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Luca Santarelli Head of CNS-DTA At Roche pRED

By R&D Editors | April 13, 2010

Roche announced that Luca Santarelli, M.D., has been named Head of the Central Nervous System (CNS) Discovery and Translational Area (DTA), effective immediately. The CNS DTA is one of five disease-focused organizations at Roche and oversees research and early development up to late stage development in the field of Neurology/Neurosciences.

Since 2007, Luca has been the Global Head of Neuroscience, Clinical Research and Early Development (CRED). He joined Roche in 2005, and has helped progress five internal and partnered programs to Phase 2 in schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, treatment-resistant depression and fragile X, and one schizophrenia trial to late stage development.

Luca received his medical training, including Residency in Psychiatry, at the University of Turin, Italy (his native country), followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship and Associate Research Scientist position at New York’s Columbia University in the laboratory of Prof. René Hen. He gained clinical experience in both hospital and university settings, and served one year as an attending medical lieutenant in the Italian Air Force.

Published in high profile scientific journals including Science, Nature, PNAS and Nature Neuroscience, Luca’s academic research focused on the molecular basis of depression and anxiety, mechanism of action of antidepressants and adult neurogenesis. For his works on the involvement of adult neurogenesis in the mechanism of action of antidepressant, in 2004 Luca was awarded the Freedman Award for Outstanding Breakthroughs in Basic Brain and Behavioral Science from the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia Anxiety and Depression (NARSAD).

“Luca’s appointment underscores Roche’s commitment to translational medicine and its significant relationship to early discovery/research,” said Jean-Jacques Garaud, Global Head of pRED (Pharma Research and Early Development). “Combined with his vision and passion for revolutionizing translational medicine in neurosciences, Luca’s excellent scientific and leadership credentials will serve Roche well as we address unmet medical needs in neurosciences.”

Date: April 13, 2010
Source: Roche Pharma Research and Early Development 

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