Michal Konstacky

Managing Director

Michal Konstacky
Switzerland

Experience

Mar 2023 - Present
2 years
Zürich, Switzerland

Managing Director

K Medical Consulting GmbH

Consulting/Contracting (AstraZeneca – Forxiga/chronic renal & heart failure, T2DM, Pfizer – ATTR cardiomyopathy registry (tafamidil), Profimed – spermidine/ longevity, Hemex – acute lymphoblastic leukemia/regulatory, Sherpa Health – metabolomics/CMO, HTG – gait monitor/CMO), Vaud Medical – Wilson disease /CMO, Czech Ministry of Education & Czech Academy of Sciences – EU scientific grants in medicine reviewer. Micro consultations with management consulting companies.

Mar 2023 - Sep 2023
7 months
Basel, Switzerland

Director, Clinical Trials & Safety Physician

Idorsia

daridorexant /insomnia paediatric, cenerimod /systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), medical monitoring. DSURs, RMPs.

Jun 2021 - Feb 2023
1 year 9 months
Basel, Switzerland

Senior Medical Director

Luzsana

Medical leadership in EU/US/China for global Phase I-III clinical programs, regulatory submissions, protocol development, and human factor studies, clinical trial diversity. Managing cross functional team of 60 people in China.

Diabetes - T1DM & T2DM (long-acting insulin, GLP1 RA /Ph I & II, human factor studies, FDA & EMA interactions, briefing book, protocols), atopic dermatitis, eosinophilic oesophagitis (anti IL4), Alzheimer (anti amyloid beta, Ph II).

Co-lead: FXI, chronic pain, oncology (chemo induced thrombocytopenia)

Sep 2020 - May 2021
9 months
Basel, Switzerland

Medical Director

Roche

Led neurosciences/ultrarare diseases translational medicine, Ph I-II protocol development, Proof of Concept, Proof of Mechanism, regulatory negotiations, pRED (Pharma Research & Early Development) governance reform squad lead.

Medical lead for Dup15q & Angelman syndrome (basmisanil, allosteric modulators, mRNA). Briefing book, protocol design, FDA negotiations, 2 Ad Boards.

Sep 2019 - Aug 2020
1 year
Zürich, Switzerland

Global Medical Director IBDs & PSC

Takeda

Led SHP647 (ontamalimab) medical strategy for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis in a divested program under the supervision of the European Commission. Pregnancy registry, ad boards, patients' engagement.

Sep 2018 - Jul 2019
11 months
Zürich, Switzerland

Senior Director / Head of EMEA Med Affairs & Clinical

Aegerion

Team lead (17 people, incl. 2 Senior Directors) for metreleptin/Mylepta (partial and generalized lipodystrophy, congenital leptin deficiency) clinical development, EU launch & reimbursement, developed strategic plans, created pharmacovigilance, medical info structures, Head of EMEA patient advocacy, orchestrated business expansion to the Middle East, HCP & vendors trainings with sever insulin resistance diabetes centres (UK, Oman), responsible for set up of clinical trials in partial LD, paediatrics, immunogenicity and a drug registry. Interim UK, France, Benelux, Scandinavia, MENA Medical Head.

Jun 2014 - Aug 2018
4 years 3 months
Zug, Switzerland

Global Medical Director Rare Neurological Diseases

Takeda

Neurosciences/ metabolic field. Lysosomal storage disorders: MPS II (neuronopathic form of Hunter syndrome) SHP609 (idursulfase-IT) Ph II/III paediatric program, managed regulatory submissions for ERT, HOS safety registry. Publications, cognitive & developmental assessment task force, ad boards, new intrathecal catheter search, new digital endpoints. Interim US Medical Head & team lead, interim lead for MLD, MPS IIIa, Fabry disease (cardiomyopathy), hereditary angioedema. Main organizer of two LSD Forum Conferences (€0.7M investment).

Sep 2012 - May 2014
1 year 9 months
Zürich, Switzerland

Medical Head EMEA

Aerocrine

Launched FeNO medical devices (Niox Vero) in asthma Th2 mediated inflammation detection, led European medical and clinical operations teams, provided medical monitoring, negotiated payor and regulatory aspects. Collaboration activities with Apoteket AB. Interim US Medical Head. Lead Chinese medical team and started to build Japanese medical team. One of the FeNO devices is utilized by the crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Apr 2010 - Aug 2012
2 years 5 months
Zürich, Switzerland

Head of Respiratory Medical

Takeda

Head of Medical Dpt. (7 people). Pre-launch & launch activities for roflumilast (Daxas) in COPD, Alvesco in asthma, Omnaris in chronic rhinitis. Risk mitigation activities. Co-designed COPD mortality study SIGNATURE (€120M). Interim UK Medical Head.

