Dr Roger Pinder

Dr Roger Pinder

Pharma, Independent Pharma Consultant, York, UK

Roger M. Pinder, PhD, DSc is an independent pharma consultant based in the city of York in the UK. He advises and consults worldwide to several pharmaceutical and venture capital organizations. He is founding editor of Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment and of the International Journal of Wine Research. He has served as president and secretary of the International Society for Affective Disorders (ISAD), and as treasurer and councillor of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP).

Educated in the UK and the USA at the universities of Hull and Virginia, Dr Pinder holds doctoral degrees in medicinal chemistry (PhD) and neuropsychopharmacology (DSc). He is a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, the British Association for Psychopharmacology, the European (ECNP) and the International Colleges of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP), and of ISAD. His professional research interests include cardiovascular and CNS pharmacology and therapeutics, with a special emphasis on depressive disorders, anti-depressants and the health benefits of wine. He is a regular speaker and chair at international congresses, and has published five books and more than 250 review and research articles.

After a long career in R&D and medical affairs management in the international pharmaceutical industry, Dr Pinder was associated with a number of start-up pharmaceutical companies as chairman, board member, advisor and consultant.

Updated 9 April 2024