Michael von Poncet is the senior vice president of medical & clinical affairs at Sirtex. He leads our in-house team of experts responsible for the medical affairs strategy and operations as well as the clinical development for our core and pipeline products.
Michael has 20 years of experience leading medical and clinical development teams in European key markets, global positions and in the US. Prior to joining Sirtex in May 2023 Michael has been the US executive director for new products clinical development in Hepatology and Ophthalmology at Novartis and was responsible for large US Research Collaborations and Alliances in Cardiovascular Metabolic. During his 18 years at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine he was country medical director and general manager of the German country organization and the global medical head cardio-metabolic of the global commercial strategy organization.
Michael earned his medical degree from the Medical School Düsseldorf, Germany, and completed his fellowship in Internal Medicine and Cardiology from University Medical Centre Düsseldorf.