António Bernadino Guimaraes Parada

Part of Fairjourney Biologics SA, IONTAS Ltd. is a British company that provides antibody discovery services. The company is based in Cambridge, UK. The company was founded by John McCafferty. António Bernadino Guimaraes Parada has been the CEO of the company since 2020. IONTAS Ltd. (United Kingdom) was acquired by Fairjourney Biologics SA on May 13, 2020.

Fairjourney Biologics SA is a biologics contract research organization that provides integrated services across antibody discovery, engineering, and production to biopharma. The Portuguese company operates a flexible, customer-oriented ‘ one-stop shop ’ approach to biologics development focused on quality, reliability, and partnership. Fairjourney Biologics has successfully completed more than 500 projects for over 100 customers across big pharma and leading biotech companies to date. The company's innovative mammalian display platform enables full-length antibodies to be expressed in the context of a mammalian cell, allowing selection based on function, stability, expression, and developability. The company has grown to over 130 highly technically skilled employees today and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. Fairjourney Biologics was founded in 2012 by António Bernadino Guimaraes Parada and Maria Gonzalez Pajuelo and is headquartered in Porto, PT. António Bernadino Guimaraes Parada has been the CEO since 2012.

Biocodex Incubação de Empresas de Ciências da Vida SA invests in and develops biotechnology research businesses and programs. The company was founded on July 29, 2002 and is headquartered in Porto, Portugal.