Nuno Pires

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Nuno Pires is a businessman from South Africa. [1] He is the co-founder of Altis Biologics. [2]

Career

Pires founded Altis Biologics with Nicolaas Duneas [3] in 2002. [4] He is the chief executive of business development at the company. [3]

In 2012 the company won the Africa SMME Awards in the Industrial Sector category. [5]

In 2014, Pires and Duneas won the Innovation Prize for Africa. [6] They received $100.000 for their Osteogenic Bone Matrix (OBM) innovation. [7]

Pires is a board member of the Licensing Executive Society South Africa. [8]

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