Markus Strasser
Country Lead Rare Tumors at Merck Gruppe
Zug, Zug, Switzerland
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Top SchoolMarkus Strasser is a pharma leader with over 15 years’ cross-functional experience in medical affairs, marketing and sales, currently serving as Country Lead Rare Tumors at Merck in Switzerland. He has led product launches, life-cycle management and P&L-driven oncology business units across Switzerland, Germany and global teams, combining hands-on commercial leadership with medical credibility. Markus built and scaled Medical Affairs capabilities, managed companion diagnostics (CDx) and navigated regulatory and alliance complexities across geographies. His background is unusually technical for a commercial leader—a PhD in molecular biology with Cell- and developmental-biology publications—giving him deep domain fluency in personalized medicine. He pairs that scientific rigour with practical management training from EPFL and a track record of motivating cross-functional teams to deliver growth. Colleagues describe him as a strategic operator who bridges lab insight and market execution.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Primary and secondary schoolFH Chemistry with Specialication in Bioengineering, FH Chemistry with Specialication in Bioengineering at Zürcher Hochschule WinterthurPhD International Master/PhD program in Molecular Biology, PhD International Master/PhD program in Molecular Biology at Georg-August-Universität Göttingenbaccalaureate, baccalaureate at Novartis Ausbildungszentrum MuttenzCAS Management of Biotech Medtech and Pharma Ventures, CAS Management of Biotech Medtech and Pharma Ventures at EPFL
Github Skills (31)
parsing10
artificial-intelligence9
javascript9
nextjs9
isomorphic9
typescript9
vue9
generative-ai9
huggingface9
svelte9
openai9
react9
anthropic8
linux8
raycast8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
markusstrasser/polyphon
May 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:10 commits, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
swkBerlin/Yatzy-Refactoring-Kata
May 2017 - Mar 2023
Starting code for a Refactoring Code Kata on the Yahtzee rules
Contributions:2 PRs in 5 years 10 months
code-refactoringcode-katarefactoringruleskata
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