Our Company

Our Mission

As part of the multinational pharmaceutical company EMS (NC Group), our main mission is to design and develop a well-balanced preclinical and clinical pipeline, mainly based on the concept of repositioning existing drugs in the areas of Gastroenterology, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, manufactured with innovative drug delivery systems, to deal with unmet patients’ needs or new emerging diseases, including Rare Diseases.

We are keen on evaluating strategical Business-to-Business (B2B) partnerships or co-development projects to re-design a repositioning project starting from the early conceptual phases (drug delivery design, early pharmaco-economical evaluation, regulatory pattern definition through the main international agencies), until the execution phase, taking care of the Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) for clinical Proof of Concept (PoC) / First in Human (FiH) trials.

In addition, Monteresearch acts also as a Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), operating full pharmaceutical services for our partners.

Key Targets

To In-License early-stage Oral Peptides / Oligos and technologies thereof in needs of PoC clinical evidence in selected therapeutic areas including gastro-intestinal diseases.

To In-License early-stage opportunities addressing the repositioning of small molecules mainly intended for gastro-intestinal diseases.

We are open to co-development or partnering with other Pharma companies either small molecules or peptides joining expertise to successfully reach the clinical and registration phases.

Should you have opportunities of repositioning (early-phase projects or ideas) which fit with the aforementioned areas of expertise, we will be happy to get in touch and discuss any possible new business opportunities.

Transforming concepts into market-ready products, delivering reliable, high-quality solutions at every stage of development.

History & Values

Monteresearch was founded in 1997 as a pharmaceutical research laboratory specialized in formulation development, drug delivery systems optimization, analytical development and validation. Innovative products, line extensions or generics were developed since the beginning to strengthen the know-how and expertise of the company. Starting from 2016, EMS (NC Group), the leading pharmaceutical company in Brazil is controlling Monteresearch to consolidate the European presence of the group and to invest in innovative products targeting worldwide markets.

Management Board

Stefano Selva

General Director & Legal Representative

Manuela Astulfoni

Qualified Person & Quality Unit Head

Stefano De Luigi Bruschi

Intl. Business Development and Strategy Director

Fabio Ferrari

R&D & Quality Control Manager

Stefano Nepi

European Regulatory CMC Manager

Giuseppe Soldati

Operational Site Head

Team

Among all, what differentiates us, are our employees, their preparation, motivation and sense of belonging, at the service of reliability and innovation.

Global Presence

NC Farma is the largest pharmaceutical group in Brazil, with high capillarity and a large staff.

NC Farma Affiliates

Mexico

Koise

United States of America

Brace Pharma

Vero Biotech

Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia
Czech, Slovakia, Serbia
Kosovo, Montenegro
Bosnia Herzegovina
North Macedonia, Albania

Galenika

Portugal

Germed Farmacêutica

Authorizations

Monteresearch is approved by AIFA (Italian Health Authorities) for manufacturing operations of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP), according to Article 63(1) of Regulation (EU) 536/2014, and for quality control testing and batch certification (QP batch release) of Commercial Medicinal Products (cGMP – Annex 16) including importation from third countries (cGMP – Annex 21).

The company is also authorized by Italian Ministry of Health (according to DPR 309/90) for detention and use of controlled drugs for development purposes.