Brief Biography:
Dr GG Mattera earned an MD in 1988 and a PhD in Pharmacology in 1993 at the Universita di Pisa, Italy
He actually is head of Pre-clinical Safety Pharmacology Lab at Sigma Tau, Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite,SpA Italy. Previously he have direct the Cardiovascular Pharmacology Lab (1994-2010) and was team leader for developement of new inotropic drugs. Moreover, he started the Cardiovascular Safety Pharmacology Lab and set uped internal procedure to support preclinical drug development.
Prior to joining Sigma Tau, he was researcher of General Pharmacology Dept of Laboratori Guidotti, Pisa as team member of Cardiovascular Pharmacology Lab (1989-1993).
Academic positions:
Head of Pre-clinical Safety Pharmacology Lab at Sigma Tau, Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite,SpA
Research interests:
Hypertension, Endothelial pathophysiology, Heart Failure, Metabolic Syndrome, Drug-induced QT prolongation
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