About us

acora pharma GmbH was founded in 2000 by Dr. Martina Jaworek with the objective of offering holistic services relating to Drug Regulatory Affairs and Quality Control.

Our experts are qualified scientists or have completed vocational training as pharmaceutical technical assistants. Each of them has long-standing experience in the pharmaceutical industry (e.g. Regulatory Affairs, Regulatory Affairs CMC, Quality Assurance, Quality Control), consultancies or health authorities.

Dr. Martina Jaworek

Managing Director

1983 – 1988
Studied Pharmaceutics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
06/1988
License to practice as Pharmacist
1988 – 1991
Doctorate, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
02/1991
Graduated as Dr. rer. nat.
1991 – 1993
Schwarz Pharma AG - Quality Assurance Department (Monheim): Academic employee and later promoted to Group Manager
1993
Acquired expert knowledge as Qualified Person according to the EU Directive 2001/83/EC
1993 – 2000
Bayer AG, Consumer Care Division – International Regulatory Affairs Department (Leverkusen): Regulatory Affairs Manager and later promoted to Head of the Department
1995
Appointed as Pharmacist for Drug Information
2000
Founded acora pharma GmbH, Cologne

Dr. Stefanie Becker

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

1996 – 2001
Studied Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2002 – 2006
Doctorate, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
08/2006
Graduated as Dr. rer. nat.
2008 – 2012
neuraxpharm Arzneimittel GmbH (Langenfeld): Regulatory Affairs Manager
2013
Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Validation of Variations (Bonn): Academic employee
since 2014
acora pharma GmbH (Cologne): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

Ruth Bemelmanns

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

1986 – 1991
Education as Pharmaceutical Assistant and thereafter, Pharmaceutical Technical Assistant (Cologne)
1991 – 1994
Lücke GmbH – Laboratory (Aldenhoven): Pharmaceutical Technical Assistant
1994 – 2000
Studied Pharmacy, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
03/2001
License to practice as Pharmacist
2000 – 2009
Schwarz BioSciences GmbH / UCB-Group – Regulatory Affairs CMC Department (Monheim): Manager and later promoted to Senior Manager
2010 – 2011
Kohne Pharma GmbH, Consultant for UCB – Regulatory Affairs International Department (Monheim): Senior Manager and then promoted to Head of Regulatory Affairs
since 2012
acora pharma GmbH (Cologne): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager
05/2012
Aquired expert knowledge as Qualified Person according to the EU Directive 2001/83/EC

Inna Bonnamour

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

2007 – 2012
Studied Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University
2012 – 2015
STADA Arzneimittel AG (Bad Vilbel): Regulatory Affairs Manager
2015 – 2020
NextPharma GmbH (Waltrop): Regulatory Affairs Manager and Information Officer
since 2020
acora pharma GmbH (Cologne): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

Dr. Ursula Bonsmann

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

1987 – 1992
Studied Pharmaceutics, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
07/1993
License to practice as Pharmacist
1993 – 1998
Doctorate, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster
02/1998
Graduated as Dr. rer. nat.
1998 – 2004
AMI Arzneimitteluntersuchungsinstitut Nord GmbH (Bremen): Laboratory Manager
2004 – 2007
McNeil GmbH & Co. oHG (Bad Honnef): Regulatory Affairs Manager
10/2006
Graduated as Master of Drug Regulatory Affairs (MDRA) after postgraduate studies, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2007 – 2017
Mallinckrodt/Guerbet Deutschland GmbH (Hennef): Regulatory Affairs Manager
06/2018
Graduated as Manager Regulatory Affairs Medical Devices International, TÜV Rheinland Academy Cologne, University of Applied Science Ulm
since 2019
acora pharma GmbH (Cologne): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

