S09 E09: Boehringer’s Christoph von der Goltz on setbacks and success in R&D
EMJ GOLD: Pharma marketing, medical & more
Release Date: 04/01/2025
EMJ GOLD: Pharma marketing, medical & more
How can pharmaceutical companies best navigate setbacks in drug development to deliver breakthroughs in R&D? Find out in this week’s episode, where Isabel and Jade share an interview with Christoph von der Goltz, Global Head of Medicine Central Nervous System and Emerging Areas, Boehringer Ingelheim. Together, he and Jade explore the ins and outs of drug failure, whether to pivot or persevere after an R&D setback, how to better break the stigma of mental illness and much more. A little more on EMJ GOLD’s guest… Christoph von der Goltz is Global Head of Medicine...
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info_outlineHow can pharmaceutical companies best navigate setbacks in drug development to deliver breakthroughs in R&D? Find out in this week’s episode, where Isabel and Jade share an interview with Christoph von der Goltz, Global Head of Medicine Central Nervous System and Emerging Areas, Boehringer Ingelheim.
Together, he and Jade explore the ins and outs of drug failure, whether to pivot or persevere after an R&D setback, how to better break the stigma of mental illness and much more.
A little more on EMJ GOLD’s guest…
Christoph von der Goltz is Global Head of Medicine Central Nervous System and Emerging Areas at Boehringer Ingelheim. He has more than 15 years of experience in a variety of roles in pharmaceutical R&D. He is also a board-certified psychiatrist with more than 10 years of clinical experience in neurology and psychiatry and academic research in preclinical, clinical and public health projects in Germany and Sweden.