Madiha Derouazi

Dr. Madiha Derouazi, an accomplished immunologist, joined AC Immune in January 2024 from Speransa Therapeutics where she had been CEO since inception in 2021, leading development of a novel platform of prophylactic vaccines. Previously, she founded AMAL Therapeutics in 2012, an immuno-oncology company developing a new generation of therapeutic cancer vaccines and served as CEO and CSO of the company until 2022. Dr. Derouazi led AMAL’s acquisition by Boehringer Ingelheim for EUR 425 million in 2019. During her career, she has taken numerous biologicals and advanced therapy medicinal products from research through pre-clinical development and first-in-human clinical trials.   She holds a PhD in Cellular Biotechnology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, which was followed by postdoctoral work concentrating on tumor immunology and vaccine development.