Christiane Langer, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical & Medical Affairs
Bio:
Dr. Langer holds more than 20 years of clinical research and medical affairs experience, prior to SBI having served as SVP Global Medical Affairs at BeiGene, SVP Global Medical Affairs for Atara Biotherapeutics and VP of Global Medical Affairs for Agios Pharmaceuticals. She also held senior medical positions for Roche/Genentech in both the U.S. and Germany.
In all these roles, she built and managed medical affairs teams, managed teams through major organizational changes, led successful launches, nurtured strong relationships in the scientific community with professional societies, cooperative and patient advocacy groups and established deep expertise around cell therapies and various hematology- and oncology-related indications.
Dr. Langer earned her medical degree from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and spent her residency in obstetrics and gynecology with a focus on gynecologic oncology at the University Hospital Hannover, Germany. She completed postdoctoral studies on apoptosis in breast cancer under Dr. John Reed at the Burnham Institute in La Jolla, California.
In her downtime she enjoys traveling with her family, running and roadcycling as well as knitting & crocheting.
She's passionate about patients, science ,authenticity and mentoring others.