About us
Company InformationPMDS professionals have backgrounds in large multinational as well as in small pharmaceutical and device companies. We offer more than 20 years of experience in drug and device development,
clinical research, regulatory and medical affairs with focus on the European countries.
PMDS expertise covers various therapeutic areas such as infectiology, CNS, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, nephrology and dermatology for medicinal products and medical devices.
Founders:
Marita Franz, PhD, microbiologist by education, started her career in the mid-80th at the Robert-Koch-Institute in Berlin. Besides the research on molecular mechanisms of antibiotic action she was teaching at the Free University on cell biology and plant physiology.
In the early-90th she took over the medical management in a mid-size German pharmaceutical company, heading the department from the mid-90th. Main areas of activity were medical writing, expert reports, clinical research, trainings, and medical product management. In 2000 she changed to the European research institute of a Japanese pharmaceutical company. Main areas of activity were planning and conduct of clinical trials in Europe and support to global teams. She set up the network for medical device research, development and distribution in Europe and acted for about 8 years as project leader medical devices.
In June 2011 she founded PMDS.
Cordula Ruwe, PhD, graduated as biologist and holds a PhD in neurophysiology. She gained experience with international regulatory affairs and drug and device development over more than 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry. She started her industrial career at a mid-sized German generic pharmaceutical company in the mid-90th. In 1997, she joined a global pharmaceutical company specialized in the field of eye care and neuroscience. From 2000 to 2003 she was with the world’s largest provider of dialysis products and services. Afterwards, she joined an international CRO. In 2004 she took over the position of Director Regulatory Affairs at a full-service provider for health care industry, building up the regulatory affairs department.
Her main fields of activity were preparation of registration documentation including regulatory writing and submission, feasibility assessment, gap analysis, preparation of development plan for generic products, preparing and arranging pre-submission and/or scientific advice meetings with European regulatory agencies, project management.
Cordula Ruwe joined PMDS as co-founder in 2012.
