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Meet Our World-Class Team 

Our management team and board of directors combines decades of industry-specific experience

in Ophthalmology developing therapies and successfully bringing products to market.

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Together we work persistently and focussed on our mission to improve patient's lives.

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Team work

Excellence

Vision Exam
Vision Exam

Patients First

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Eye Test

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Our Values
The Board
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Henning Afflerbach, PhD

Board Chair

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Christian Nafe

Director​

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Oliver Buck

Director

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Hooshmand Sheshbaradaran, PhD

Director

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Ali Ardakani

Director

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Udo Vetter

Board Advisor

The Board Advisors
Management
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Ali Ardakani​

Co-Founder & CEO

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Christopher Crean

​Head Preclinical Development

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Houman Hemmati, MD, PhD​

Co-Founder & CMO

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Scott Rudge, PhD

Head CMC & Manufacturing

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Ulrich Haupts, PhD​​

CSO

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Janice Lansita, PhD, DABT

Head Toxicology

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Sean Hodgins, CPA​

CFO​​

Advisory Team
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Masha Fridkis-Hareli, PhD
​Assay Development & Analysis

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Jennifer Cross, PhD​
Preclinical Development

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Gary Novack, PhD​

Regulatory & Pharmacology

The Board
Management
Our Values
Advisory Team
Scientific Advisory Board
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David Boyer, MD​

Key Opinion Leader (KOL)

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Harpal Sandhu, MD​

Key Opinion Leader (KOL)

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Monie Hussain​

Key Opinion Leader (KOL)

Scientific Advisory Board
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