Executive Profile: Luciano Rossetti, chief cartographer for Merck Serono's R&D roadmap
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Dr Luciano Rossetti was appointed global head of R&D at Merck Serono in July 2014, moving over from Merck & Co, where he had been senior vice-president of late stage development. Before joining Merck & Co [Merck Sharp & Dohme/MSD] as franchise head for diabetes and obesity in 2006, he had had a long and distinguished career in academia, focused on diabetes research in particular. A native of Naples, he moved to the US after completing medical training in Italy. He talked to Scrip's Eleanor Malone about leadership, pipeline pruning, switching careers and more.