Fernando Ramón

Fernando Ramon
Director of Drug Discovery Programs

Doctor in Biology with more than 20 years of experience in drug discovery research in big pharma. Initially involved in High Throughput Screening for a wide range of target classes and therapeutic areas at SmithKline Beecham, he became a pioneer in application of cutting-edge screening technologies. Later, he held managerial positions at GlaxoSmithKline in Spain, first as Head of Biological Reagents and Assay Development with deep involvement in Open Innovation and finally as Head of External Projects, where his department was responsible for evaluation and testing of therapeutic hypotheses from academics and biotech start-ups and coordination of drug discovery projects.