Management team

Josep Lluís Falcó

Managing partner & CEO
josep.lluis.falco@genesis-biomed.eu

Doctor in Chemistry (Institut Químic de Sarrià, 2001) and MBA (UB, 2007)

Josep Lluís has 20 years’ experience in the biomedical sector. He has worked for big pharma companies (Sanofi), mid-size pharmas (Ferrer Grupo), small biotechs (Hospital spin-off), tech transfer offices (Fundació Bosch i Gimpera) and consulting firms (Antares Consulting and Asphalion). He has also been associate professor at IQS.

His experience is based on healthcare strategy, technology transfer, fundraising of start-up companies, business development, marketing, market access, reimbursement and regulatory affairs.

Josep Lluís has founded four companies. He currently serves as board member for three start-up companies and he is mentor of several entrepreneurs. In addition, in the last five years he has been involved in 19 private fundraising processes and he has contributed to raising 67 million euros for his clients.

The projects Josep Lluís has been involved in are based on small chemical entities, biologicals, diverse medical devices, in vitro diagnostics, nutraceuticals and cosmetics. The therapeutic areas where he has recently worked are oncology, the central nervous system, cardiovascular, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, traumatology, HIV, microbiome, antibacterials and immunomodulation. He has a complete knowledge of drug/device development, having worked in the discovery, preclinical and clinical phases, as well as marketing and post-marketing.

He takes part in programmes such as Caixa Impulse and EIT Health programmes, participating as reviewer, mentor and professor.

The entrepreneurial spirit runs through his veins. He has founded GENESIS Biomed to help other entrepreneurs and research centre in their current projects.

Natalia de la Figuera

Managing partner & COO
natalia.delafiguera@genesis-biomed.eu

PhD in Chemistry, Master in Project Management.

PhD in Chemistry, Master’s degree in Project Management, PMP® Natalia has worked in the academic sphere (CSIC Madrid and Barcelona) and in the pharmaceutical industry: big pharma (Fresenius Kabi, Sanofi, Lilly, Merck-Serono), mid-size (Almirall, Palau Pharma) and start-ups (Ojer Pharma, ImmunNovative Developments, Enantia).

She has worked in different positions in areas as project management, regulatory affairs, R&D and quality, among others.

The main therapeutic areas she has been involved in are oncology, the central nervous system, anti-inflammatories, antibacterials, autoimmune diseases and cardiovascular.

Since 2015 she has focused mainly on project management, broadening her knowledge of economic and administrative monitoring and control, requesting changes and the dissemination of project results.

During her last job at the FSJD (Fundació Sant Joan de Déu) she was involved in publicly funded projects, some of them collaboratives, allowing her to work in another health environment.

She joins GENESIS Biomed in April 2019. She is passionate about improving the quality of life and health for patients.

Jordi Ortiz

Quality Director
jordi.ortiz@genesis-biomed.eu

Jordi Ortiz. MSc in Chemistry, Biochemistry field (Universitat de Barcelona, UB). Higher Education in Quality Management, ISO 9001 (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC).

He completed his Master Thesis in Cation-induced aggregation and fusion of N-acyl-N-methylphosphatidyl-ethanolamine liposomes and continued his research by studying the lipid-protein interaction. In 2021 he finished his advanced course in quality management at UOC.

In 1994, he joined the pharmaceutical industry and has occupied several positions, always in the R&D area (from Discovery to Clinical phases). He has worked in Sanofi, Ferrer and Spherium Biomed. In this last company he has hold the position of Senior Project Manager working in several projects from the discovery phase until the clinical research phase.

He has an extended experience in several management positions in regulated analysis laboratories and as project manager with both large and small molecules.

During the last years, he has been working in Autoinmune Diseases, Muscle recovery, ALS, Oncology Mucositis and Acute Kidney Injury.

Jordi has also a deep expertise in European public fundraising and in Business Development activities, all of them related to the projects in which he has participated.

He joins GENESIS Biomed in March 2019. He is a passionate of biomedical innovations of academic origin in order to accelerate their transition to the market. Customer focus, Leadership, People engagement, Process-based approach, Improvement, Evidence-based decision making, and Relationship management are his main drivers.

Joan Carles Fernàndez

Planning Director
joan.carles.fernandez@genesis-biomed.eu

Joan Carles Fernàndez. Doctor in pharmacy, with a PhD in organic chemistry, MSc in chemistry, and a BSc in pharmacy, on the analytical/clinical side, (Universitat de Barcelona). He has done postdoctoral work in  organic chemistry (Exeter University, UK) and in medicinal chemistry (Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK).

Joan Carles has over 18 years’ experience as a medicinal chemist at Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB) providing research services for Almirall and Esteve pharmaceuticals, working on different projects within the following areas: oncology, respiratory (asthma, COPD), chronic and neuropathic pain among others. He also has experience in combinatorial chemistry and the preparation of corporate libraries for HTS campaigns (Almirall-PCB unit, and Evotec OAI, Oxford, UK).

After all these years in drug discovery, he has become an experienced senior leader with a proven track record of supporting successful drug discovery programmes, developing teams and successful people, and gaining extensive experience in dealing with several decision-making groups of computational chemists, biologists and pharmacologists. This process has professionally transformed him into an interdisciplinary scientist.

Furthermore, he has a broad background experience and formation in hospital pharmacy and analytical laboratories: haematology, biochemistry, hormonal, microbiology (Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu). He is an energetic team player who cooperates well with co-workers and colleagues and strives for success.

Joan Carles joined GENESIS Biomed in July 2020, with his passion for research in biomedical science and the drug discovery process. His main aim as a scientific consultant is to provide support and help to startups, entrepreneurs, biotechnology-related institutions, foundations and companies to develop innovative solutions in health for all.

Mireia Samitier

Knowledge M. Director
mireia.samitier@genesis-biomed.eu

BSc in Biology (Universitat de Barcelona, 2013) and Master in Genetics and Genomics (Universitat de Barcelona, 2014)

Mireia has more than 4 years of experience in the research industry, as she started her professional career in IDIBELL (Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge), Hospital Clínic and IBEC (Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya).

In IBEC, Mireia worked for three years as research assistant in various stem cell projects in the field of heart and kidney differentiation and regeneration.

She joined GENESIS Biomed in June 2018. During these years, she has worked in several projects in the areas of oncology, infectious diseases and ophthalmology, among others.

Since her incorporation she has gained a vast experience in Business Plan preparations, market analysis, regulatory and development plans, financial and strategic plans, private fundraising and technology transfer.

Mireia has also a deep expertise in European Projects in which she has been involved during these years at GENESIS Biomed.

She is an enthusiast of biomedical sciences and delighted to help them to accelerate their entrance to the market.