Massimo Pedrani

Biography

Italian (born 1954), Head of Business Development Generics, began his career as a researcher in the galenical laboratory of Midy S.p.A. (Sanofi Group) in 1981 and then worked as responsible for the pharmaceutical development department in Pierrel S.p.A. from 1983 to 1987. He then joined Farmitalia – Carlo Erba (Erbamont Group) as supervisor of external research institutes and head of the industrial galenics laboratories until 1992. During 1992 to 1996, he was the managing director of the Italian subsidiary of Applied Analytical Industries Inc., a US company operating in the pharmaceutical research and services sector. Since 1997, he has worked as a pharmaceutical business development and regulatory affairs consultant through his own company, Emmepi Pharma SAS. He joined Cosmo as an External Consultant in July 2001. He graduated in chemistry and pharmaceutical technology from the University of Pavia, Italy. He has been member of the board of the Italian Pharmaceutical Association since February 1992, and of the Controlled Release Society Italian Chapter since June 1998.  

Research Interest

Chemistry and Pharmaceutical technology