Giovanni Gaviraghi#
| Membership Number: | 2799 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1/04/2002 - present Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Siena Biotech
- 1/08/2001 - 23/04/2002 Chairman NiKem Research srl
- 07/91 - 31/5/2001 Research & Development Director GlaxoWellcome SpA
- 01/90 - 06/91 Deputy R&D Director Glaxo SpA
- 05/87 - 12/89 Director of New Product Research Glaxo SpA
- 02/82 - 04/87 Director Chemical Research Glaxo SpA
- 08/81 - 01/82 Assistant to the Head of R&D Glaxo SpA
- 1974 - 1981 Head of Lab ISF SpA
Fields of Scholarship
- Medicinal chemistry
- Medicine
- Drug discovery
- Pharmacy
Honours and Awards
- 2003 Galen prize for the industrial career
- 2003 Paterno' Medal of the Italian Chemical Society
- 2008 Nordwijkerout/Camerino medal for outstanding achievement in medicinal Chemistry
- 2009 Honorary Degree in Pharmacy
- 1998 - 2003 Member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Pharmacology
- 2001 - 2009 Member of the Executive Committee of Italian Division of Medicinal Chemistry
- 1997 Member of the IUPAC Subcommittee of Medicinal Chemistry
- 1996 Member of the Committee for industrial relations (CIRR) of EUFEPS
- 2009 Member of the Advisory Committee of European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry
- Member of the following Scientific Societies:
- Italian Society of Chemistry (SCI)
- Italian Society of Pharmacology
- Italian Society of neuroscience
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Royal Society of Pharmacology
- Royal Society of Medicine
- American Chemical Society
- International Hypertension Society
- European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry
- Eufeps
