Sr. Supervisor Formulation and Process Development
Aptuit (an Evotec Company), Italy
Piero is a Formulation and Process Development Senior Supervisor at Aptuit Verona (An Evotec company). In that role he provides expertise in the design, development and manufacture of novel orally administered drug products for pre-clinal and clinical studies. He promotes innovation and scientific excellence in the pharmaceutical development and manufacturing (PDM) dep. of Aptuit focusing on technological approaches aimed at enhancing the bio-availability of poorly water-soluble compounds and developing modified release therapeutics for targeted drug delivery. He worked since 2013 as a Formulation and Process development scientist at different levels of seniority at Lonza Edinburgh and Aptuit Verona gaining expertise in both conventional and advanced manufacturing technologies such as: dry and wet granulation, compression, liquid-fill and coating of hard-shell capsules, hot melt extrusion, spray drying, nano-milling.
Piero received an MSc in Drug Design and Biomedical Science in 2013 from the Napier Edinburgh University (UK) and an MSc in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical technologies from the University of Bari (Italy) in 2010.