Felipe Jimenez, Ph.D.

Current

President at jDerm Consulting, Inc.

Past

Director, Scientific Affairs at Obagi Medical Products, Inc.
Co-Founder and Director, R&D at Human Matrix Sciences, LLC.

Education

Loma Linda University
University of California, Riverside

Connections

37 connections

Industry

Cosmetics

Websites

My Company

Felipe Jimenez, Ph.D.’s Summary

Dr. Jimenez is a skin care product development consultant with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and significant experience in developing skin care products, from concept to commercial launch, for the physician-dispensed, direct-to-consumer and mass retail markets. He possesses over 15 years of fast-track research leadership experience and a strong record of building robust product pipelines and intellectual property portfolios for the development of high value skin care products. His previous accomplishments include eight publications in peer-reviewed scientific/medical journals and nine issued and pending patent applications.

Dr. Jimenez founded jDerm Consulting, Inc in February 2008 and currently serves as its President. In this role, he provides skin care product development consulting services to corporate clients in the aesthetic medical device, direct-to-consumer and physician-dispensed sales channels. Prior to this role, he served as the Director of Scientific Affairs at Obagi Medical Products, where he directed research and product development, specializing in physician-dispensed dermatology products. From 2002 to 2006, Dr. Jimenez was the Co-Founder and Director of Research & Development of Human Matrix Sciences, where he directed research and development for this start-up company specializing in anti-aging skin care for the mass retail and physician-dispensed channels. In his previous roles, he served as Senior Scientist at Connective Tissue Engineering after receiving his doctoral degree, developing peptide technologies for skin care products, and Research Associate at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Medical Center where he researched methods of regenerating connective tissue in skin while a graduate student at Loma Linda University.

Felipe Jimenez, Ph.D.’s Specialties:

SKIN CARE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
• Product profile development
• Contracting formulator(s)
• Contracting analytical chemistry lab(s)
• Clinical safety and claims substantiation
• Contracting manufacturer(s)
• In-licensing / Out-licensing Technologies
• Recruitment of Key Opinion Leaders
• Strategic Intelligence for New and Competing Technologies
• Scientific Research and Writing

MARKETING / REGULATORY
• Marketing collateral development
• Safety assessments for international dossiers

Felipe Jimenez, Ph.D.’s Experience

President

jDerm Consulting, Inc.

(Cosmetics industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

jDerm Consulting, Inc. provides research and product development strategy and execution for the development of next-generation skin care products that are highly grounded in basic science and skin biology. Through the use of our proprietary Dermochemical Product Design Model (DPDM), we design and manage the development of successful, high-value cosmetic and OTC products that are substantiated with well-controlled clinical studies. Moreover, we provide expert strategic intelligence for the identification and subsequent in-licensing of novel skin-enhancing technologies, from global academic and commercial laboratories, on behalf of our clients. Additional services include scientific literature and patent searches as well as scientific writing for scholarly and marketing materials. To further explore how jDerm Consulting, Inc. can add value to your emerging or established skin care organization, please contact Felipe Jimenez, Ph.D. at fjimenez@jderm.com.
Director, Scientific Affairs

Obagi Medical Products, Inc.

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

April 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 9 months)

Directed product development, from concept to commercial launch, of the ELASTIderm and Nu-Derm Fx brands for this $100 million specialty pharmaceuticals company specializing in physician-dispensed dermatology products.
Co-Founder and Director, R&D

Human Matrix Sciences, LLC.

(Cosmetics industry)

September 2002 — April 2006 (3 years 8 months)

Directed research and product development of the Forticelle and Elastogenesis brands for this start-up company specializing in anti-aging skin care for the physician-dispensed and mass retail channels, respectively. Additional accomplishments include the discovery of small peptides, metals and polyphenols that regenerate elastic fibers in skin.