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The Italian inflection point: Clinical strength, culture and capital
18 minutes Posted Aug 13, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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In this episode of Denatured, you’ll hear from Diana Saraceni, founder and managing partner at Panakès Partners and Fabrizio Calisti, medical director at Angelini Ventures. We explore how Italy’s life sciences ecosystem has evolved over the last decade—from stronger tech transfer and growing venture capital to the gaps that still keep it from matching the UK, Germany or France in company creation and scale.

Host

Jennifer C. Smith-Parker, Director of Insights, BioSpace

Guests

Diana Saraceni, Founder and Managing Partner, Panakès Partners

Fabrizio Calisti, Medical Director, Angelini Ventures

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this discussion by guests are their own and do not represent those of their organizations.