Founder and Managing Director

Luis Almeida, M.D., Ph.D. Professional affiliation: BlueClinical Ltd Phase I Clinical Trials Unit Hospital da Prelada, 3rd Floor and East Wing of 4th Floor, Porto, Portugal [email protected] Scientific affiliation: MedInUP - Center for Drug Discovery and Innovative Medicines, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS 2012-Present: Managing Director and Clinical Pharmacology Director, BlueClinical Ltd, 2011-2015: Chief Medical Officer (CEO), Luzitin S.A. 2009-2015: Associate Professor, Health Sciences Section (Secção Autónoma de Ciências da Saúde), University of Aveiro, Portugal; Director, Masters in Pharmaceutical Biomedicine and Post-graduate Training Programme in Pharmaceutical Medicine 1996-2009: Deputy R&D Director & Head of Clinical Research, BIAL (Portela & Cª, S.A.), S. Mamede do Coronado, Portugal 1990-1996: Director of the Medical Department, Zyma Farmacêutica Portuguesa Ltd 1987-1989: Medical Adviser, Zyma Farmacêutica Portuguesa Ltd 1986-1987: General Medical Internship, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TITLES 2009: Specialist in Clinical Pharmacology by the Portuguese Medical Association (Ordem dos Médicos) [2015-2018: President of the Board of the College of Clinical Pharmacology] 2008: Ph.D. in Medicine by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal 2000: Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (F.F.P.M.) of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom 1998: Competence in Pharmaceutical Medicine by the Portuguese Medical Association (Ordem dos Médicos) 1995: PAGE - Programa Avançado de Gestão para Executivos, Universidade Católica Portuguesa 1987: Medical Doctor (M.D.) degree by the Portuguese Medical Association (Ordem dos Médicos) 1985: Graduation in Medicine by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal