Prof Dr Wolfgang Renz

Dr Wofgang Renz is a member of faculty of Medicine as an Adjunct Professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada where he is a part o the Drug Development Training program. Renz is also a Corporate Vice President of Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the top 20 independent pharmaceutical companies focused on health care and pharmaceutical innovation. There Dr. Renz has been leading the Corp. Department New Business Model and Health Care innovation. As of October 2014 he will assume the role President International Business at Physicians Interactive, a company that aspires to use the power of worldwide networks of healthcare professionals and life sciences companies together in ways that will change the practice and business of medicine for the better. Here he will also expand his interest into the field of telemedicine, multichannel marketing and the application of gamification in healthcare.

A qualified Medical Doctor, Renz has specialized in a number of therapeutic areas including liver failure, pancreatic insufficiency, cystic fibrosis, hepatology and internal medicine. These specialties have seen him lead globally recognized pharmaceutical companies including Pharmanet Development Group, Redhill Biopharma, Samaritan Therapeutics, Venn Life Sciences Holdings and Hesperion in a capacity of health care innovation, collaboration and business development.

Contact: wolfgang.renz@mcgill.ca