Martin Williams

My career, stage by stage

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Initial idea

BrainNeurology
Alzheimer's disease2016–22Mild cognitive impairment2016–22Parkinson's disease2016–25Lewy body dementia2016–22Multiple sclerosis2016–22Sleep disturbance in dementia2016–22
JointsRheumatology
Gout2023–Hyperuricemia2023–CPPD / pseudogout2024–
Cognito TherapeuticsVP Business Development · founding team · 2016–22
FlarebreakCEO & Founder · 2023–
ImmunoFlare BiosciencesCEO & Co-Founder · 2024–
Key activities3
  1. 1Turned an MIT neurostimulation finding into a therapeutic platform on Cognito's founding team
  2. 2Wrote the commercial thesis and strategy for Flarebreak and for ImmunoFlare, and stood ImmunoFlare up operationally: entity formation, facilities, bench space, IRB engagement
  3. 3Participated in the founding, equity strategy and early ideation of more than a dozen life sciences companies
  • Cognito Therapeutics
    Founding team member, 2016 · MIT/Picower spinout, gamma sensory stimulation for Alzheimer's
  • Flarebreak
    Founder & CEO, 2023 · direct-to-consumer gout management
  • ImmunoFlare Biosciences
    Co-founder & CEO, 2024 · human inflammasome biology for pharma and internal discovery