Primary Job Title Chief Innovation Officer Primary Organization Versicolor Technologies
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Regions Greater Philadelphia Area, Great Lakes, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Robert Ruffolo is a retired president of R&D at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals where he spent 7 years and still acts as a consultant. He joined Wyeth after 17 years at SmithKline Beecham (now GSK) and 6 years at Lilly Research Laboratories.
During his celebrated career in Pharmaceutical R&D, Dr. Ruffolo played a leading role in the discovery
and/or development of a number of now marketed products, including carvedilol (Coreg/Kredex/Dilatrend) for the treatment of congestive heart failure, acute MI and hypertension, dobutamine (Dobutrex) for heart failure, ropinerole (Requip) for Parkinson’s Disease, and eprosartan (Teveten) for hypertension. Dr. Ruffolo received his B.S. degree in Pharmacy in 1973, and his Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology in 1976, both from The Ohio State University.
He has authored nearly 500 full-length publications, and has edited 17 books. He was the Editor-in-Chief of three international pharmacology journals, has served on the editorial boards of 28 other international scientific journals, and on the boards and committees of several industry organizations. Dr. Ruffolo has won numerous prestigious awards honoring his outstanding contributions to the pharmaceutical industry. Most recently, he received the 2008 Scrip Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2008 Discoverer’s Award for the discovery and development of Coreg (carvedilol).
