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.
Together we work persistently and stay focused on our mission to improve patients' lives.
Excellence
Patients First
Transparency
Our Values
Management
Ali Ardakani
Co-Founder & CEO
Desiree Beutelspacher
COO
Co-Founder & CMO
Ulrich Haupts, PhD
CSO
Sean Hodgins, CPA
CFO
Advisors
Christopher Crean
Head Preclinical Development
Libby Russell, PhD
CMC & Manufacturing
Gary Novack, PhD
Regulatory & Pharmacology
Masha Fridkis-Hareli, PhD
Assay Development & Analysis
Janice Lansita, PhD, DABT
Head Toxicology
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Eric Wakshull, PhD
Preclinical Advisor
Scott Rudge, PhD
Head CMC & Manufacturing
The Board
Henning Afflerbach, PhD
Board Chair
Christian Nafe
Director
Oliver Buck
Director
Hooshmand Sheshbaradaran, PhD
Director
Ali Ardakani
Director
Andreas Wallnöfer, PhD
Director
The Board Advisors
Udo Vetter
Board Advisor
Scientific Advisory Board
Arshad Khanani, MD, MA, FASRS
Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board
Robert Avery, MD
Key Opinion Leader (KOL)
David Boyer, MD
Key Opinion Leader (KOL)
Harpal Sandhu, MD
Key Opinion Leader (KOL)