Susana Salgado Pires

Susana holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences and has more than 15 years’ experience in basic and translational research. Over the past 10 years in the Biopharmaceutical Industry Susana has contributed to the non-clinical development of 10 therapeutic antibody candidates in the inflammatory and immuno-oncology fields, from discovery all the way to marketing application.

Before moving into the Biopharmaceutical Industry, Susana worked as a Research Scientist in the US at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation and earned her PhD degree from the University of Oxford (UK). She then relocated to Europe and worked for the World Health Organization and Novimmune SA, both in Geneva, Switzerland.

At Novimmune for 9 years, Susana worked as Head of Non-clinical Safety and Program Manager. As Head of Non-clinical Safety, Susana was responsible for the early characterization and safety assessment of mono and bi-specific antibodies, designing and monitoring in vitro and in vivo IND-enabling studies. She was also involved in writing of non-clinical sections of regulatory documents and preparing CTA/IND submissions. As Program Manager, she was in charge of the cross-functional coordination within Project Teams and gained extensive experience in preclinical Outsourcing, from CRO selection to delivery of regulatory-compliant datasets and reports.