Scientific Advisory Board

Full Professor of Economics and Management, Faculty of Economics, University of Florence (on leave).

Degree in Economics, University of Pisa; Graduate Studies, The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (1989-1991). Visiting Research Fellow, Northeastern University (1990), Boston, Ma.; Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1991), Boston, Ma.; Visiting Research Fellow, SCANCOR, Stanford University (2001), Stanford, Ca; Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Boston University (2005-2006), Boston, Ma. His research interests are in the fields of: Economics of Innovation; Industrial Dynamics and Market Regulation; Processes of Industrial Growth in Markets and Networks, Economic Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Industry.

He has presented the findings of his research in seminars, conferences and given invited lectures at, among the others: National Bureau of Economic Research, London School of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Columbia University, Berkeley University, the OECD, European Econometrics Society, Ecole de mines, Ecole Polytechnique, The Johns Hopkins University, the AAAS, the Council of Foreign Relations, The Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Member, Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, and Public Health (CIPIH), World Health Organization, Geneva. Director, European Pharmaceutical Innovation and Regulation Systems (EPRIS). President, Center for the Economic Analysis of Competitiveness, Markets, Regulation (CERM Foundation).

He has published on, among the others: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The International Journal of Industrial Organization, Health Affairs, Management Science, Physica-A, Revue d'Economie Industrielle, Research Policy, Small Business Economics, R&D Management, E. Journal of Health Economics, Europhysics Letters. Author, Global Competitiveness in Pharmaceuticals: A European Perspective, DG Enterprise, European Commission, 2001; Innovation and Competitiveness in European Biotechnology, DG Enterprise, European Commission, 2002.

Associate Professor of Economics and Management, Faculty of Economics, University of Florence.

He has been Research Fellow at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa and the Center for Complex Systems Studies, Siena.

He was visiting scholar at Stanford University and at Carnegie Mellon University.

He has published, among the others, on Management Science, Research Policy, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Health Affairs, Small Business Economics, Physica A, Europhysics Letters.

He is an author of the EU reports on "Innovation and Competitiveness in European Biotechnology" and on "Medical Devices Competitiveness and Impact on Public Health Expenditure".

He is a co-founder of A.T.A. SpA - Advanced Technology Assessment and the deputy coordinator of EPRIS (European Pharmaceutical Regulation and Innovation Systems) and CERM (Center for the Economic Analysis of Competitiveness, Markets, Regulation).

His current research focuses on industrial organization, network analysis and the economics of science, with particular reference to the life sciences.