Antonio Parente

Biography

  Dr. Antonio Parente was born in Badalona (Barcelona) and he has been working in the pharmaceutical field for most of his career. He studied Chemistry and obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry by the University of Barcelona in 1978. He owns furthermore an MBA by ESADE (1981) and a PADE (Senior Management Program) by IESE (2010) and is co-author of more than 60 research articles and patents. Dr. Parente started his career in Laboratorios Vita S.A. where he worked as Director of the R&D and Patent Department. Since 1989, he has been co-founder of several companies, – including Lipotec SA, BCN Peptides SA, Diverdrugs SL, Lipofoods SA, BCN Corp SL and Primaderm SA – where he acted as Manager, Delegate Counselor or Administrator Counselor. In 2000, he founded GP Pharm where he is current President. Besides these activities, Dr. Parente is at present President of the Business Council of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG Barcelona), Vice-president of ASEBIO (Spanish Association of Biotech companies), Co-founder and Vice-president of CataloniaBio (Catalan Association of Biotech companies ) and Vice-president of Biocat (Foundation to Promote Life Science Sector in Catalonia). Dr Parente is former President of the Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Department of the Professional Association of Chemists of Catalonia (1980-1994) and former President of CataloniaBio (2010 to 2013). Finally, Dr. Parente is linked to more than 10 Biotech companies in Spain performing as a Consultant Assessor and/or Business Angel.

Research Interest

 Management