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Dr. Sven Dethlefs

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📍 Greater Philadelphia, United States

Dr. Sven Dethlefs is a global pharmaceutical executive with over 25 years of experience, currently leading Celea Therapeutics, a PureTech Health subsidiary. His career includes senior roles at Teva, notably as CEO of North America, and as a partner at McKinsey & Company. He earned his PhD from Freie Universität Berlin.

Outside of his corporate roles, Sven has a deep interest in literature and history. He recently translated "Rapid Fire, " a groundbreaking World War I novel by Edlef Köppen that was originally banned by the Third Reich, demonstrating a passion for bringing significant historical works to new audiences.

Unique fact: He personally translated a German WWI novel, "Heeresbericht, " sharing its literary importance with his daughter.

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Greater Philadelphia, United States
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Respiratory Diseases
Heads Celea Therapeutics, a company launched to advance deupirfenidone for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and other serious respiratory diseases.
Drug Commercialization
Has extensive experience with P&L ownership and successful global product launches like Austedo and Ajovy during his time as a senior executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals.
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PureTech taps ex-Teva executive to run its new respiratory unit Celea. Featured in European Pharmaceutical Review
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Celea Therapeutics Launches with Former Teva Executive. Featured in American Pharmaceutical Review
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Education
1990 - 1997
Dr.rer.nat/PhD
Freie Universität Berlin
1994 - 1997
PhD Research Immunology
Institut Pasteur Paris | France
1993 - 1994
Research Fellow Molecular Biology
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta Milan | Italy
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