Rare Diseases

Biography

Cesare has more than 20 years of experience in the drug development field, in both scientific and commercial roles. He is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Oncoheroes Biosciences Inc., a Boston-based biotech company exclusively focused on paediatric oncology drug development. Prior to that he held senior positions at AMRI, Aptuit Laurus, ThalesNano and Auxiliis BV. Cesare started his career as research scientist in a pharmaceutical company (Eisai London) and in academia (institute of Enzymology, Budapest). Following the death of his first daughter Laura to cancer, Cesare set up aPODD Foundation, a London-based charity focused on accelerating paediatric oncology drug development. As aPODD’s chairman and trustee he is actively involved on a pro-bono basis in drug repurposing projects and research collaborations with other childhood cancer charities. Cesare holds an MSc in Applied Molecular Biology and a PhD in Neurosciences from UCL, University of London, as well as an MBA from the Central European University, Budapest.

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