Dr. Marko Kaulich

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

1994 – 1999
Studied Pharmaceutics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
01/2000
License to practice as Pharmacist
2000 – 2003
Doctorate, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
12/2003
Graduated as Dr. rer. nat.
2004 – 2010
betapharm Arzneimittel GmbH (Augsburg): Regulatory Affairs Manager and Change Control Manager, later promoted to Group Manager Change Control Europe
11/2006
Appointed as Pharmacist for Drug Information
07/2010
Graduated as Master of Drug Regulatory Affairs (MDRA) after postgraduate studies, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2011 – 2014
IPMB GmbH – Regulatory Affairs CMC (Radolfzell): Manager and later promoted to Senior Manager
2015 – 2016
B. Braun Melsungen AG – Global Regulatory Affairs Department (Melsungen): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager
02/2016
TÜV Süd Academy, Training as Regulatory Affairs Manager TÜV
2016 – 2018
Sanofi Cologne (A. Nattermann & Cie GmbH) – Department New Product Development (Cologne): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager CMC
since 2018
acora pharma GmbH (Cologne): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

Dr. Jutta Keil

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

1997 – 2003
Studied Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2003 – 2007
Doctorate, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
05/2007
Graduated as Dr. rer. nat.
2007 – 2008
Post Doc Pharmaceutical Institute, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2008 – 2015
LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG (Andernach): Laboratory Manager and Head of Quality Control
2015 – 2019
LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG (Andernach): Senior Product Manager Regulatory Affairs
08/2018
Graduated as Master of Drug Regulatory Affairs (MDRA) after postgraduate studies, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
since 2019
acora pharma GmbH (Cologne): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

Dr. Wiebke Kuhl

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

1987 – 1995
Studied Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
1995 – 1999
Doctorate, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn and Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg
12/1999
Graduated as Dr. rer. nat.
2000 – 2002
Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH (Mainz): Scientific Hospital Sales Representative for diabetology
2002 – 2006
Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, BfArM (Bonn): Scientific Assessor
2006 – 2010
LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG (Andernach): Manager Regulatory Affairs
2012 – 2020
LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG (Andernach): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager
since 2021
acora pharma GmbH (Cologne): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

Anke Schmalbach

Regulatory Affairs Expert

1988 – 1991
Education as an Pharmaceutical Technical Assistant (Cologne)
1991 – 2001
Pharmaceutical Technical Assistant in various pharmacies (Cologne)
1992 – 1998
Studied Pharmacy, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
2001 – 2005
Opfermann Arzneimittel GmbH (Wiehl): Regulatory Affairs Assistant
2005 – 2007
Basics GmbH (Leverkusen): Regulatory Affairs Assistant
2007 – 2011
Pharma Westen GmbH (Leverkusen): Regulatory Affairs Assistant
since 2011
acora pharma GmbH (Cologne): Regulatory Affairs Expert

Dr. Sybille Wittich

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

1987 – 1989
Training as Chemical Technical Assistant, Carl-Engler Schule (Karlsruhe)
1989 – 1991
Medical University Hannover: Chemical Technical Assistant
1991 – 1992
Boehringer Mannheim GmbH (Penzberg): Chemical Technical Assistant
1992 – 1998
Studied Pharmaceutics, Freie Universität Berlin
1998
License to practice as Pharmacist
1998 – 2002
Doctorate, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster
2002
Graduated as Dr. rer. nat.
2002
Pharmacy Apotheke am Zoo (Cologne): Pharmacist
2002 – 2005
Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, BfArM (Bonn): Scientific Assessor
2006 – 2007
Betapharm Arzneimittel GmbH (Augsburg): Regulatory Affairs Manager and Deputy Information Officer
2007 – 2008
Grünenthal GmbH (Aachen): Regulatory Affairs Manager CMC
2009 – 2014
Grünenthal GmbH (Aachen): CMC Regulatory Compliance Manager
2015 – 2019
Grünenthal GmbH (Aachen): Analytical Project Lead
since 2020
acora pharma GmbH (Cologne): Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager