Dr. Rick Panicucci

Biography

 Dr. Panicucci is the Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development at WuXi AppTec and Adjunct Professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. Drawing from his years of experience in the space, Dr. Panicucci advises Cyclica’s development, both scientifically and commercially. Dr. Panicucci is currently the Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development at WuXi AppTec responsible for providing scientific leadership in the areas of Developability, Formulation Development and GMP Manufacturing. Prior to WuXi he held the position of Global Head of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Profiling (CPP) at Novartis from 2004 to 2015, where he led the development and implementation of innovative dosage form designs and continuous manufacturing paradigms. He worked closely with Novartis BD&L and Venture Fund on many external deals such as Proteus Digital Health, MicroChips, 7th Sense Bio, West Pharma, Unilife, MIT and University of Toronto to mention a few. Dr. Panicucci currently holds the position of Adjunct Professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. His education includes two post-doctoral fellowships at University of California at Santa Barbara and the Ontario Cancer Institute. Dr. Panicucci received his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from the University of Toronto.

Research Interest

 roviding scientific leadership in the areas of Developability, Formulation Development and GMP Manufacturing