Emeritus Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Messina, Italy and Past President of the Italian Society of Pharmacology.
Prof Caputi In the University of Messina was: Chairman of Pharmacology Institute (1983- 2000); Chief of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology Unit at the G. Martino Hospital (1983-1999); Dean of Dental School (1985-1990); Coordinator of PhD program in Experimental Medicine (1991-2016); Chief of Postgraduate School in Pharmacology (1991-2003); Chief of Postgraduate School in Medical Toxicology (1991-2013); Chief of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology (2003-2012).
He was also: Member of the AIFA Pharmacovigilance Subcommittee(2008-2012); Member of the Commission of the Hospital-Territorial Therapeutic Handbook of the Sicilian Region (1985-2015); Head of the Regional Sicilian Centre for the spontaneous reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions (1993-2015); President of the Basilicata Biomedical Region (BRB) Foundation (2015-2016)
Main areas of expertise concern, basic pharmacology, health service research, pharmacovigilance and risk management.”
He is (co-)author of over 400 papers in peerreviewed journals, book chapters and research reports.