About the speaker: Dr. Giuseppe Alvaro

Dr. Giuseppe Alvaro, a seasoned safety physician with over 24 years total experience in the pharma industry. A pulmonologist by training, Dr. Alvaro holds a diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine granted by the European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine (ECPM) and has worked for more than 17 years in the safety departments of large and small pharmaceutical companies, in therapeutic areas such as oncology, transplantation, anti-infectives, pulmonology and neurology. Prior to founding Saphar, Dr. Alvaro created and led an outstanding medical safety team for a big pharma, designed and managed the pharmacovigilance system of a start-up company developing orphan drugs, and initiated the drug safety function supporting the biosimilars program of a large generic company.