Agne Vaitkeviciene is a vice-president and executive director at Lithuanian biotechnology association, EIT Health InnoStars expert, founder of life science consultancy company bioStartas.
Agne Vaitkeviciene holds a BS in molecular biology (Vilnius University, Lithuania) and MS in organ, tissue and cell donation (University of Barcelona, Spain). Since 2006 she has been working in the field of cell therapy as a quality assurance specialist. In 2013 Agne Vaitkeviciene co-founded life science startup company “Froceth” and managed its activities in the field of advanced therapy medicinal product research and manufacturing as CEO until 2019. Since 2019 she is actively involved as an expert in EU programs, such as IMI2, EIT Health Innostarts and consults biotechnology companies in life science product development management. For the last 3 years Agne Vaitkeviciene has been actively involved in life science expert groups within governmental organizations such as “Enterprise Lithuania”, Science, Innovation and Technology Agency, “Invest Lithuania” and others. Lithuanian biotechnology association elected Agne as a vice-president in 2019 and delegated responsibilities of coordinating foreign affairs and startup support activities within the association. In 2020 Agne Vaitkeviciene became an executive director of Lithuanian biotechnology association.