Category: What clients say

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I worked with Helmut twice in my career. The first time as early as 1995 when Helmut joined the Sandoz plant “Biochemie Kundl” in Austria where he established his first footprint in the development of biosimilars. Our second interaction started 18 years later when I hired Helmut as a consultant for Polpharma’s biologics business. At that time, Polpharma was ready to launch a state-of-the-art bio-manufacturing facility in Gdansk. Helmut’s support was much needed in managing the many scientific and commercial aspects Polpharma had to deal with in Latin America, the Middle East and in Asia. Helmut always proved his ability to be a strong manager who delivered the expected results. He combines excellent planning and organizational skills with good analytic thinking. Helmut is a powerful, honest and fair partner in any pharma project.

Hannes Teissl, Chief Business Officer, Polpharma Biologics, Poland

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Helmut worked with USV Biologics since his time at Kwizda Pharma. Following his visit to our biologics manufacturing site in Mumbai, we continued to maintain the contact with him and finally hired him as a consultant for our biosimilar program. Subsequently, he accompanied our team with the goal to identify suitable Clinical Research Organizations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary and Austria. In addition, Helmut significantly added business intelligence as to marketing strategies, pricing and regulatory processes of biosimilars in Europe. His management summaries are unsurpassed and with his competent consultancy advice, Helmut always delivered a reliable basis for USV’s management decisions regarding our biosimilar program. We can highly recommend Helmut as a consultant in the biosimilar field.

Dr. Esmail Samiwala, Senior Vice President, Biologics. USV Biologics, India

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This reference highlights the pivotal role of Helmut Brunar and his team in our collaborations, where their expertise in conducting thorough due diligence on MedTech and Biotech assets has been instrumental in guiding our investment decisions. Helmut’s approach is comprehensive and versatile. He is adept at analyzing technologies, assessing potential markets, and critically evaluating business plans. His skill in simplifying complex technical details for our management team has been invaluable. Additionally, his proactive efforts to ensure alignment with industry standards have safeguarded our fund from potentially unsatisfactory investments. Based on our experiences, we confidently recommend Helmut and the team at PassionBio for their exceptional ability in navigating complex investment decisions within the MedTech and Biotech sectors.

Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individual and Owner of MGFO Private Investments

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I worked with Helmut and his team to identify investment opportunities for Valenta Pharm in Russia and in Europe. In this context, Helmut prepared several assessments of target companies and products with special emphasis on market value, regulatory and development status. With pleasure I can confirm that his valuation expertise as well as his analytical sense for compiling thorough business intelligence information is unsurpassed. I can highly recommend Helmut and his team for similar tasks where a quick answer regarding the net present value of an asset is needed.

Dr. Dmitry Reykhart, Forte Pharma Fund, Luxemburg

I had the pleasure of working with Helmut when Amega Biotech hired him as consultant for our manufacturing plants in Buenos Aires and Santa Fe. He supported our regulatory team with procedures and documentation for GMP-compliant master cell bank preparation. In this context, he helped to clarify whether analytical methods were state-of-the art, in line with Health Authority expectations and suitable to demonstrate process and product consistency. In addition, Helmut organized and guided two full-week training audits to evaluate whether current manufacturing processes were in line with EU and US regulatory expectations. Helmut is an outstanding professional and a great leader with excellent people skills. We would instantly hire him again.

Francisco Molinari, Pharma/Biotech Executive, Entrepreneur & Investor, Argentina