Dr. Luigi Moro

Biography

Luigi Moro, Italian national, resident in Cairate, Italy, has been chief scientific officer of Cosmo since 2001. He graduated in chemistry and pharmacology at the University of Milan, Italy. He began his career in 1976 with Farmitalia – Carlo Erba, working on discovery/preclinical phase technological projects and the development of new drug administration systems, with particular concentration on anticancer drugs. From 1985 to 1988, with Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica S.p.A., he collaborated on the direction of technological projects of the parent company and in the definition of drug delivery systems developed by the subsidiary company Pharmetrix, a Californian company specializing in the application of polymer membranes and control systems for problems relating to the controlled administration of drugs. He was appointed manager of the pharmaceutical technology laboratories of Poli Industria Chimica S.p.A. in 1988 and from 1990 to 1995, he coordinated that company’s research activities and industrial applications in the pharmaceutical, synthesis and fermentation sector. In 1996, he became manager of industrial development, responsible for the identification of the technical resources and facilities for the industrial implementation of development projects. He is the author of numerous scientific publications and papers and inventor of numerous international technology patents. He joined Cosmo in 1999. 

Research Interest

pharmaceutical technology