Picone Maria

Maria has over fifteen years of experience managing operational and strategic ventures in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. As a consultant for WMackin & Associates, a small, virtual drug development and regulatory professional services company, she supports the electronic submissions of INDs, NDAs and BLAs to FDA for small and emerging biopharmaceutical companies. She is a self-taught programmer and co-owns Formed, Inc, a digital health web technology company with her husband. After their daughter was born with the rare genetic disorder Prader Willi-Syndrome, they committed to creating solutions for rare disease and together founded TREND Community, building software that empowers patients and caregivers to turn their anecdotes into evidence.