Our Team

Vesna Åkerberg

Director Pharm. Development. Joined Iconovo 2017.

Education: MSc. Biomedical Technology
Background:

14 years of inhalation experience, mainly from AstraZeneca
10 years experience from line managerial positions in several companies, mainly from product/process/analytical development
Worked with product development within the pharmaceutical industry, mainly within formulation development of dry powder formulations
Experience from manufacturing of clinical trial material
Experience from various powder filling techniques for DPI

Fredrik Gunnarson

Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2017.

Education: BSc. Chemical Engineering
Background:

16 years of experience analyzing inhalation products at AstraZeneca and Iconovo
Testing everything from concept prototypes to documenting products in GMP for NDA application
Developed test equipment and performed testing within AstraZeneca new DPI platform
Have worked 8 years within different medical device companies with product development, product testing and design control

Eva Persson

Pharmaceutical Development. Joined Iconovo 2017.

Background:

Over 25 years of inhalation experience, mainly from AstraZeneca
Deep experience of developing formulations for dry powder inhalers and other dosage forms from pre-clinical phase to production
Solid background in GMP and manufacturing material for clinical trials as well as CMC documentations for CTA and registrations
Experience in working with Design Control, Design Verification and Risk Management for Medical Device

Mea Lindsjö

Executive assistant. Joined Iconovo 2018.

Background:

7 years experience providing efficient secretarial and administrativ support to senior management, mainly from Sydkraft Konsult
22 years experience effectively supporting executive level staff, including the CEO and CFO, mainly from Manpower, E.ON Försäljning and Wise Professionals
Direct and support experience in sales and marketing
Experience from listed companies E.ON and BE Group

Karin Svensson

Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2018.

Education: BSc. in Chemistry
Background:

Over 7 years of work experience in the pharmaceutical industry as an analytical chemist, including 2 years with inhalation products
Experience from working on elastomer based products containing hormones and microbicides
Experienced in test method validations and transfers
Good knowledge in GMP for the analytical laboratory

Jakob Samsøe

Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2018.

Education: MSc. in Analytical Chemistry
Background:

Over 7 years of working experience as analytical chemist in R&D within the pharma industry, including 2 years with inhalation products
Developed and validated UHPLC methods
Experience in LC-MS
Has worked with polymers and small organic molecules

Magnus Waldt

Manager Device development. Joined Iconovo 2018.

Education: BSc. Innovation Engineering
Background:

25 years of experience within product development and plastic components
Long experience from mobile phones and other similar consumer products
12 years working as mechanical design responsible, from concept/early design throughout project execution with requirement setting, evaluating design solutions and design verification
Experienced in design of precision parts for high volume production

Simon Karlsson

Device development. Joined Iconovo 2019.

Education: MSc. Mechanical Engineering
Background:

2 years of working experience as mechanical engineer
Experience in product development
Experience in fluid mechanics and CFD

Magnus Olsson

Pharmaceutical Development. Joined Iconovo 2019.

Education: MSc. in Pharmaceutics
Background:

Over 30 years experience in pharmaceutical development. Mainly in inhalation development
Experienced in formulation- and device-development of Dry Powder Inhalers both for small and large molecules. Covering work from preclinical phase to commercialisation
Has worked with wide range of processes including particle size reduction, blending, spray drying and filling
Experience in clinical manufacturing, equipment and cleaning validation according to GMP

Nathasha Rizza

Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2019.

Education: MSc. in Engineering Biotechnology
Background:

2 years of working experience as analytical chemist within the pharma industry, including 1 year with inhalation products
Experience in GC, HPLC, UPLC and device testing
Good knowledge in GMP for the analytical laboratory

Hugo Öhrneman

Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2019.

Education: MSc. in Chemistry
Background:

2 years of working experience as an analytical chemist within the pharma industry, including 1 year with inhalation products
Experience in HPLC,UPLC and GC
Experience in particle characterization
Good knowledge in GMP for the analytical laboratory

Jerker Carlsson

Manager Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.

Education: BSc. Chemistry
Background:

22 years of experience from pharmaceutical development as analytical scientist, including 8 years with inhalation projects in AstraZeneca
Experience from small molecules and large synthetic/recombinant peptides/proteins in early and late phase
Method development/validation within a large range of analytical techniques, e.g. specific inhalation analysis, U(H)PLC-UV, LC-MS and CE
Specialist roles within method development and high resolution MS
Experience with mathematical modulation (ACD Labs/Dry lab)
Author of NDA/MAA documents

Calo Ewaldsdotter

Device Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.

Education: MSc. Mechanical Engineering
Background:

7 years of experience in the field of product development, from concept studies to realization and development as well as analysing and testing against technical specifications and requirements
More than 5 years’ experience of plastic component design of products and mechanisms for office chairs and water system installations
Knowledge of plastic seal applications and design in elastic polymers
Knowledge of structural analyses (FEM), 3D printing and model rendering and visualisation

Linda Andersson

Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.

Education: BSc. in Chemical Engineering
Background:

11 years of working experience as an analytical chemist, including 2 years in QC laboratory within the pharmaceutical industry and 1 year with inhalation products from AstraZeneca
Experience in a large range of analytical techniques, e.g. HPLC, UPLC, GC and FTIR
Experience from working with elastomer based products and tablets containing hormones
Good knowledge in GMP for the analytical laboratory

Max Viklund

Analytical Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.

Education: MSc. in Chemical Engineering
Background:

Specialized in electron microscopy and material design
Experience in method development and design verification of medical devices
Experience in GC, HPLC, UPLC and device testing

Elisabeth Wanngård

Pharmaceutical Development. Joined Iconovo 2020.

Education: MSc. in Engineering Nanoscience
Background:

7 years of working experience in pharmaceutical development within the inhalation area at AstraZeneca
3 years of working experience as production engineer in tablet production
Experience from development and characterisation of early phase formulations
Good knowledge in GMP for the pharmaceutical laboratory

Olle Wannerberg

QA Manager. Consultant (from QAdvis AB) at Iconovo since 2018.

Education: MSc and Technology Licentiate in Analytical Chemistry, Lund University
Background:

+30 years in the life science industry (mainly with inhalation at AstraZeneca) both as a Project Manager and Line Manager for up to 40 people
Now works for QAdvis AB, an expert MedTech consulting company. In this role, he has recently had assignments as Senior Quality Consultant in Medical Device Companies in both Sweden and Denmark
Worked with implementation of Quality Systems in a number of smaller companies from basic level up to complete ISO 13485/17025 and GMP requirements

Other assignments
QA Manager at Emmace Consulting AB