Thorsten Strube, PhD is a global Alliance Manager for Public-Private Partnerships within the Sanofi Partnering organization. He is a chemist by training and holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration. Within the last ten years he was involved in several IMI consortia as Consortium Manager as well as Operations Manager in the IMI Strategic Governing Group Diabetes/Metabolic Disorders. Currently he is working as Sanofi Consortium Manager in the IMI type-1 diabetes flagship INNODIA.