Feb 2009 - Mar 2010
1 year 2 months
Switzerland

International Medical Affairs Director

Abbott

Created and implemented a global key opinion leaders' strategy across all therapy areas, co-chaired the publication board of the OSCAR cardiometabolic trial, and coordinated the Metabolic Syndrome Institute (a project with Joslin Diabetes Clinic, Harvard, Boston), involving a $1M investment.

Sep 2007 - Jan 2009
1 year 5 months
Spain

International Med Affairs Respiratory Manager

Almirall

Pre-launch activities for aclidinium bromide in COPD, LCM – designing Ph II for combo projects. Coordinator for co-development with Forest Laboratories. Responsible for scientific publications, ad boards, human factor studies, lung deposition studies. Genuair inhaler development. HEOR & RWE.

Jan 2003 - Aug 2007
4 years 8 months
Prague, Czech Republic

Medical Affairs and Pharmacovigilance Manager

AstraZeneca

Medical support for cardio/metabolic (Attacand, Betaloc, Plendil, Crestor, ximelagatran, Cerovive/NXY 059), GI (Losec, Prilosec), neurosciences (Quetiapin, Zomig). JUPITER trial (rosuvastatin in subjects with elevated hsCRP, 89,890 patients screened for enrollment). C-MLR review / nominated signatory. Manager of CZ & SK Drug Safety Officers, responsible for PSURs, ICSRs, RMPs, PBRERs. Member of AZ Consulting Committee in Stanhope Gate HQ, London.

Sep 1995 - Aug 2007
12 years
Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Assistant Professor

Charles University Hospital

Internal medicine & cardiometabolic department, cardiovascular and haematological ICU, accidents & emergency physician, heart echo (TTE, TEE, 7,000 examinations), vascular ultrasonography, transesophageal echocardiography expert on call for 0.5 mil inhabitant region, treated around 60,000 patients, chronic heart failure and PVD clinic. Preventive cardiology and echocardiography lecturer.

Trained in lower and upper GI endoscopy, including ERCP. Liver catheterizations.

Academia research (chemo induced cardiomyopathy, multiple myeloma, 18F FDG-PET scans in liver transplants, animal surgical experiments in portal hypertension, liver regeneration. Colorectal cancer national study coordinator, H. pylori UBT C13 research – including development of antibiotic eradication protocols, acute pancreatitis & antibiotics).

PhD theses: H. pylori: Chronic infection, inflammation, and their relation to cardiovascular diseases.

Principal investigator in Ph III clinical trials (e.g. ximelagatran in DVT, acute heart failure).

Consultant for Europæiske ERV (Denmark) - Travel Insurance and global repatriation services.

Summary

With over 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry and 12+ years in academia and medical practice, I bring extensive experience and a proven track record in managing large (60 people) diverse multinational teams, leading key strategic initiatives and developing medical content. I have significant hands-on regulatory expertise, including interactions with the FDA and EMA, and have managed NDA & BLA/MAA submissions followed by successful drug & device launches. My broad therapeutic knowledge spans neurosciences, rare diseases, immunology, respiratory medicine, cardiometabolic, and GI. I have designed, planned and delivered early and late-stage clinical trials (€120- 255M), successfully negotiated with authorities & payors, developed registries, RWE, key publications, and organized advisory boards. My global perspective, gained from roles in EMEA, US, APAC, and MENA regions, includes serving as Interim Medical Director in the UK, US, BENELUX, and MENA. I have extensive experience in due diligence and investor consulting within the pharma and healthcare sectors. I am an enthusiastic supporter of negotiation strategies and new technologies in medicine and a mentor of MedTech startups. Additionally, I am a patient advocate in rare diseases.

Languages

Czech
Native
English
Advanced
Slovak
Advanced
French
Intermediate
German
Intermediate
...and 4 more

Education

Oct 2004 - Jun 2005

City University of Seattle

MBA · United States

Oct 1995 - Jun 2002

Charles University

PhD & MD · Prague, Czech Republic · Suma cum laude

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