TEAM

“First-rate team with experience in drug development which will ensure efficient management”

MANAGEMENT TEAM

The company is headed by a first-rate team with experience in drug development, regulatory, neuronal diseases, venture capital and licensing.

Pablo Ferrón

Chief Executive Officer

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Founder and 100% involved in daily tasks. Master’s degree in Synthetic and Industrial Chemistry. He participated in the design and synthesis of the first MP compound.

He has previous entrepreneur experience (in 2010, founded an industrial start-up: Gomavial Solutions).

He is now leader of Miramoon Pharma. He is contracted fulltime on the project.

Glória Martín

Regulatory Affairs Manager

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Expert with +25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry R&D and +5 as a Regulatory Affairs consultant to start-up and biotech companies.

Accompany and advices Miramoon with her expertise in EU and US regulations.

Prof. Dr. Jesús María Aizpurua

Chief Scientific Officer

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Provides the company with a strategic advisory, government and other public entities. Also helps Miramoon connecting to public financing and venture capital agents.

In terms of training for entrepreneurship is also a fundamental support.

Inveniam Group

Business Development Manager

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Elena Canetti leads an expert team of consultants at Inveniam Group and  take care of all the activities related to market access, such as health economics analysis and market research.

Inveniam also provides support on public and private funding strategy and execution.

Dr. MD Adolfo López de Munain

Chief Medical Officer

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Founder. Expert in neuro-degenerative diseases and has permanent contact with patients affected by such conditions.

Provides medical and clinical expertise and, as a national authority in the area of neuroscience, facilitates access to national pharmaceutical companies and institutions. He is author or co-author of 225 reviewed articles, and 26 book chapters. 

Naiara Pineda

Chief Financial Officer

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Leads the economic-financial area. Develops and participates in the strategies and policies to optimize: Costing, Pricing, Cash and Investment Analysis with financing solutions, investment funds, grants and banking products.

R&D TEAM

We are a multidisciplinary and experienced team made up of biologists, chemists and clinicians, amongst others, who work tirelessly to make our goals a reality.

Dr. Javier Ruiz

Biology Director

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PhD in Biological Sciences with 5 years of Postdoctoral experience at the University of California, San Francisco and >20 years of experience in ocular diseases. He led the sensory neurodegeneration group at Biodonostia Health Research Institute (2010-2020); 14 research projects; 25 publications in indexed journals and 4 doctoral theses. Accredited with Excellence in Research (I3 Program, I3/2019/384) and in Human Genetics (AEGH).

In 2021 he was hired by Miramoon Pharma through a Torres Quevedo contract (PTQ2019-010412) to lead the biology area of the company.

Dr. Ainara Vallejo

Pharmacology Director

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PhD in Neurosciences, expert in bioactivity evaluation. Demonstrated experience in the biomedical area with 26 scientific publications, 3 international patents and has supervised 4 doctoral theses.

She has directed several national and international competitive research projects, many of them in muscular dystrophies. She provides the project with access to test laboratories with biological materials, cell and animal models, and various mass testing methods for the selection of “Hit” and “Lead” molecules, etc.

Dr. J. Ignacio Miranda

Medicinal Chemistry Director

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Expert in the design of “In silico” molecules against biological targets. The different cooperation activity with many groups with the result of 45 publications (H = 15).

He has co-supervised 1 doctoral thesis. Provides the project with technical knowledge of structural and bioinformatic analysis of molecules and targets.

Prof. Dr. Jesús María Aizpurua

Chief Scientific Officer

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Expert in drug synthesis and click chemistry. He leads the research group Sustainable Catalysis: Methods and Computation in San Sebastián. He is the author of 120 scientific publications (H = 32), 5 patents and supervised 20 doctoral theses, and directed 19 research projects. He ensures the rapid synthesis of MPs compounds libraries when required.

ADVISORY BOARD

Combined expertise in basic research and clinical practice.

Advisory Board composed of internationally renowned experts in Medicinal Chemistry, Clinical Area, Regulatory, Pharmaceutical Technology and Pharmacology of Neurodegenerative, Rare Diseases and Retinal disorders.

Dr. MD. Cristina Irigoyen

Retinal Disorders-Clinician

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Medicine and Surgery, specialized in Ophthalmology and retina (Hospital Universitario Donostia).

Published 22 articles and participated in 10 clinical trials and obtained several grants for clinical studies in Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Dr. Francisco J. Gil-Bea

Rare Diseases

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Principal Investigator from 2010 to 2014 at CIMA of the University of Navarra, with funding from the Alzheimer’s Association of the USA.

Since 2015 principal investigator at the Biodonostia Institute.+15 years of experience in the study of neurodegeneration, published more than 40 publications (H=23), and supervised 2 PhDs and several master students.

Dr. Helmut Buschmann

MedChemi

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Chemist with + 20 years’ experience in drug discovery and development, guided 15 novel drug classes into clinical phases and was appointed as inventor in over 200 patents.

Prof. Virginia Arechavala – Gomeza

Orphan Drugs

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Pharmacist (University of the Basque Country, Spain), MSc in Immunopharmacology (University of Strathclyde) and PhD in Neurology (King’s College London). She leads the Neuromuscular Research group at Biobizkaia Health Research Institute as an Ikerbasque Research Professor.

She has over 20 years’ experience in research in neuromuscular disorders, has participated in the development of several orphan drugs and chairs an international network of researchers in the field of nucleic acid therapeutics. She has authored many highly-cited scientific publications, serves in several Spanish and International grant review panels and has collaborated as an expert with the European Medicines Agency.

Dr. MD. Pedro de la Villa

Retinal Disorders-R&D

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Author of +75 papers, Director of 15 PhD theses and Principal Investigator of 15 national and international research projects.

Research in neurophysiology of the visual system, retinal physiology, and neuromuscular physiology.

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