Anthony Melvin Crasto Dr.

Ph.D ORG.CHEM, UDCT, MUMBAI, INDIA
Glenmark Generics Ltd. · PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST,BULK ACTIVES

Glenmark scientist helping millions with websites, million hits on google

Research skills

  • Technical
    To carry out research and development activity in the field of Organic Chemistry, to make profit for the organization, motivate, guide & lead a team of scientists, conduct literature search, identify and execute new/novel routes for the synthesis, scale up from grams to kilo levels in lab., conduct pilot trials and assist in production upto ton levels. Carry out impurity profiles and assist in dossier writing. All the above being done keeping in mind the regulatory, Safety, environmental issues. To keep in mind IPR issues and draft patents, Commercial aspects taken care are the time schedules, quality parameters and cost factors. All this with a view of non infringement and confidentiality. Simultaneously develop business acumen and convert to profits.file DMFS in US and EU, file patents and contribute to intellectual property
  • IT
    OTHER COURSES, 1. Part time Certificate course in Basic Computer Programming from Students Computer land – Mulund Bombay (First Class, 2. Part time Certificate course in General Electronics from Bombay Inst. Of Tech. – Mulund – Bombay., 3. Postgraduate Diploma Course in Industrial and Analytical Chemistry from Ruia College – Matunga (1986-1987 – Grade A, Course included, Electroanalytical Technology, Microbiology, Spectroscopy, Separation Technology, Statistics, packing, Air-water analysis, Management, 4. Diploma Course in Business Management from Prin-L.N.Welingkar Inst. Of Management, Research & Development, Matunga Bombay (Aug. 1989 – 1990 – Grade A, Courses included, Marketing Research and Advertising, Marketing Management, Personnel Management, Office Management and Administration, Managerial Economics, Financial and Cost Accounting, industrial law, Principles and Practice of Management, Organizational Behavior, Stores Management and Inventory Control
  • Other
    EXPERIENCE: (academic 1987-1991, 4years) (Industry 1991-CURRENT, 19+, years) total=23+ yrs, 1 Currently working as Principal Scientist, Process research(Bulk Actives) with GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS LTD research centre, API division at Mahape, Navi Mumbai, India job involves research and development work on APIs from lab to commercial production, support for DMF filing, in the process develop novel non infringing routes and file patents, dec05-present, 2 Worked as Sr Manager R&D with Innovassynth technologies Limited, Khopoli, India (formerly IOC ltd) and led a team of 20 chemists for the custom synthesis business in the area of drugs, organic intermediates, Specialty Chemicals, flavours and fragrances, nutraceuticals and mettalocenes. (25 projects) This included rapid development, scale up and commercialization as per the needs of the foreign clients with a time frame.(may03-dec05----2 yrs 7 months, 3 Worked as a Manager (R&D) at RPG Life Sciences Ltd ( formerly Searle India ltd). Thane Belapur. INDIA The job involved all aspects of synthesis and commercialization from research lab to production, including third party activities. (Oct. 1997- may2003, 5 years 6 months, 4 Worked as an Executive, process development at German multinational Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd, NOW SANOFI-AVENTIS)Mulund, Mumbai, India in the QA dept, GMP section (Feb.1997 – oct. 1997, 8 months, 5 Worked as an Executive, QA/GMP at a German multinational Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd, Mulund, India in the Process Development Team. (Jan1993 - Jan1997, 4 years, 6 Carried out Synthetic Research work as a Management trainee (R&D) at an American multinational Searle India ltd, Research and development centre, Thane, India (Now RPG Life Sciences Ltd) (May 1991 to Dec. 1992, 1 year 7 months, 7 Worked as Indian Organic chemicals research fellow at UDCT Matunga, for PhD programme(organic chemistry) on the topic “ Synthesis of novel pyrethroids analogues”. Simultaneously did project work for IOC.(1987-1991

Research interests

  • Interests
    Synthesis, Process Development, Natural Product Chemistry, Spectrometry, Drugs, Process, GMP, Polymorphism, API, Reaction Mechanisms, Process Research, Custom Synthesis, Synthesis Of Medicinal Compounds, Polymorphs, Reactions, Matunga, Intellectual Property Management, Reagents, Business Management, Analytical, Chromatography, Computers, Patents, scaleup, DMF filing,  RPG Life Sciences (5.7yrs),  HOECHST MARION ROUSSEL/sanofi aventis (GMP dept,  HOECHST MARION ROUSSEL (Process Devl. dept,  SEARLE INDIA Ltd (1.7 yrs),  Indian Organic Chemicals Research Fellow, UDCT, IMPURITIES, SEPERATIONS, GLENMARK-GENERICS LTD, MUMBAI INDIA BASED, INNOVASSYNTH TECH LTD, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

Research experience

  • Jan 1987
    Research: DR A.M. CRASTO
    MUMBAI
    EXPERIENCE: (academic 1987-1991, 4years) (Industry 1991-CURRENT, 20+ years) total=24+ yrs

Education

  • Jan 1987–
    Apr 1991
    Mumbai university dept. of chem. technology
    Ph.D Organic chem.
    India · Matunga, Mumbai
  • Jun 1984–
    Aug 1986
    MUMBAI UNIVERSITY
    MSc Organic chemistry
    India · Mumbai

Other

  • Other Interests
    creating organic chemistry websites, free and advertisement free, million hits already

Publications

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Current advisors
INDIA
NAVI MUMBAI
GLENMARK-GENERICS LTD
PROCESS RESEARCH
PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST
Past advisors
INDIA.
MUMBAI
PhD UDCT
IOC
HOECHST SCHERING AGREVO
ISAGRO
SEARLE
RPG LIFE SCIENCES
INNOVASSYNTH
EX HOECHST MARION ROUSSEL/SANOFI AVENTIS