Bruno Hancock's web page

Bruno C. Hancock, Ph.D. is the head of the global Materials Science group at Pfizer Inc.  In this role he leads a group of approximately fifty scientists who are focused on measuring, predicting, understanding and controlling the solid state and particulate properties of Pfizer's new drug substances and drug products.

Education:

Dr. Hancock holds a bachelors degree in Pharmacy from the University of Bath, UK and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Technology from the University of Bradford, UK.

Research experience:

Bruno held a post-doctoral research appointment at the University of Wisconsin and worked at ICI Pharmaceuticals (now Astra Zeneca) in the UK and Merck Frosst & Co. in Canada before taking his present position. He has published over 135 full research papers and more than a dozen patents. Dr. Hancock has supervised the research of students from Canada, the United States, and Europe.

Professional service:

Bruno Hancock has advised the United States Pharmacopoeia on the use and testing of pharmaceutical materials since 1995.  He has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, and Pharmaceutical Research.  He is currently an Editor for the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.  Dr. Hancock is also an Editor of the Handook of Pharmaceutical Excipients.

Honors & recognition:

Dr. Hancock was the recipient of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Science Medal in 2000 for his contributions to pharmaceutical research.  He was elected to Fellow status in the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) in 2004.   The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has also recognized his contributions to the Quality by Design of Drug Products.  In 2020, he was awarded the Citation of Merit from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy.

Publications:

Dr. Hancock has a lifetime h-index of 53 (that is, 53 of his publications have been cited at least 53 times).  Use this Google Scholar link to view a summary of Bruno's publications.

Notable publications include:

“The 2nd Most Highly Cited Article in Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2009” - Hancock, B.C.* & Zografi, G., Characteristics and significance of the amorphous state in pharmaceutical systems, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 86 (1997) 1‑12 (Principal investigator) doi:10.1021/js9601896.

“The 10th Most Downloaded Article in Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2006” - Kremer, D.K.* & Hancock, B.C. Process simulation in the pharmaceutical industry: a review of some basic physical models. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 95 (2006) 517-529 (Co‑investigator) doi:10.1002/jps.20583.

Send email to Bruno at hancockbc@gmail.com

LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bruno-hancock/10/3b2/20a

This page was last updated on 2nd June 2023