The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, opens the event “Italy-US: International Cooperation on Emerging Biotechnologies and Life Sciences”.
The convention will include remarks by the Minister of University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, the Minister for Enterprises and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, the Minister of Health, Orazio Schillaci and the US Ambassador to Italy, Jack Markell.
The event will focus on Italy’s growing role in the biotechnology sector, which sees a fruitful interaction between the public and private sectors, involving pharmaceuticals, chemistry, medical devices and biotech, increasingly strategic in light of the recent pandemic experience. This is the first high-level institutional and business meeting between Italian and US stakeholders active in the biotech and life sciences sector.