About

Diligence, when it counts.

Diligence, when it counts.

About

Diligence, when it counts.

Skibla keeps expectations, requirements and consequences in balance, and delivers one thing: a basis for the decision.

Collaboration

Collaboration

Two sides of every project.

Two sides of every project.

Get close to the project team

Get close to the project team

AND

stay independent

stay independent

Lead the scoping

Lead the scoping

AND

step back, so you own the decision

step back, so you own the decision

Trust the team’s knowledge

Trust the team’s knowledge

AND

check the evidence behind it

check the evidence behind it

Go deep on product and regulation

Go deep on product and regulation

AND

keep the answer short

keep the answer short

Plan every step

Plan every step

AND

change course when the facts change

change course when the facts change

Bring R&D, Quality and Regulatory together

Bring R&D, Quality and Regulatory together

AND

make sure a decision gets made

make sure a decision gets made

Stand behind the recommendation

Stand behind the recommendation

AND

be open about what is uncertain

be open about what is uncertain

Our story

Our story

Where Skibla comes from

Where Skibla comes from

20 years in R&D leadership in medtech and pharma showed the same pattern: large organizations do too much, small ones too little, and both cost time.

The idea for Skibla took shape a few weeks before a design verification. A test had shown a problem in a device, and the filing date depended on the verification passing. Everyone, management included, was sure the device had to be redesigned, and the timeline was suddenly at risk. The answer came from another angle: the company’s own test procedure was stricter than the standard required. Bringing the procedure in line with the standard, with a small design fix prepared in parallel as insurance, kept the date.

A problem can almost always be solved in more than one way. That is what diligence, when it counts, means: looking at the problem from every angle and choosing the solution that fits best. AI now makes it possible to bring that to every project. The judgement and the recommendation stay human, and every conclusion is documented.

Blank paper ship on a dark wooden table
Blank paper ship on a dark wooden table

The name

The name

Always a fair wind.

Always a fair wind.

Skibla comes from Skíðblaðnir, the ship the dwarves built for the god Freyr in Norse mythology. It always had a fair wind, wherever it was headed, and when it was not needed, it folded small enough to carry in a pouch. That is the idea behind Skibla: out of the way until a project needs to move, then unfolded to take you where you need to go. Today, the wind comes from AI.

Founder

Founder

Who’s behind Skibla

Who’s behind Skibla

Portrait of Peter Werner Hansen

Peter Werner Hansen

Peter Werner Hansen

Peter has led R&D and innovation in medtech and pharma device development for 20 years, most recently in the management of Technolution and MGS. As consultant, project leader and account lead, he has worked for companies including Coloplast, Amgen, LEO Pharma and Medtronic. He knows the full path from concept through production and tooling, and has built several autoinjector platforms from scratch, one of them a Danish Design Award 2026 finalist. MSc in engineering, industrial design. He builds AI agents and automation himself and uses them in every project.

Skibla brings in specialists from its network when a project calls for it.

Our vision

Our vision

Faster device development, through sound decisions made in real time, at every level, supported by AI.

Faster device development, through sound decisions made in real time, at every level, supported by AI.