Our Team

Lars Hedbys, MSc, PhD | Senior Advisor

Dr. Lars Hedbys is a member of the Ventac Partner team since 2006. He has 30 years of life science industry and science experience including over 15 years in senior and executive management positions.

Lars Hedbys is currently serving as Managing Director of Glycorex UMC AB, a high tech medical device company with products in the field of transplantation. Lars Hedbys is also Chairman of the Lund Life Science Incubator. This is a not for profit organisation dedicated to providing business development support and state of the art laboratory facilities to start up companies.

Lars Hedbys contributes with an extensive experience in drug development, product strategy development and business development. He has a track record of leading large operational organizations, organizations in change as well as managing rapid growth in young private companies. Dr Hedbys has proven leadership in multinational management teams and organizations. His curriculum also includes co-founding of therapeutic companies and a number of board membership roles.

Important positions in his curriculum include: CEO, AB Mando, General Manager, Synarc A/S, Vice President and Site General Manager, AstraZeneca R&D Lund and Vice President, Global Clinical Operations & Project Management, AstraZeneca R&D.

Dr Hedbys holds a MSc in chemical engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and a PhD in Applied Biochemistry from the University of Lund.

Lars Hedbys, PhD
Senior Advisor