Christian Heidbreder
Chief Scientific Officer
- Role
- Chief Scientific Officer at Indivior
- Location
- Richmond, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christian Heidbreder
Entrepreneurial executive combining 30 years of leadership experience in Research & Development spanning academic, governmental, and industrial sectors in Europe and the US.Innovative and cooperative personality with focus on value creation, social competence, and well-developed organization, presentation, communication, and analytical skills leading to durable partnerships.Dynamic and systematic working style with leadership (technical, collaborative, managerial) capabilities through example, respect, passion, and credibility.Governance Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).Member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse (NACDA).Member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Multi-Disciplinary Working Group (MDWG).
Experience
Chief Scientific Officer
Dec 2014 — Present · Richmond, VA, US
Member of Indivior’s Executive Committee and Board’s Science & Policy Committee.Pioneered the discovery, development and regulatory approval of new pharmacotherapies in addiction medicine and associated psychiatric co-morbidities.Developed pipeline of new pharmacotherapies for opioid use disorder, alcohol use disorder, stimulant use disorder, and cannabis-related disorders.Partnered with health-care professionals, public health communities, policymakers, and payers to treat substance use disorder as a chronic, relapsing medical condition.
Education
Université catholique de Louvain
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology
1982 — 1984
Université catholique de Louvain
Master of Arts (M.A.), Experimental Psychology
1984 — 1987
Université catholique de Louvain
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychopharmacology
1987 — 1992
Skills
- Biotechnology
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Clinical Research
- Pharmacology
- Drug Discovery
- Research
- Clinical Trials
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Drug Development
- Life Sciences
- Clinical Development
- Neuroscience
- Lifesciences
- Leadership
- R&D
- Immunology
- Psychiatry
- Animal Models
- Science
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