Marco Ferrara
R & d Team Leader @Flamma
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WORK HISTORY
R & d Team Leader @Flamma
Milan, IT
EDUCATION
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Laurea, Chemistry
Sapienza Università di Roma
Master, Industrial pharmaceutical methodologies
University of Bristol
PhD, Chemistry
SKILLS
ABOUT MARCO FERRARA
Management of resources and of activities- supervision of technicians with periodic performance evaluation and development planning - planning of chemistry lab activities involving synthesis of APIs and their intermediates • Project leadership: start, progression and final delivery of candidate drugs into the various phases of development • Team leadership or membership in international and multidisciplinary settings including collaborations. Key contributor in development projects. Active role in cross-functional teams, global networks and department management teams • Technical expertise- synthesis of high quality APIs including development of synthetic pathways and manufacturing processes towards new pharmaceutical intermediates and bulk drugs; plant support work and bench to plant process technology transfer. Process performance improvement including sustainability and reduction of environmental footprint - experienced in several TAs and in all stages of DD - IP protection: patent drafting, definition of patent strategy, analysis of prior art and FtO, patent busting, inventorship determination - Inventor/author of several patents, publications and oral presentations • Identification of several preclinical candidates, including the currently marketed drugs Raltegravir (Isentress®), a first-in-class drug for HIV therapy, and Grazoprevir (Zepatier®), an HCV protease inhibitor with high genetic barrier to resistance
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