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FundaMental Pharma is a preclinical, seed stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to removing barriers in treatment-resistant depression

Founded as a spin-off from the Heidelberg University, Germany, FundaMental Pharma has established its independent operations at BioLabs in Heidelberg since 2023.

Built on the seminal work from Professor Hilmar Bading and Dr. Jing Yan published in Science (Yan et al., 2020), our research team has recently discovered that our dual-acting modulators of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) have the potential to redefine the current standard of care for treatment-resistant depression.

Our molecules demonstrate exceptional potential due to their unparalleled potency, selectivity, and safety margins over exaggerated NMDAR pharmacology.

With the deep knowledge of our team with respect to CNS drug discovery and clinical development we are well positioned to support our orally administered clinical candidate FMP374 from IND-enabling studies through early clinical phases with major value inflection points in sight.

Team

PhD

Dirk Beher

CEO
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PhD

Jing Yan

Director Research
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PhD

Manuela Simonetti

Principal Scientist
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PhD

Alexander Straub

Head of Chemistry
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BSc

Igor Velichkov

Head of Finance
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MD, PhD

Rolf Pokorny

Head of Clinical Development
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PhD

Manfred Schneider

Head of DMPK & Toxicology
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PhD

Michael Albers

Director Preclinical Development
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Daniela Ayrton-Holischeck

Executive Assistant
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Colin Kahrs

Head of Intellectual Property
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Jens Schlegel

Head of Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls
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Gordon Haltenhof

Technician & Laboratory Manager
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Board

PhD

Keno Gutierrez

Chairman of the Board
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Dirk Beher

CEO
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PhD

Michel Briejer

Investor Non-Executive Director
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PhD

Lorenz Mayr

Non-Executive Director
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PhD

Thomas Schulze

Founder
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MD

Hilmar Bading

Scientific Founder
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