Otto Kari

Otto Kari, VP & Head of Antigen Business Unit, holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has over 15 years of experience in pharmaceutical research and development, with advanced qualifications in R&D and technology management. During his Ph.D. and post-doctoral studies, he developed and set up novel and innovative methods and infrastructure for the study of biocorona formation on nanotechnological drug delivery systems and viruses. Recently, he served as the Commercial Lead for PeptiCHIP, a microfluidics-based technology for rapid tumor antigen identification developed by Prof. Vincenzo Cerullo’s ImmunoTherapyLab at University of Helsinki. Previously, Dr Kari has served as a visiting researcher or teacher at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (systems toxicology), and Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University, Finland (strategic technology management). He has authored over 13 peer-reviewed articles covering fields such as cancer immunotherapy, pharmaceutical nanotechnology, drug delivery, biophysics, and medical logistics. Dr Kari is also a Laboratory Director for PharmaHUB at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, and Chairman of the Council at the Finnish Red Cross.