Universal antidotes: we can do better than burnt toasts!! | Vincent Forster | TEDxHamburg

Vincent Forster at TEDxHamburg (www.tedxhamburg.de).

Dr. Vincent Forster is the CEO and Co-Founder of Versantis, a preclinical stage pharmaceutical company based in Switzerland, which develops a versatile detoxification therapy. Vincent received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from ETH Zurich, which built upon a multidisciplinary education in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, completed at EPFL (Switzerland) and UCSD (USA). His research in the field of Drug Delivery taught him the Art of formulating and conveying pharmaceuticals. Paradoxically, his recent work has been focused on the conception of a universal antidote to “un-deliver” drugs and remove them from overdosed patients. Specifically, he developed a revolutionary peritoneal dialysis approach for the detoxification body wastes and toxic chemicals. Enthusiastic and passionate, he now dedicates his energy to translate this technology to the patient’s bedside.

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