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Vipula Tailor, MS, MBA, Founder & Chief Executive Officer 

Entrepreneur with successful previous two exits and a pharmaceutical industry executive with over 20 years of international business development, licensing, R&D and commercialization experience in biotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices/diagnostics and healthcare areas. Led strategic and organic growth of portfolio of products and companies and closed deals over $500MM. Led acquisitions and mergers for fortune 100 medical devices companies. Held leadership roles at Pfizer (Wyeth), GSK, Johnson and Johnson, Kimberly-Clark and Vertex. Vipula received Tata scholarship and was awarded Robert White fellowship by the Society of Immunology UK. She was the winner of 2017 Venture Forum Annual Contest, recipient of 2018 International Life Sciences Award for Best Pharmaceutical Technology Provider and Most Inspirational Pharmaceutical Entrepreneur. Vipula has lived and worked in India, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and USA.

Aditee Dalvi, MD, MBA, Chief Scientific Officer 

Accomplished biopharmaceutical executive with extensive experience in development of diagnostics and assay design. Aditee developed and managed CLIA labs and identified and validated clinical biomarkers,  developed companion diagnostics, and other diagnostic assay based on OMICS. She was head of Diagnostics and CLIA laboratories in her previous role and experienced in identifying variants linked to diseases. Aditee holds a MD degree from India and MBA from Boston College.

Denis Grimard, M.Eng, Chief Operating Officer

A highly experienced medical device executive with 30 plus years of proven experience in everything from early stage start-ups to large multi-nationals in the medical device industry, with core experience in manufacturing and commercialization of products. Denis redefined the supply-chain management optimization and has contributed significantly to product development and has expansive understanding of product, process and materials. Held several leadership roles at Kimberly-Clark, and lived and worked in China, Canada and USA.

Tony Materna, M.Eng, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Materna has enjoyed a 25-year career in high technology and is the veteran of seven previous start-ups, two of which have gone on to be $100 million successes. A degreed mechanical engineer, he has held marketing, sales, senior management, and CEO positions with companies in electronics, computers, AI, test equipment, biotech, consumer products and digital outdoor signage .

Our Vision

To have a global impact by eliminating AMR through our innovative technologies and product solutions.

Our Mission

To develop innovative products and technologies to prevent and control bacterial infections and to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) with global access to treatments.