Elena in Switzerland

First stop for Elena on her journey: Switzerland! Find out who she met and which places she visited.

They spoke about his research, eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) ... and Elena's upbringing.

Janine told Elena about her start at Dr. Falk Pharma in Switzerland, a newly founded subsidiary back then, why she likes to work for Falk and lots about Titisee - the “best event ever”.

Jonas also works for Dr. Falk Pharma in Switzerland. He told Elena about his first encounter with the company, why he decided to work for Falk and why the day of their interview was such a special one.

They spoke about his “career“ at Falk Foundation symposiums and how he once saved the symposium in Japan during a typhoon, and he told her about Jürgen Schölmerich who Elena will meet later on in Munich.

He told Elena about the friendship between his father and Herbert Falk, Titisee, how he got to meet the top of the top at symposiums and why Herbert Falk is like Steve Jobs.

From him, Elena found out a lot about the early days in liver research, bile acid meetings, and the friendship between Herbert Falk and Alan Hofmann.

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) studies, what the tasks in the jury of the Herbert Falk Award involve and how he got to know Falk were some of the topics they spoke about. But Prof. Alain Schoepfer also revealed why he liked the symposium in Bordeaux so much.

On the train from Switzerland to Freiburg (Germany), Elena summarized her encounters and had a good read thanks to Dr. med. Stefano Bellentani. But the she also remembered a curious coincident whilst being in Ticino.