Sébastien joined our company in 2005 and is Vice President and Head of Biologics and Viral Vectors CDMO, where he leads the CDMO branch dedicated to large molecules and viral vectors within the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Sébastien also supports the development of new and innovative biomanufacturing technologies and solutions in collaboration with the company’s process development team. Prior to joining the company, he was a gene therapy development scientist at Transgene and was head of the R&D laboratory and member of the board of directors at Hemosystem, an in vitro diagnostics company.