Summary
Pierre Roy is a medtech entrepreneur and engineer with over three decades of hands-on experience in polymer-based medical device development and commercialization. As CEO and co-founder of OPIA Technologies and earlier leadership roles at VYGON and EyeGate/Eyegate Pharma, he has moved technologies from concept to market across ocular diagnostics, tear sampling, and drug delivery. He has founded consulting and product companies (HEXAMED, AKRIVISION) and holds 25+ patents focused on ocular drug delivery and diagnostic devices, reflecting a strong inventorship track record. His work uniquely combines deep materials and sterilization expertise with regulatory and quality system know-how, enabling rapid translation of prototypes into sterile, market-ready products. Notably, he led the commercialization of EyePrim, a conjunctival sampling device, while also advancing a patented tear film sampling platform and a veterinary iontophoresis delivery product. Based in Paris, he blends technical rigor with entrepreneurial drive to tackle unmet needs in ophthalmology.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalaureat C, Baccalaureat C at Lycee Carnot
Engineering, Technology of polymers and composites, Engineering, Technology of polymers and composites at Ecole des Mines de Douai