ABOUT
PIR International has a combined track record of over 100 years of experience partnering with the Life Science sector to deliver world-class leadership talent where it matters. We possess a range of specialist knowledge and a comprehensive network that allows us to deliver Executive and Board level searches to our clientele anywhere from historic streets of Cambridge in the UK to shores of the Bay Area, on the West Coast.
We have demonstrable success working with growth stage VC-backed and publicly listed businesses across a broad range of specialisms, including the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, medical technology, life science research tools, CRO and services fields.
We have particular success in supporting clients in current advanced fields such as; Gene Therapy, Cell Therapy, Immuno-Oncology, Antibody Therapeutics, Genomics, Liquid Biopsy and Microbiome.
Case Studies
SynaptixBio
Chief Medical Officer SynaptixBio is a rare disease biotech pioneering ground-breaking development for treatment of severe leukodystrophies. The company’s aim is to treat the genetic central nervous system disease TUBB4A-related leukodystrophy. First identified in 2015, TUBB4A-related leukodystrophy is caused by [...]
CHARM Therapeutics
Chief Business Officer CHARM Therapeutics is a protein-ligand intelligence company turning advanced protein-ligand prediction into impactful medicines. CHARM’s advanced protein-ligand prediction platform, DragonFold, provides unique 3D insights into the dynamic structure of the protein-ligand binding interactions, with the potential for [...]
Amphista Therapeutics
SVP, Chemistry Founded by Advent Life Sciences, Amphista is a spin-out of TPD expert Professor Alessio Ciulli’s laboratories at the University of Dundee. The Company has raised over $60M to date and is funded by leading life science investors including [...]
LifeArc
Chief Business Officer Head of LifeArc Ventures LifeArc is a leading independent medical research charity that rebranded since its formation as the MRC-T over 25 years ago. LifeArc’s expertise has helped bring a number of new innovations to market including [...]
Congenica
Chief Executive Officer Chief Commercial Officer Congenica is a digital health company enabling genomic medicine with the world’s leading clinical decision support platform for accelerated genomic data interpretation. Congenica are committed to integrating clinical genomics into healthcare. Built on a [...]
Zelluna
Chief Scientific Officer Chief Medical Officer Zelluna Immunotherapy AS is a privately owned Norwegian biopharmaceutical company founded in 2016 focused on the development of TCR based immunotherapies targeting a broad range of solid cancers with a high unmet medical need. In [...]
