Raül Insa

Raúl Insa, MD, PhD, MBA, is the CEO and Founder of SOM Biotech, a start-up biopharmaceutical company established in the Barcelona Scientific Park and specialized in drug repositioning through an in-silico solution. Previously, he has been working for more than 20 years in multinational pharmaceutical companies, such as Parke-Davis (now Pfizer), UCB Pharma, Uriach Group (now Palau Pharma) and ISDIN (from Esteve Group). Raúl received his Medical training and his PhD in Clinical Neurology at the University of Alicante, Spain; an MBA from ESADE Business School in Barcelona and an Executive Education Program from IESE, Barcelona. He has also attended a couple of biotech leadership programs from Harvard Business School, Boston. His background includes more than 45 publications and papers, 7 chapters in books, 87 congress communications and 9 pharmaceutical patents.