Juan Ruiz

Juan Ruiz serves as Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Forge Biologics. He has decades of experience in clinical drug development and has held C-level positions at Abeona Therapeutics, Lykera Biomed and Digna Biotech, where he spent more than ten years leading teams dedicated to developing gene therapy translational medicine programs. His proven track record demonstrates a start-to-finish scope, from early preclinical and proof of concept studies to manufacturing, regulatory IND and IMPD submissions, clinical trial design, and execution, as well as manufacturing and quality control of the adenoviral vectors. Dr. Ruiz has been instrumental in achieving multiple Orphan Product Designations, has led teams for successful Scientific Advice and Protocol Assistance meetings with the FDA and EMA, and has helped design Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) in the U.S. to assess skin outcome measures in patients with systemic sclerosis for use as primary endpoints in late-stage clinical trials. He is the author of more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and is an inventor of multiple issued patents. Dr. Ruiz earned his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Navarra. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Connecticut and earned his M.B.A. from the IESE Business School at the University of Navarra.