Francesco Pignatti graduated as Medical Doctor at the University of Rome.  In 1995 he became Research Fellow at the EORTC Data Center in Brussels, Belgium. In 1997 he obtained a Master of Science degree in Biostatistics from the University of Limburg, Belgium.  In 1999 he joined the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is located in Amsterdam since 2019. From 2009 to 2023 he was appointed Head of the Office of Oncology and Haematology, he is currently Scientific Adviser for Oncology. His main regulatory science interests include cancer drug regulation, benefit-risk analysis, and stated preference studies.