Fortunato Ferrara

Vice President of Discovery at IQVIA, USA

Speaker

Fortunato Ferrara, PhD is Vice President of Discovery at Specifica, an IQVIA business, where he leads antibody discovery and engineering programs spanning target assessment, lead generation, affinity maturation, and preclinical candidate selection. With more than 15 years of experience in therapeutic antibody discovery, he has pioneered next-generation antibody library technologies and advanced multiple programs in oncology, immunology, infectious disease, and respiratory disease. Dr. Ferrara is an expert in antibody engineering, developability optimization, and AI-driven antibody optimization. He is an inventor on multiple therapeutic antibody patents and has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications.