Background
Meier, Jurg was born on April 18, 1941 in Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland. Son of Fritz and Alice Frida (Egg) Meier.
Meier, Jurg was born on April 18, 1941 in Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland. Son of Fritz and Alice Frida (Egg) Meier.
Master of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1966. Diploma, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, 1971.
Dr.sc.tech., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich.
Section head pharmacokinetics Sandoz AG, Basel, Switzerland, 1971-1980. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981-1982. Executive vice president Biochemie GmbH, Kundl, Austria, 1983-1990.
Senior vice president Sandoz Pharmaceutical United States, East Hanover, New Jersey, 1991-1992. Corporation head Research and Development, Sandoz Pharma AG, Basel, 1993-1994. President Sandoz Pharma Japan, Tokyo, 1994-1996.
Executive director Novartis Venture Fund, Basel, since 1997. Lecturer Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, 1967-1971, University Innsbruck, Austria, 1986-1990.
Major infantry, Swiss military, 1978-1996.
Married Kathleenn Andee Horstman, August 3, 1968. Children: Denise, Daniel.