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Prof. Federico Arcamone, a University of Pisa, Italy, chemistry graduate and a student of the "Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa" received a "Diplome d'etudes superieures de sciences physiques de l'Université de Paris (1952) and a "Libera Docenza" in biological chemistry in Rome (1962). As a research chemist at Farmitalia, Milan, he has been active in the field of natural products and antibiotic research, drug metabolism and organic synthesis, becoming Head of Chemical R&D in 1973. In 1987 was Chairman of the Research Division of the Menarini Company (Florence, Italy). From 1997 he is associated with the National Research Council also performing professional activity as a Consultant. His main achievements include the discovery and development of the antitumor anthracyclines doxorubicin, epirubicin, idarubicin and their analogs presently undergoing clinical evaluation, the structure elucidation and synthesis of new antibiotics, the development of new ergoline drugs and the synthesis of glycopeptides, penem derivatives and DNA conjugates.
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