Group description
OcuPharm research group belongs to the School of Optometry at the Complutense University of Madrid. It is exploiting its scientific expertise in the fields of biochemistry, pharmacology, ocular pathology, molecular biology, molecular pathology and neurology. The group has a number of commercial collaborations in place, providing services to biotechnology companies in basic science and preclinical studies regarding medicines, biochemical, pharmacological and physiology to the eye and its diseases.
Since its creation in 1998, the research group is focusing its scientific activities on the research of melatonin effects and its analogy on the intraocular pressure (IOP), corneal wound healing, Dry Eye syndrome, Glaucoma, and Ocular surface pathologies.
The director of the group is the Professor, Gonzalo Carracedo, PhD.