Valeria Iansante

Senior Life Sciences Specialist at European Investment Bank (EIB)

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Valeria Iansante, PhD, is a Senior Life Sciences Specialist at the European Investment Bank (EIB), where she focuses on financing and supporting innovative life sciences companies across Europe. Her work covers biotechnology, medical technology, diagnostics and digital health, with a particular focus on projects that address significant unmet medical needs and advance healthcare innovation.

Before joining the EIB in 2021, Valeria built a career spanning more than 15 years in research and development, specialising in advanced therapy medicinal products and their translation from scientific discovery to clinical application. She previously worked as Non-Clinical Manager at the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult in London, where she supported the development of innovative cell and gene therapy programmes and worked with organisations to define translational and non-clinical development strategies to facilitate progression towards clinical studies.

Prior to this, Valeria was a Scientist at King's College London, where she contributed to the development of a cell-based therapy for paediatric acute liver failure, supporting its progression from preclinical research to clinical evaluation. Her experience encompasses preclinical development, process development, GMP manufacturing and regulatory submissions.

Valeria holds a degree in Biotechnology, a Master's degree in Medical Biotechnology, and a PhD in Biotechnology from the University of L'Aquila, Italy.