Miguel Forte MD, PhD, DTM&H, FFPM

Miguel Forte has significant regenerative medicine and cell therapy industry experience, most recently as Chief Operating and Medical Officer at TxCell, a French biotechnology company specializing in immune cell therapy, and as Chief Commercialization Officer and Chair of the Commercialization Committee at the International Society of Cellular Therapy (ISCT). With over 20 years’ industry experience, he has gained broad expertise in medical and regulatory affairs, ranging from leading early and late stage clinical trials to market authorization and the launch of new biologic products for various indications.

Prior to TxCell, Miguel Forte held several leadership positions in large pharmaceutical companies, including as Vice President, Global Medical Affairs at UCB, and various senior positions at the European Medicines Agency, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Abbott, and Wellcome Laboratories (now part of GSK). Miguel Forte graduated in Medicine from the University of Lisbon, specializing in infectious diseases and obtained a PhD in Immunology at the University of Birmingham. He is currently Associate Professor in Health Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of Aveiro and the University of Lisbon.