to that was a Supervisory Board Member of Curetis AG from mid-2010 to end of the first quarter in 2011. He was a co-founder and CFO of Epigenomics AG (Berlin, Germany) and the CEO of Epigenomics Inc. (Seattle, USA). Mr. Schacht has extensive experience in developing and implementing commercial strategies and financing measures (including two IPOs), as well as corporate finance, investor relations, PR, marketing and business development. Mr. Schacht also serves on the Board of ICBA as its Vice Chairman and BIO Deutschland e.V. as its president and previously as treasurer.
