Event showcases Italy as leading competitive hub for
investments in biotech, healthcare, medical devices, and
pharmaceuticals, and includes experts discussing private and
public/institutional financial opportunities in the €270 Billion
Italian life sciences sector1
SAN
FRANCISCO, Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To promote
investment opportunities in Italy
in 2025, the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will be hosting the
eighth edition of "Italy on the
Move," a side event of the 43rd annual J.P. Morgan
Healthcare Conference 2025. The event will take place at INNOVIT
(710 Sansome Street), San
Francisco's Italian Innovation and Culture Hub, starting at
5:00 PM on Wednesday, January 15,
2025.
Opening remarks at the event will be from the Ambassador of
Italy to the U.S. H.E.
Mariangela Zappia and Consul
General of Italy in San Francisco Sergio
Strozzi.
The Italian life sciences ecosystem overview will be provided by
Keynote Speaker Mauro
Battocchi, the Director General for the Promotion of
the Italy System at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation, who noted, "With a turnover of
270bn euros (equivalent to 11% of the
country's GDP), Lifesciences are a powerhouse of the Italian
economy. Thriving pharma, biotech and medical devices industries
have attracted nearly 50 life science multinationals to set base in
Italy for their productions and
R&D activities. But there's ample room for growth!
"Italy on the Move," organized by
the Italian Foreign Ministry and the Italian Trade Agency (and
hosted, in conjunction with the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in
San Francisco, at the Italian
Innovation Center in Silicon Valley – INNOVIT) is the place to get
to know more about the potentials the Italian life science
ecosystems have to offer to international scientists, researchers,
companies and investors."
Ambassador Zappia said, "Italy's life sciences sector is large and fast
growing, encompassing medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and
healthcare services. Pharmaceuticals and medical devices represent
the third most significant Italian export in the world, well before
more iconic "Made in Italy" goods,
such as apparels or wines. We cannot think of a better partner than
the United States."
Consul General Strozzi emphasized, "Italy on the Move is the event in San Francisco where US Healthcare Companies
and Investors can meet Italian Companies to partner with or to
invest in. It represents a unique occasion to know more about
Italy ranking as 1st among the EU
economies by pharma CDMO manufacturing value and 4th worldwide by
patents productivity in Life
Sciences[2]. I invite all American
Life Sciences leaders and investors to join us at INNOVIT."
"Since 2016, Italy on the Move has been
the annual appointment with the Italian life sciences
industry in the United
States," said Erica Di Giovancarlo, ITA's Trade
Commissioner in New York and
Executive Director of the U.S. Network. "For this 8th edition,
we are proud to present some of the best players in the Italian
industry alongside relevant American counterparts, with the
opportunity to get to know innovative SMEs and startups during
a dedicated pitch event."
The event will also include a panel discussion, "Navigating
Transatlantic Partnerships in Life Sciences," moderated by
Audrey Greenberg, Founder of the
Center for Breakthrough Medicines and CEO and Founder of AG Capital
Advisors.
Panelists include leading life sciences executives:
- Frederick Beddingfield - CEO,
Rubedo Life Sciences
- Fulvio Renoldi Bracco - CEO, Bracco Imaging
- Elcin Barker Ergun - CEO and
Member of the Board, Menarini Group
- Karthic Jayaraman - Partner and
Co-Head of Global Healthcare, TPG Capital
- Pierluigi Paracchi - CEO, Co-Founder and Chairman, Genenta
Science (Nasdaq: GNTA)
- Maria Cristina Porta - General
Director, ENEA Tech and Biomedical
- Riccardo Zagaria - CEO, DOC
Pharma
In addition, five key Italian startups will provide pitch
presentations, specifically Aavantgarde, Butterfly Decisions,
Cellply, Medlea, and Sibylla Biotech.
About the Italian Trade Agency
The Italian Trade
Agency is the government agency which promotes the globalization of
Italian firms under the aegis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
ITA helps to develop, facilitate and promote Italian economic and
trade relations with foreign countries, focusing on the needs of
SMEs, their associations and partnerships. ITA sustains Italian
firms in their internationalization process, promoting the
marketing of Italian goods and services as well as the image of
"Made in Italy" products around
the world, while facilitating outward Italian investments and
encouraging FDI attraction into Italy. ITA's headquarters are based in
Rome, and it works through a large
network of offices around the world which are acknowledged as
"Trade Promotion Offices" of the Embassies or Consulates of
Italy. https://www.ice.it/en/
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About INNOVIT
The Italian Innovation and Culture Hub
INNOVIT is a strategic initiative of the Italian Government for the
promotion of the Country System's innovation in the United States. Its mission is to foster
the Italian innovative companies, startups and tech ecosystems by
connecting them with the Silicon Valley and US ones.
Web: innovitsf.com
LinkedIn: innovitsf
Media Contact for Event Queries and
Attendance
Peter Collins
p.collins@togorun.com
908-499-1200
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1 Assolombarda. (2024, July). La
rilevanza della filiera Life Science in Lombardia
https://www.assolombarda.it/centro-studi/la-rilevanza-della-filiera-life-science-in-lombardia-edizione-2024
Accessed 1 January 2024.
2
https://www.investinitaly.gov.it/en/sectors/life-sciences
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