Fabrizio Giordanetto's Biography

Fabrizio Giordanetto, Director, Taros Chemicals GmbH & Co KG

Fabrizio Giordanetto graduated with first class honors in Medicinal Chemistry in 2000 from University of Genoa, Italy). He completed his Ph.D. in Computational Medicinal Chemistry in 2003 at University of London, U.K. while working for the chemistry unit of Pharmacia (Pfizer) in Nerviano, Italy. In 2004 he joined the Medicinal Chemistry Department of AstraZeneca in Mölndal (Sweden) where he grew professionally to the position of Principal Scientist in Medicinal Chemistry and Preclinical Project Leader. Since 2013, he has been Director of Medicinal Chemistry for Taros Gmbh, a research-based SME in Dortmund, Germany, where he leads medicinal chemistry activities and discovery projects. During his career, he worked on several drug discovery programs resulting in multiple clinical candidates spanning oncology and cardiovascular indications and >80 peer–reviewed publications, book chapters, and international patents.