Who Are We?
Stepscience differentiate from competition by being tailored for the highly GMP-regulated pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
The entire pharmaceutical and life science industries manufacturing lifecycle is supported by us helping to set direction, assessing benefits of strategic investments and optimizing manufacturing and business processes. We assist our customers from Research and Development (R&D) to Commercial manufacturing.
Our highly qualified team combines a solid experience in the Pharmaceutical and Veterinary, Medicinal Cannabis, Cosmetics, Food Supplements and Medical Devices industries will support your business as it was ours.
Our goal is to help our customers to achieve and maintain GMP manufacturing excellence and assist them in the route to market.
Our Vision
Stepscience differentiate from competition by being tailored for the highly GMP-regulated pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
The entire pharmaceutical and life science industries manufacturing lifecycle is supported by us helping to set direction, assessing benefits of strategic investments and optimizing manufacturing and business processes. We assist our customers from Research and Development (R&D) to Commercial manufacturing.
Our highly qualified team combines a solid experience in the Pharmaceutical and Veterinary, Medicinal Cannabis, Cosmetics, Food Supplements and Medical Devices industries will support your business as it was ours. Our goal is to help our customers to achieve and maintain GMP manufacturing excellence and assist them in the route to market.
Our Core Values
INNOVATION
We are passionate to create innovative, practical, compliant and cost-effective solutions for our clients, strive to execute them effectively by actively engaging in incessant learning and development.
TEAM WORK
We trust, respect each other and we believe that we perform at our best when we embrace our diversity and play on our different strengths.
INTEGRITY
We are committed to being honest and ethical in everything we do and make ourselves accountable for all our successes and failures.
COMMUNICATION
We strive to maintain pathways for clear and concise communication, and this ensures that everyone has an opportunity to be heard and their opinion is valued.
CUSTOMER
We live our Values every day in order to exceed customer expectations.
Our Mission
To help Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences companies bring products to market by providing flexible, compliant, cost-effective and future-proof solutions based on reliable project execution.
Team
Nuno Santos
General Manager Quality & Validation
- Chemist with MBA with over of 15 years of experience in the
chemical and pharmaceutical industry, from Active Pharmaceutical
Ingredient (API) development to drug product manufacturing. - Quality Assurance professional with vast hands-on experience in
production, project management, auditing, inspection and leading
approval process for pharmaceutical facilities by national and
international regulatory bodies
~ Project Manager for manufacturing of Drug Product owned by world’s
top 5 pharmaceutical players. - Experience with API, oral and parenteral Drug Product.
- Leader strongly committed to develop team members towards
creation of high-performance teams
Ana Pereira
Project Manager
- Chemist with a PhD in Biotechnology and a specialization in Management of Programs and Projects with over 10 years’ experience in diverse industries, including more than 5 years in Pharmaceutical Industry.
- Experienced Project Manager with PMP Certification, by the Project Management Institute, active since January 2016.
- Has managed several Drug Substance development and manufacturing projects, owned by major pharmaceutical players.
- Volunteer tutor in the Program “PMI at Schools” from 2016 to 2022 where she worked with different teachers and schools with the goal of sharing knowledge in Project Management to kids of all ages.
- Member of PM Portugal Toastmasters Club since 2020 working on the development of her communication and leadership skills.
- Leader committed to create a collaborative environment on her teams.
MIGUEL LAMEIRAS
General Manager Engineering & PM
- Civil structural engineer with an MBA and PMP® certification, a
strong business, financial and strategic focus. - 20 years of experience in the program and project management,
engineering and construction for the oil and gas, chemical and
pharmaceutical industries, from Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
(API) development to drug product manufacturing. - CapEx leadership for different types of projects.
- Experience leading teams in multicultural environments
- PMO setup experience
- MBA, PMP ®, PAGAP
Diego Lima
CQV/CSV Manager
- Experienced Electrical and Control Engineer with over 14 years
experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry in areas such as
Engineering, CQV and CSV in management positions. - Experience with management of engineering and validation projects
up to 400kUSD managing teams up to 21 people. - Solid knowledge in project management, engineering design, CQV,
CSV, construction management and maintenance - Solid understanding of Q&V requirements and guidelines to establish
adequate Validation strategies according to cGMP (EU, USA and AU)
and guidelines (ISPE, GAMP 5, etc.) - Leader with solid knowledge in building of high-performance teams
Kárita Calvalcante
Associate Quality Manager
- Pharmacist with over 10 years of experience in Quality Assurance
roles, including management positions. - Extensive experience in all Quality Assurance related matters
- Strong expertise in process validation and cleaning validation in both
non-sterile and sterile process - Experience in QA team management
- Highly skilled in data analysis
- Solid knowledge in GMP and in its main guidelines such as FDA, EMA,
PIC/S, ICHs (Q7, Q9, Q10, Q12)
MIGUEL CANSADO
Business Development Director
- Chemist / Biotechnologist MSc, post-graduated in project
management and marketing management, PMP® certified - CDMO 25+ year International experience (Netherlands, Portugal,
Finland, Switzerland), led many programs for European, Asian and USbased companies - PMO deployment experience.
- Managed international programs taking 10+ innovative medicines to
market - PMP®, PAGAP, PAME
SILVIA ROSA
Pharmacist / Qualified Person
- Pharmacist with a PhD in Biotechnology with over of 20 years of
experience in the pharmaceutical industry, from Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) development to drug product
manufacturing. - Manufacturing and Quality Control professional with vast hands-on
experience in production, auditing, inspection and leading the
approval of the licensing of pharmaceutical facilities by national and
international regulatory bodies. - Experience with API and Drug Product manufacturing.
- Leader strongly committed to develop team members towards
creation of high-performance teams
Partnerships
