Who are we?
A team of professionals pioneers in the discovery of the therapeutic potential of the hUCESC secretome and exosomes.
This development has opened up the possibility of several potential clinical applications for secretome-based therapies. Our first secretome-based product from hUCESC has generated promising preclinical data in immunoregulation, healing and regeneration, and our first two programs are expected to enter the clinic in 2026 and 2027.
Team members
Dr. Francisco Vizoso Piñeiro
- Founding Partner
- Degree in Medicine from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
- Doctor in Medicine from the University of Oviedo.
- Master’s degree in Hepatology from the University of Oviedo.
- Specialist in General and Digestive System Surgery (Obtained at the General Hospital of Asturias in Oviedo).
Dra. Noemí Eiró Díaz
- Founding Partner
- Degree in Biochemistry from the University of Paris where she specialized in Genomics
- Master’s degree in Medical Research and PhD, cum laude, from the University of Oviedo.
- Studies on tumour progression by genomic analysis at the Gustave Roussy Institute (Paris, France).
- Research into different signaling pathways involved in tumor suppression and autoimmunity at the National Center for Biotechnology (CSIC – Madrid)
- Member of the European Academy of Tumour Immunology.
Dr. Jorge Alberto Saa Gómez
- Founding Partner
- Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Oviedo.
- Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Oviedo.
- Specialist in Ophthalmology at Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias.
- Master’s Degree in Medical Management and Clinical Management from the National School of Health – UNED
Dr. Luis Alberto Costa Pérez
- Researcher
- Dentist by the National University of Tucumán – Argentina.
- Degree in Dentistry from the University of Santiago de Compostela – Spain.
- Doctor in Health Sciences, Department of Surgery and Traumatology, University of Oviedo.
- Head of the Endodontics Department, School of Dentistry, National University of Tucumán – Argentina; from 1993 to 2004.
- Author/co-author of more than 30 international publications.
Dr. Juan Sendón Lago
- Contributor
- Degree in Chemistry from the University of Santiago de Compostela and PhD from the same university since 2014, highlighting the obtaining of the extraordinary doctorate prize for his doctoral thesis.
- He has experience in the study of uterine stem cells applied to the treatment of various pathologies, especially eye diseases such as uveitis, dry eye and corneal ulcers.
He has also made numerous communications to national and international congresses and has participated in the realization of several research projects.
- Currently, he continues to work at the same center, managing and maintaining colonies of transgenic animals.
Dra. Mª Luisa Fernández Sánchez
- Contributor
- Professor of the Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry of the University of Oviedo.
- 20 articles published in indexed journals in the last 5 years, 11 book chapters and an H index of 36.
- She has supervised 11 doctoral Doctoral Theses with the highest qualification and 6 with international mention and 62 Final Degree and Master’s Degree Projects.
- She has participated in 60 research projects obtained in competitive public calls and in 23 contracts with industry and she is co-author of 2 patents related to the development of scientific instrumentation.
Dra. Mariana Landín
- Scientific advisor.
She studied pharmacy at the University of Santiago de Compostela and received her doctorate “cum laude” in 1991.
- Recognized as a specialist in the pharmaceutical industry by the Government of Spain in 2005.
- Training and experience in areas such as excipient characterization, excipient variability, pharmaceutical process scale-up and pharmaceutical system design and evaluation.
- She has participated in numerous national and international research projects and she has authored or co-authored more than 80 international publications.
Dr. Pablo Vizoso
Law Degree and member of the Bar Association of Ferrol.
Master’s Degree in Legal Practice from the Instituto de Derecho y Empresa.
He has been practicing law for more than twenty years without interruption as head of a law firm.
His experience extends to business law; intervening in areas such as corporate law, bankruptcy, commercial contracts and labor law.
board of directors
The Board of Directors of Gistem Research SL is led by a team of professionals focused on the major trends in the biotechnology industry for the development of new innovative therapies.
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