Beatriz Palacios-izquierdo

Biography

 With over 18 years of accumulative experience in biotech industry and research, Dr. Palacios is leading the development process in TCD. Prior to joining TCD, Dr. Palacios filled the positions of head of the clinical development department in the Chemo Group, Clinical Project Leader within the Medical Department of Almirall Laboratories (Barcelona, Spain) and a Senior Clinical Research Scientist at the headquarters of Novartis Pharma in Basel. Dr. Palacios experience ranges a wide variety of therapeutic areas from gynecology and respiratory to dermatology, allergy and cardiovascular. Her expertise covers the full scope of clinical development process starting at the design and implementation of clinical development programs to European and FDA submission. Before entering the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Palacios spent some 7 years working on basic research at different laboratories. She completed her PhD degree with "Cum Laude" in 1994 in the Pharmacology Department of the University of Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain) and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) for 3 years. Beatriz is a pharmacist by training and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine from the Universities of Basel (Switzerland), Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg (France) and Albert-Ludwigs, Freiburg i.Br. (Germany).

Research Interest

 General Science