Insights from the BioFIT community

Home » Insights from the BioFIT community

Hear from the people shaping life sciences innovation. Investors, industry leaders and technology transfer experts share their experience and perspectives on collaboration, commercialisation and early-stage investment.

Kevin Dalgaard – Bridging the funding gap in early-stage biotech
Kevin Dalgaard, Principal at Lundbeckfonden BioCapital, shares how his team proactively scouts promising academic projects and helps them cross the “valley of death”. He also explains why dialogue between investors, academia and pharma is essential to turn early discoveries into investable projects addressing unmet medical needs.

Simon Warner — From academic research to patient impact
Simon Warner, Head of Licensing & Ventures at Oxford University Innovation, discusses the different routes available to bring academic technologies to market. Whether through a direct licensing agreement or the creation of a spin-out, the ultimate goal remains the same: turning research into solutions that make a difference to patients.

Gianna Di Sario and Giuliana Villari — Connecting Italy’s technology transfer ecosystem with Europe
Gianna Di Sario and Giuliana Villari introduce PerfeTTO, Italy’s first life sciences technology transfer network, bringing together 54 universities, research centres and hospitals. They discuss how shared resources, business matching, project acceleration and training can strengthen a fragmented innovation ecosystem and foster new cross-border collaborations.

More voices coming soon
New interviews with life sciences investors, entrepreneurs, industry
leaders and technology transfer experts will be added throughout the year.

Continue the conversation at BioFIT
Meet the investors, entrepreneurs, researchers and industry leaders shaping
life sciences innovation in Marseille on December 10^th and 11^th, 2026.