José Alfón

Biography

José obtained a BSc degree in pharmacy and a MSc degree in pharmaceutical sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His MSc thesis was done under the supervision of Dr. Hoffman, a well recognized expert on pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. He obtained his PhD degree in pharmacology at the University of Barcelona, working in the CSIC under the supervision of Dr. Lina Badimon who is worldwide recognized expert on thrombosis and atherosclerosis. osé has been Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and currently collaborates in the Master Degree of Pharmacology. He has published 15 articles in peer-reviewed journals and of 40 abstracts in scientific meetings.   In 2010 José joined Ability Pharmaceuticals, SL as Vice-President, Research and Development.    

Research Interest

osé worked for 12 years at the Barcelona pharmaceutical company J. Uriach y Cia, SA (and later at its spin-off Palau Pharma, SA). There, he led for eight years (1999-2007) a group of scientists in the Discovery Department that was involved in the optimization and candidate selection of drugs working on different targets. For an additional period of four years (2007-2010) he led a Drug Development program, all the way from preclinical to Phase II Clinical Trials with a drug with a novel mechanism of action, with other Big Pharma in the playground, which became a first-in-class drug.