Innate Pharma was founded in 1999 by a group of immunologists associating 4 European Scientists - pioneers in the field of innate immunity (Alessandro Moretta, Marc Bonneville, Jean-Jacques Fournié and Eric Vivier) - and 2 managers from the biopharmaceutical industry (Hervé Brailly and François Romagné).

From left to right:

Hervé BRAILLY, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Eric VIVIER, VetD, PhD, is a Professor at Mediterranean University and member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He is Director and in charge of the "NK" research group at Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille Luminy (CIML), France.

Marc BONNEVILLE, VetD, PhD, is a Research Director at CNRS and a Director of Immunology Institute INSERM 463 in Nantes, France.

Alessandro MORETTA, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Experimental Medicine at Genoa University, Italy.

Jean-Jacques FOURNIÉ, PhD, is a Research Director at CNRS and a Director of the research group "Non-Conventional Antigens" at INSERM 395 in Toulouse, France.

François ROMAGNÉ, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer.