Lundbeck head of R&D: "We have cleared the way for opportunity"

After three years leading Lundbeck’s research and development division, Johan Luthman feels that the company is poised to strike, should chance present itself. ”Luck is an important part of our industry,” he says.
Photo: Torben Klint/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Torben Klint/Ritzau Scanpix
by andreas lønstrup, translated by daniel pedersen & catherine brett

With a résumé listing some of the top positions at firms like Eisai, Merck, and Astrazeneca, 61-year-old Swedish national Johan Luthman can hardly be blamed for coming to the Danish pharmaceutical industry with a sense pride, and perhaps limited respect for where he was going, when he joined Lundbeck as head of research and development three years ago.

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