Francesco Cicirello, PharmD, MSc BioNTech

Francesco Cicirello is Senior Director, Global BioNTainer Quality Compliance at BioNTech US.

Before joining BioNTech from Evelo Biosciences and Adaptimmune , Francesco worked in a Regulatory Agency. He was an Expert Inspector at the Therapeutic Good Administration (TGA) in Australia. While at TGA, he was elected to several roles in PIC/S. He was the Chairperson of the Working Group revising the Annex 2 and the Deputy Chair of the Subcommittee on Harmonisation. The latter role included overseeing the revision of the EU/WHO/PIC/S Annex 1. Francesco initiated the PIC/S transposition of EU Annex 16 and supported the one of Annex 13.

Francesco represented PIC/S at the EMA IWG and was member of the PIC/S Coordinating Committee on the Human Blood, Tissues, Cells & ATMPs.