Affiliation: Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

Eckhard Weber (PhD) is Associate Director at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) in Basel, Switzerland. He leads multidisciplinary, translational research projects dedicated to developing transformative regenerative therapies for tendon diseases. Eckhard collaborates with global scientific leaders from industry and academia across the biomedical and biotechnological universe to integrate innovation in drug discovery, delivery, and development. Joining Novartis in 2000 from academia, Eckhard held senior positions in translational research of different therapeutic areas such as Neuroscience, Arthritis Bone and Metabolism, and Gastrointestinal and Musculoskeletal and directed various projects from drug discovery to clinical development. He holds an MSc and a PhD in Physiology, Biochemistry, and Nutrition from the University of Hohenheim, Germany. Originally from Germany, Eckhard lives in Basel, Switzerland. He is passionate about industrial design, architecture, gardening, and ‘les beaux arts’ in general.