Nuno Pires Explained

Nuno Pires is a businessman from South Africa.[1] He is the co-founder of Altis Biologics.[2]

Career

Pires founded Altis Biologics with Nicolaas Duneas[3] in 2002.[4] He is the chief executive of business development at the company.

In 2012 the company won the Africa SMME Awards in the Industrial Sector category.[5]

In 2014, Pires and Duneas won the Innovation Prize for Africa.[6] They received $100.000 for their Osteogenic Bone Matrix (OBM) innovation.[7]

Pires is a board member of the Licensing Executive Society South Africa.[8]

References

  1. Web site: Previous - Innovation Prize for Africa. innovationprizeforafrica.org. 2017-12-15.
  2. Web site: Pharmaceutical Executive. Pharmexec. 2017-12-15.
  3. Web site: Africa's Red Biotechnology : worldVIEW. www.saworldview.com. 2017-12-15.
  4. Book: Altis Biologics: From Labs to Riches?. Gaylard. Alison. Urban. Boris. 2009. 9781473958371. London.
  5. Web site: Congratulations to The Innovation Hub resident (tenant) company: Altis Biologics. IT Web. 9 October 2012 . 2017-12-15.
  6. Web site: innovation – AMP. qamp.net. October 2014 . en. 2017-12-15.
  7. News: African company wins innovation award. Rodin. Jonathan. Engineering News. 2017-12-15.
  8. Web site: Annual Report 2014-15. Licensing Executives Society. 2017-12-15.