We can’t make true progress on unmet medical needs unless we understand what the patients themselves think they need or say is missing from their treatment options.

Since a young age growing up in Italy, the workings of the human body have fascinated me — a curiosity that brought me to medical research. I’ve always wanted to help people. And through discovering new medicines, we can potentially help millions of patients.

What drives me — and so many other scientists in Europe and around the globe — is a desire to find new therapies that will improve people’s lives, especially in areas where there is currently an unmet need.