Director of Manufacturing

Dr. Jacoby joined Immutep in 2015 with more than 15 years’ experience in the biotech industry. Prior to her current role, she held various positions at pre-clinical and clinical-stage pharmaceutical companies, where she gained comprehensive experience in protein expression and purification as well as in analytical and preclinical development.

As Head Biochemist and Head of Manufacturing at different European biotech companies, she developed and supervised manufacturing processes conducted according to "Good Manufacturing Practice" (GMP) of biologicals and small molecules in interaction with Contract Manufacturing Organisations ensuring the supply of clinical trials up to Phase II. In parallel Dr. Jacoby was acting as an independent Medical Writer supporting companies in regulatory interactions for clinical trial applications.

Dr. Jacoby has a Master degree in Biochemistry and completed her PhD at the Institute for Biotechnology of the Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.