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Diego Miralles

Board Member at Artiva Biotherapeutics

San Diego, California

Overview 

Diego Miralles is an Independent Strategic Advisor and Biotech CEO based in San Diego, California, with a notable career in clinical development and pharmaceuticals. Highlights of his career include serving as CEO of Laronde and Vividion Therapeutics, as well as holding leadership positions at Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. and Johnson & Johnson.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member

    2024 - Current

  • Independent Strategic Advisor, Biotechnology

    2023

  • Advisor

    2022 - 2023

  • CEO-Partner

    2020 - 2022

Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2020 - 2022

Laronde develops an eRNA-based therapeutic platform that is capable of indicating diverse proteins inside the body.

Raised $490,000,000.00 from BlackRock, Invus, Flagship Pioneering, T. Rowe Price, Federated Kaufmann Fund, Longevity Vision Fund, Fidelity and CPP Investments.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2017 - 2020

Vividion is a developer of a novel drug discovery platform designed to offer transformative treatments to patients with serious illnesses.

Raised $371,504,616.00 from Woodline Partners, Avoro Capital Advisors, Logos Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund, Boxer Capital, Acuta Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price, Surveyor Capital, Nextech Invest and Driehaus Capital Management.

  • President, Adaptive Therapeutics

    2016 - 2017

    Adaptive Biotechnologies is the leader in next generation sequencing (NGS) and expert bioinformatics to profile T- and B-cell receptors of the adaptive immune system. Adaptive Therapeutics is a new division of Adaptive Biotechnologies focused on the application of the Company’s proprietary technologies to determine the antigen-specificity of T- and B-cell receptors for use in therapies that will directly impact patient outcomes. Adaptive is exploring many potential therapeutic applications including adoptive cell therapy, passive immunization, novel target discovery, and antibody engineering.

Adaptive Biotechnologies translates scale and precision of the adaptive immune system into products to diagnose and treat disease.

Raised $531,850,000.00 from OrbiMed.

  • Global Head Innovation

    2015 - 2016

    Over my 7 years in my leading role in Innovation at Johnson and Johnson, I was the founder of JLABS, a best in class corporate incubator in the life sciences and the Innovation Center system.

  • Head, West Coast Research Center, Janssen

    2008 - 2016

    Headed large R&D facility focused in pharmaceutical discoveries and early proof of concept clinical development. Site focused in Neuroscience and Pain, Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Immunology.

  • Global Head of Innovation Janssen

    2013 - 2015

    Headed an entrepreneurial team within the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson that created integrated care businesses and enabling technologies to transform the healthcare experience, improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. Based in the U.S. and Europe. The team created the Care4Today™ (www.care4today.com) master brand to reflect our commitment to transforming healthcare for the consumer.

  • VP, Scientific Affairs and Strategic Development, Tibotec Therapeutics

    2007 - 2008

    Was member of the Management Board, oversaw External Innovation, Virology, Drug Safety and Toxicology.

  • VP, Global Clinical Development, Tibotec Therapeutics

    2005 - 2007

Johnson & Johnson is a healthcare provider, expertise in innovative medicine and MedTech for every patient & for everyone.

  • Senior Director

    2000 - 2005

  • Assistant Professor

    1993 - 2005

Duke Health specializes in cancer care, primary care, general pediatrics, ophthalmology, neurology, and cardiology.

Raised $236,193.00 from North Carolina Biotechnology Center and North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

  • Medical Director

    1998 - 2000

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