Sergio received his Laurea degree in Chemistry at the University of Rome, Italy in 1981 and, after a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Italian Research National Countil, he moved t o UNB, Canada, where he received his Ph.D in 1987. In the same year he started his career in the pharmaceutical industry as a medicinal chemist.  In his almost 30 years experience in major pharmaceutical companies and SMEs, Sergio has held positions such as Director of Medicinal Chemistry and International Project Leader in GSK, Head of Peptide Epitope Mimetics in Polyphor Ltd and Head of Research and Scientific Communication in Arpida AG and has been part of the Board of Directors of Arpida A/S. Founder of THOT consulting Sagl, a Swiss consulting firm providing services in the Research and Development of anti-infectives and pharmaceutical drugs in general, he has lately held the position of CSO in C10 Pharma and Adenium Biotech, two Scandinavian biotech companies. His background spans from early drug discovery to late preclinical development. He has conducted Phase I clinical studies, participated in late clinical studies and in discussions with both the US FDA and EMA.

Medicinal Chemistry Drug discovery