Maria Teresa Peracchia is the Global Head of CMC Strategy & Execution in the Sanofi mRNA Center of Excellence, leading the CMC Project Leaders team and in charge of designing and aligning the End-to-End CMC strategy.
Maria-Teresa holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Parma, Italy. During her PhD, supervised by Professor Paolo Colombo, she was a Visiting Scientist (1992-1994) in Professor Robert Langer’s lab at MIT, developing PEGylated polymeric nanoparticles. She was a post-doctoral fellow (1995-1998) with Prof. Patrick Couvreur at the University Paris-Saclay, focusing her work on the design of new PEGylated nanoparticles from polymer chemistry to in vivo biodistribution. During her PhD and postdoc, she has authored/ co-authored over 20 publications in the field of drug delivery and filed 8 patents.
Maria Teresa joined Sanofi in 1999. She held several positions of increasing responsibility in formulation development, drug delivery and CMC project management. From 2013 to 2019, she served as CMC Project Leader for Dupilumab (Dupixent®) developed in collaboration with Regeneron, where she led the CMC team through successful submission, registration and launch of Dupilumab for Atopic Dermatitis and Asthma indications. In her last role of Global Head of Drug Delivery of Biologics in the CMC Global Development organization, she established novel delivery technology capabilities at Sanofi through focused internal work and external partnerships.
In Sanofi, Maria Teresa is part of the Gender Balance Network that advocates for women, empowering them in the workplace and promoting a culture of diversity. Among her initiatives in this network, she has been leading the organization of the workshop “Increase your Impact- Develop your Personal BRAND”.
Maria Teresa has been always engaged in supporting and championing young scientists: she has mentored several Masters students, supervised many trainees, and in 2019 been successful in securing sponsorship to finance travel grants for young scientists to attend international meetings.
Maria Teresa has been on the Board of Directors of the Controlled Release Society since 2020, serving as treasurer elect and then as treasurer.
