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Carlos Paya

Investor

Venture Partner at Ysios Capital

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Dr. Carlos Paya has held leadership roles across academic medicine, large pharmaceutical companies, and biotech startups, focusing on strategic execution, pipeline growth, product lifecycle management, and fundraising. He previously served as president and CEO of Immune Design Corp. until its 2019 acquisition by Merck, and held senior roles at Elan Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly. Earlier in his career he spent nearly a decade at the Mayo Clinic-Rochester as a professor of medicine, immunology, and pathology and vice dean of its clinical investigation program.

Invests in

Biotech

Experience

  1. Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Board Membercurrent2025 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  2. IMU BiosciencesBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  3. VaxcyteChairman of the Boardcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  4. Highlight Therapeutics SLChairperson of the Boardcurrent2020 — presentMadrid, Spain
  5. AbingworthVenture Partnercurrent2020 — present
  6. Fluidigm Standard BiotoolsChairman of the Board2017 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  7. MallinkrodtBoard Member2019 — 2022Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
  8. Immune Design CorpPresident and CEO2011 — 2019Seattle, WA
  9. Elan PharmaceuticalsPresident2008 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Eli LillyVP2001 — 2008
  11. Mayo ClinicProfessor of Medicine and Immunology1991 — 2001

Education

  1. The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessCEI, Executive Business Education2005 — 2006
  2. Institute Pasteur, Paris, FrancePostdoctoral training, Viral Immunology1989 — 1992
  3. Mayo Clinic Alix School of MedicineFellowship, Infectious Diseases and Immunology1986 — 1989
  4. Mayo Clinic Alix School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine1983 — 1986
  5. University of NavarraLicensure, Medicine1981
  6. Universidad Complutense de MadridMD PhD, Medicine and Viral Immunology1975 — 1981

Skills & more

Medical Devices3Biopharmaceuticals8GCP4Infectious Diseases18Technology Transfer4Lifesciences9Biotechnology29Neuroscience3Drug Development12Immunology36Regulatory Affairs3Oncology16
+12 moreClinical DevelopmentClinical ResearchClinical TrialsCardiologyMolecular BiologyNeurologyDrug DiscoveryDiabetesRCTMSINDPharmaceutical Industry

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Same school

Shared employers

Investments

Board seats

Fluidigm CorporationHighlight TherapeuticsMallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

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Colleagues at Ysios Capital