Madrid
Transforming
for long
term value
Surrounded by scientific excellence and purpose
Pivotal was founded in 2001 by Dr. Ibrahim Farr to bring scientific rigor and operational excellence to clinical development. His vision is to drive trial efficiency through smarter strategies and proven best practices, maximizing value for clients’ drug development programs.
Operating in over 25 countries, we’ve built deep specialization across all major therapeutic areas, with a particular focus on oncology, advanced therapies, and early-phase research. With almost 25 years of hands-on experience behind us, we continue to master clinical research.
Pivotal is a data-driven CRO that delivers smart trials. Through our real-time advanced analytics platform, we gain the insights needed to anticipate risks, act faster, and deliver faster and better outcomes. This tech-forward approach makes us a more agile, efficient, and resilient partner—always focused on our clients' goals.
· Our Leadership
Leading with vision, delivering with precision
Dr. Ibrahim Farr
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Lourdes Huarte
SVP Regulatory & Clinical Operations
Dr. José Javier García
SVP Clinical Data Science & Biostatistics
Lidia Farr
SVP Corporate Development & Finance
Dr. Ernesto Estefania
Senior Medical Director, Internal Medicine & Head of PVG
Dr. Elisa Gálvez
Medical Director Oncology & Hemato-Oncology
Dr. Ibrahim Farr
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Lourdes Huarte
SVP Regulatory & Clinical Operations
Dr. José Javier García
SVP Clinical Data Science & Biostatistics
Lidia Farr
SVP Corporate Development & Finance
Dr. Ernesto Estefania
Senior Medical Director, Internal Medicine & Head of PVG
Dr. Elisa Gálvez
Medical Director Oncology & Hemato-Oncology
· Mission, Vision & Values
Our Mission
Creating equity in healthcare with innovative, affordable medicines.
Our Vision
To be the most customer-centric CRO on earth.
We bring this vision to life by delivering faster, smarter, scientific and affordable solutions.
Our Values
Trust
We generate trust and closeness. We deliver transparently as agreed.
Impact
We make decisions based on predictive data. We prioritize work based on the impact on our client’s performance indicators.
Meticulous
We prioritize clinical quality by design and risk management.
Unite
We like to share our knowledge with the clinical research community. We know that as a team, the whole is more than the sum of its parts.
Care
We bring people together with the same values. We are inspired by the lives of our patients. We have integrity in all our actions.
Diversity
Diversity of thought, expertise, experience and background.
· Our Locations
The european CRO for your global trials.
Headquartered in Madrid, Spain, Pivotal has presence in the following locations.
Calle Gobelas 19, 2ª Planta
28023 La Florida, Madrid
Spain
Börsenstrasse 15
60313 Frankfurt
Germany
Gray’s Inn Road, 253
WC1X 8QT London
United Kingdom
Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau, 23-25
75001 Paris
France
Via Curtatone, 3
00185 Rome
Italy
Calle Paris, 45-47, entresuelo, 3ª
08029 Barcelona
Spain
Rua Prof. J. Mineiro, 16-1A
2730-146 Lisbon
Portugal
Kabelweg, 22
1014 BB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Váci út, 33B
1134 Budapest
Hungary
ul. Grzybowska 5A
00-132 Warsaw
Poland
Rue de la Presse, 4
1000, Brussels
Belgium
Box 5814
102 48 Stockholm
Sweden
Herlev Hovedgade 195A
2730 Herlev – Copenhagen
Denmark
21 Ivan Petrovici Pavlov Street
Ground Floor, Room 2, 1st District, Bucharest
Romania
71 Lower Baggot Street
Ground Floor, Dublin 2, D02 P593
Ireland
Malešická 2855/2b, Žižkov, 130 00
Prague 3
Czech Republic
Keren Hayesod 38-1
9214915 Jerusalem
Israel
18 College Street
11181 Amman
Jordan
· Extending our reach
At Pivotal
We share our partners reputation
We have a consolidated ecosystem of outstanding partners that allows us to conduct trials on a global scale.
Since trust is such an important intangible factor in a partnership, we have developed The Pivotal Partnership Model that contains the essence of how we work. Everything from dealing with client relations to executing global clinical trials, training our team and streamlining communications is defined.
We select partners that have the same culture and values. We care for their scientific focus, their client responsiveness, their agility and their staff stability.
“We meet regularly with our partners’ executive level team to align our approaches and to detect, anticipate and remove any impediment facing the trial.”
— Lourdes Huarte, SVP Regulatory & Clinical Operations at Pivotal
19
years of experience
Creating a solid ecosystem of outstanding partners.
>70
Global Trials
We have successfully executed global trials for more than 50 clients.