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Mathias Svahn

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Chairman of the Board at QVance
📍 Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area, Sweden

As CEO of NextCell Pharma, Mathias Svahn is a serial entrepreneur who applies his Ph. D. in Molecular Cell Biology from Karolinska Institutet to advance cell therapies. He founded Swedens largest private stem cell bank, Cellaviva, and also serves as Chairman of QVance, demonstrating deep leadership in the biotech and regenerative medicine space.

Outside of his executive roles, Mathias enjoys slalom skiing, cycling, and practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu with his son. His journey into stem cell banking was personally motivated by the birth of his first child, where he personally collected and prepared the cells in his lab.

He has collected and stored stem cells for all three of his children, driven by the hope of developing new treatments for the future.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Chairman of the Board
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area, Sweden
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Type 1 Diabetes
His company's lead drug candidate, ProTrans, is in clinical trials for type 1 diabetes, a topic he frequently discusses in company updates and interviews.
Cell Therapy Development
With over a decade in the field, his career is centered on the research, drug development, and commercialization of advanced cell and gene therapies.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Chairman of the Board
QVance
9-2024
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Cellaviva
9-2021
Member Of The Supervisory Board
FamiCordTx 🧬 Gene Therapies
10-2015 - 12-2021
Senior Researcher
Karolinska Institutet
8-2015
CEO
NextCell Pharma AB
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Education
2002 - 2007
Ph.D
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Laboratory Medicine
2001 - 2007
Ph.D
Karolinska Institutet
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