Meet the ÅKRN team

We are a team of highly dedicated clinical specialists and medical professionals with extensive therapeutic, clinical and regulatory experience. Our focus is to provide high levels of expertise and excellent service in a cost-conscious and diligent manner.

Our team is specialized in medical devices and advanced biotech therapies. Our success is based upon providing our clients with a combination of medical and technical expertise within tightly-controlled clinical studies and budgets. This is why we are viewed by our clients and partners as a trusted and valued adviser in clinical trials and development. 

We are a multidisciplinary and multicultural team based in Stockholm, Madrid and Milan. Our specialists have higher scientific degrees, including PharmD, Ph.D, and Masters in Clinical Research, and collectively we are fluent in seven European languages.

Maria Nyåkern
Founder and CEO, Principal Scientist
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David Tomé
Clinical Operations / New Business
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Diana Posa
Clinical Research Scientist / CRA
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Amalia Meseguer
Clinical Research Scientist / CRA
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Ana Manuela de la Pedrosa
Clinical Quality Lead
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Jorge Medina
Clinical Research Scientist / CRA
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Irene Sánchez
Communication specialist
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Ruben Ruiz
Clinical Research Scientist / CRA
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Ariadna Navarro
Clinical Research Scientist / CRA
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As Clinical and Regulatory professionals we have the professional and ethical responsibility to maintain the highest standards of professional conduct when we exercise our professional duties of upholding and clarifying the laws, regulations, and guidelines of the authorities under which we operate. We know that we play a pivotal role in ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations in the development and commercialization of healthcare products.

We honor our core values in this increasing complex global clinical and regulatory environment. As individual professionals, we are making a positive contribution to public health and we aspire to embody our code of ethics in our words, actions and deeds.

The following values transpire in our every-day work.

• Regulatory Compliance
• Clinical Competency
• Credibility
• Objectivity
• Integrity
• Accountability
• Equitability
• Dignity and Respect

As the founder of the company, Maria Nyåkern, Ph.D., is an inspiring leader who seeks to continually drive the field of Clinical Research Services forward. After completing her scientific training and doctoral studies in Sweden, Dr. Nyåkern spent 15 years in medical and clinical research in the medical device industry.

In 2009, she founded Nyåkern Clinical Consulting, a life-science consulting firm to provide European Clinical Project Management and Monitoring Services to the Medical Device Industry. In 2015, Maria Nyåkern expanded the consulting activity and established ÅKRN Scientific Consulting, a niche-CRO (Clinical Research Organization) focused on providing exceptional service and resources to the medical device and diagnostic industries. Through diligent planning and superior execution, ÅKRN expediently guides and manages projects through the complete clinical development process.

The clinical development can be risky in terms of timelines so a good relationship and engagement of the CRO in the decision-making process is of crucial importance where the sponsor and the CRO work hand-in-hand to be able to accomplish established deliverables and allow innovative devices into the market faster. It is a long road that can only be achieved with a win-win scenario, with all parts working together to the same objective: delivering new therapies to patients, in a faster and more efficient way.

To date, ÅKRN is the trusted advisor and partner for many companies to deliver maximum value in their medical device development programs. ÅKRN is a privately-held European CRO and since inception the company has experienced a fast and steady organic growth in employees and establishment in the European market.

However, as successful members of the community, we also have a responsibility to help those that are less fortunate, and we need to contribute to the common good. 

Philanthropy is giving without the expectation of a monetary return on investment and is performed to promote the wellbeing of others and to solve social issues. For us it is important to give back to the communities in which we live and work. This is a cornerstone of our company philosophy. This year we have supported the Greenpeace organization and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Greenpeace
Strong defender of the natural world and that is promoting peace by investigating, exposing, and confronting environmental abuse, championing environmentally responsible solutions, and advocating for the rights and well-being of all people.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
The UNCHR is working to protect and assist refugees all around the world and is on the ground wherever refugees need help; providing protection and assistance, including emergency shelter, food, water, and healthcare.