Nicola is an accomplished CMC Drug Product Consultant and Project Leader with 13+ years’ experience in the field working for world-leading industrial and academic institutions. He has a track record in leading numerous fast-paced, technically complex, preclinical and early clinical drug product projects.
Nicola’s latest appointment before creating Uroboro Consulting was as a Principal Scientist at Seda Pharmaceutical Development Services. Here, his project leadership and specialist consultant responsibilities allowed him to combine his in-depth knowledge of drug product design, development and manufacture with his innate problem-solving capabilities to assist Clients around the globe.
Prior to this, Nicola honed his drug product development expertise working for GlaxoSmithKline and later AstraZeneca where he was Lead Formulator for a number of high profile First Time In Human and Phase II oral and parenteral projects.
Nicola gained a First-Class Honours Integrated Master’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Messina (Italy) followed by a PhD in Pharmaceutics from University College London School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with Procter & Gamble. He holds the Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) from the Association for Project Management (APM).
Prior to founding Uroboro Consulting, Nicola took a sabbatical year to travel across Latin America with his wife Madeleine. This life-changing experience inspired them to take the leap back to Nicola’s native Sicily. The circle was closed and Uroboro Consulting was born!