Marc Cortal

Manager, Clinical Research

Marc obtained his degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Barcelona in 1993. He started his medical activities as a volunteer at the refugee’s camps of the former Yugoslavia. In 1994 he moved to London (UK) where he participated in different clinical practices at the Vascular Surgery Department of Saint Mary’s Hospital and at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Middlesex Hospital. In 1995 became a consultant at the Accident and Emergency Department of Hillingdon Hospital. In 1996 moved to Switzerland entering in the International Committee of the Red Cross where learnt about laws of war and international conflicts and was finally sent to the civil conflict in Peru as a medical delegate to organize medical services.

In 1998 moved back to Barcelona to perform different jobs as a medical doctor at the Public and Private Health Services, on the Emergency, Orthopedics and work medicine, starting also medical management at hospitals and insurance companies, as well as organizing clinical trials to develop new therapeutic molecules in oncology as a clinical investigator.

In 1994 Marc had an International Law of War training in Geneva, Switzerland. After that, he obtained a Master’s degree in Tropical Medicine at the University of Barcelona (1998), a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health in Les Heures University, Barcelona (2003) and a Master in Innovation by the School of Industrial Organization of Madrid, Madrid (2013); Lastly, he pursued an ICSR (Individual Case Safety Reports) Course, management and processing of communications to the European Medicines Agency, London (2014).

Marc joined Ability Pharmaceuticals SL as a Director of Clinical Research in 2012.