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 to 23/04/2002 Chairman NiKem Research srl
- 07/91 to 31/5/2001 Research & Development Director GlaxoWellcome SpA
- 01/90 to 06/91 Deputy R&D Director Glaxo SpA
- 05/87 to 12/89 Director of New Product Research Glaxo SpA
- 02/82 to 04/87 Director Chemical Research Glaxo SpA
- 08/81 to 01/82 Assistant to the Head of R&D Glaxo SpA
- 1974 to 1981 Head of Lab ISF SpA
Fields of Scholarship
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Medicine, Pharmacy
- Drug Discovery
Honours and Awards
- Galen prize for the industrial career (2003)
- Paterno' Medal of the Italian Chemical Society (2003)
- Nordwijkerout/Camerino medal for outstanding achievement in medicinal Chemistry (2008)
- Honorary Degree in Pharmacy (2009)
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Pharmacology (1998-2003)
- Member of the Executive Committee of Italian Division of Medicinal Chemistry (2001-2009)
- Member of the IUPAC Subcommittee of Medicinal Chemistry (1997 .... )
- Member of the Committee for industrial relations (CIRR) of EUFEPS (1996.,.)
- Member of the Advisory Committee of European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry (2009 ...... )
- 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
- Academia Europaea Membership
