Anthony Melvin Crasto Ph.D

DR ANTHONY MELVIN CRASTO,  Ph.D ( ICT, Mumbai), INDIA. 30 Yrs+ Total Exp. in the fIeld of Organic Chemistry, Working for GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS at Navi Mumbai, INDIA. Serving chemists around the world.Helping them with websites on Chemistry. 9.8 Million hits on google, , world acclamation from industry, academia, drug authorities for websites, blogs and educational contributions, ...amcrasto@gmail.com....+91 9323115463   Worked mostly multinationals, Research,Process development in companies like Hoechst Marion Roussel(Sanofi aventis), Searle, RPG, Innovassynth, Glenmark, with exposure to basic research at SEARLE under Dr Nagarajan (Director Ciba), Tech transfer in plant eg Deltamethrin 3 tonnes in RPG, bulk drug gmp (7 months) in Hoechst Marion Roussel(SANOFI AVENTIS), Custom synthesis in Innovasynth(SANDOZ, Basel, BASF Germany), exposure to Natural pdts, drugs int, vet drugs, and some exposure in Agro.speciality chemicals, flavours and fragrances, nutraceuticals and mettalocenes. ability to deliver products in the production plant(atleast 35 in career). highlights 1. Felt proud to spend millenium night (2000) in plant 2. Added personally a 25 kg sodium cyanide charge in a reactor at 2 in night, panoli, RPG.in 90'decade, not to be attempted again 3. Did not run away and controlled an exotherm in plant batch due to accidental addn of acid.Chloride into NaCN reaction, temp rose to 59 deg cent, rxn was to be done at zero deg cent 4. Similar case when a thin film high vac distn exploded in a pilot plant in nasik for CBZ chem. UK, still able to despatch 100 kg material, Award london trip 5. High vacuum. distilled 25 kg of drug intermediate in the night using 3 pumps for a pilot plant trial intermediate, SANDOZ Basel, award bottle of wine from switzerland 6. Personally worked after lab work in evenings with Dr Ralph Stapel , Director.Hoechst pilot plant at Mulund Mumbai, in 80' 7. Assisted Head Asia pacific, QA for TGA audit at Aventis plant ankleshwar 8 Slept for 3 hrs in morning in first aid room in Panoli during Deltamethrin process demo at panoli Gujarat, then afternoon 2 hrs at guest house during 6 months campaign 9 Reached Innovasynth lab in khopoli at 9 morning from mumbai,100 km, using trucks, ricks after july monsoon deluge in Mumbai 2005 10 Got an opportunity to write a DMF in 90', hoechst, Got a chance to work in tablets,large vol parenterals, inj, vaccines in Hoechst mulund plant 11 Published several patents during career 12 Called Worlddrugtracker by many 13 HELPING MILLIONS

DR ANTHONY MELVIN CRASTO Ph.D ( ICT, Mumbai), INDIA. 30Yrs+ Exp. in the feld of Organic Chemistry, Working for GLENMARK PHARMA at Navi Mumbai, INDIA. Serving chemists around the world. Helping them with websites on Chemistry. 9.8 Million hits on google, , world acclamation from industry, academia, drug authorities for websites, blogs and educational contribution, ........amcrasto@gmail.com...+91 9323115463 Dr. Anthony  Melvin Crasto, graduated from Mumbai  University, Completed his Ph.D from ICT, 1991, Mumbai, India, in the field of Organic Chemistry, Currently he is working with GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS LTD,  Research Centre as a Principal Scientist, in Process Research at Mahape, Navi Mumbai, India, for the last 10 years,  His total  Industry experience is  30 +yrs with major Multinationals companies. Prior to joining Glenmark, he has worked with major multinationals like Hoechst Marion Roussel, now Sanofi, Searle India Ltd, now  RPG lifesciences, etc. He has worked with notable Scientists like Dr K Nagarajan, Dr Ralph Stapel, Prof S Seshadri , Dr T.V. Radhakrishnan and Dr B. K. Kulkarni, etc, He did Custom Synthesis for various multinationals in his career like BASF, Novartis, Sanofi, Pfizer etc., He has worked in Drug Discovery, Natural products, Bulk Drugs, Generics, Intermediates, Fine chemicals, Neutraceuticals, GMP,  Scaleups, Pharma Plant, API plant etc, he is now helping millions, His friends call him worlddrugtracker. His New Drug Approvals,  All about drugs,  Eurekamoments, Organic spectroscopy international, etc in Organic/ Medchem  are some most read blogs. He has hands on experience in initiation and developing Novel routes for Drug molecules and implementing them on commercial scale over a 30  year tenure till date Feb’  2018,  Around 30 plus commercial products in his career. He has good knowledge of IPM, GMP, QbD, Regulatory aspects, Technology transfer,  Manufacturing,  Formulations, Spectroscopy, Stereochemistry, Synthesis, Polymorphism etc. He has several  International  patents published worldwide. He suffered a one in a million disease in the form of a paralytic stroke/ Acute Transverse Mylitis in Dec’ 2007 and is 90 % paralysed, He is bound to a wheelchair, this seems to have injected feul in him to help chemists all around the world, he is more active than before and is pushing boundaries, he has several million hits on Google,  60 Lakh plus views on dozen plus blogs, He makes himself available to all, contact him on +91 9323115463, email amcrasto@gmail.com, Twitter, @amcrasto He is a prolific presenter and is invited to major conferences in Mumbai, where he can travel easily. He speaks at universities on topics of  Drug discovery, Patents, Qbd, GMP, Tech transfer, polymorphism, Literature search tools, Computer programs and Topics of  interest to Pharma Students. His extraordinary skill on the Computers give him the edge to write/present his thoughts. He demonstrates them to students and professionals alike. Notably he has 20 lakh plus views on New Drug Approvals Blog in 216 countries, This blog has 3.5 lakh viewers in USA alone.         Awards  "100 Most Impactful Health care Leaders Global listing", conferred at Taj lands end, Mumbai, India on 14 Feb 2014 by World Health Wellness congress and awards  “Best Worlddrugtracker “ Award for lifetime acheivement in Pharma... 7 th July 2017 , The venue...Taj land ends, Bandra, Mumbai India   “Lifetime achievement award” WORLD HEALTH CONGRESS 2017 in Hyderabad, 22 aug 2017 at JNTUH KUKATPALLY. HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, INDIA, " Lifetime Achievement Award", at the The Middle East Healthcare Leadership Awards - 12th October, 2017 -The Address, Dubai Mall, Dubai...UAE..........Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, Downtown Dubai - Dubai - United Arab Emirates   International award for Outstanding contribution in Pharma  at World Health and wellness Congress award, 14th Feb, 2018, at Taj Lands ends, Bandra, Mumbai, India   Conferred very prestigious IDMA award for contribution to society in Pharma at INDIAN DRUGS ANNUAL DAY 2018 VMCC IITBombay Powai, Mumbai India 22 Feb 2018,I was Guest of honor at and was felicitated by president,Indian Drug manufacturers association (IDMA)   Nominated for The Golden Globe Tigers Awards 2018, for Excellence in Pharma, at kuala lumpur, Malaysia, 23 april 2018 at Pullman hotel.    Biography READ MY BIOGRAPHY..........http://scijourno.com/2017/01/09/dr-anthony-crasto/  Written by Mr. Amrit B. Karmarkar  Director, InClinition    Biography READ MY BIOGRAPHY..........http://scijourno.com/2017/01/09/dr-anthony-crasto/  Written by Mr. Amrit B. Karmarkar  Director, InClinition