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Italy

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Italian Pharma Market Intelligence | AIFA Reimbursement, Competitive Landscape & Patent Analysis

Profile Summary

I provide structured market intelligence for pharmaceutical companies navigating the Italian drug market, with a focus on generics, biosimilars, AIFA reimbursement, and patent landscape analysis. What I deliver: For each product or therapeutic area, I produce a comprehensive Italian Pharmaceutical Market Assessment covering: - Competitive reimbursement landscape — products already reimbursed by AIFA, negotiated conditions, pricing, and managed entry agreements - Patent and exclusivity status — expiry dates, SPCs, existing generic or biosimilar competition in EU - Indicative patient population estimates using Italian epidemiological sources (ISS, ISTAT, OsMed) - AIFA-specific regulatory barriers — therapeutic registries, prescribing restrictions, reimbursement class - Strategic conclusions on market entry viability and realistic timelines Background: I spent nearly two years as a Research Fellow at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute — ranked #1 in Italy and #8 worldwide by Newsweek — where I conducted cost-effectiveness analysis for a multicentre diagnostic study and worked directly within the Technology Transfer Office on medical device patenting processes. I am co-author on one published study and one manuscript under peer review. I hold an MSc in Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management from UCL, with coursework in Pharmacoeconomics, Pharma Commercialisation, and Healthcare Policy, and a First Class Honours MSc in Industrial Biotechnology — completed while working full-time at Rizzoli. Over the past two years I have built dedicated analytical pipelines on Italian pharmaceutical data — AIFA databases, EPO patent systems, and OsMed national consumption data — which allow me to deliver assessments with speed and granularity that standard desk research cannot match.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Industrial Biotechnology
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Biologic & Biosimilar Development
• ☆ Pharmaceutical Management
• ☆ Market Research
• ☆ Quantitative Market Research

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Business & Legal Writing, Translation

Research Market Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Go-to-Market Strategy Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Data & AI Data Insights

Product Development Product Launch Support

Work Experience

Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute

- Present

CEO/Founder

Meridis

February 2026 - Present

Associate Research Fellow

Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute

October 2023 - September 2025

Education

MSc Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management

University College London, University of London - United Kingdom

September 2025 - September 2026

Msc Industrial Biotechnology

University of Ferrara

November 2022 - July 2025

Bsc Medical Biotechnology

University of Ferrara

September 2019 - July 2022

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Francesco Rosa, Francesca Veronesi, Francesca Salamanna, Giuseppe Tedesco, Alberto Ruffilli, Cesare Faldini, Gianluca Giavaresi (2026). Mapping the degenerating intervertebral disc: a systematic review of histological evidence . Frontiers in Medicine.