Your Course Leader

Dr. Stefano Persiani is currently Director of
Translational Sciences and Pharmacokinetics at
Rottapharm-Madaus, Italy. After gaining his PhD in
1983 from the School of Pharmacy of the University of
Milan, Italy and after a one-year scholarship at the
National Cancer Institute of Milan, Italy, Dr. Persiani
obtained in 1986, a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, and the
Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He progressed through
academia as Research Associate, in the Dept. of
Pharmaceutics, University of Southern California,
School of Pharmacy in Los Angeles. In 1990 Dr. Persiani
moved to the pharmaceutical industry and CRO sector
holding different positions in R&D at Farmitalia Carlo
Erba, Pharmacia, Upjon, and Zambon Group until 2000
when he joined Rottapharm. Dr. Persiani experience
within pharmaceutical companies and CROs’ ranges
from drug discovery and lead optimization to early preclinical
and full clinical development in different
therapeutic areas including oncology, respiratory, CNS,
anti-infective, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and
rheumatology. Dr. Persiani is an author of more than
100 publications.