Francesca has been working in the Pharmaceutical Industry since 1986.In 1990 she joined the Rottapharm Group, an Italian Multinational Pharmaceutical Company, and has since 2001 been Head of the Scientific Information and Library Services. In 2014 she joined, in the same position, Rottapharm Biotech s.r.l., a spin-off of the former R&D division of Rottapharm|Madaus.Francesca is a member of GIDIF-RBM (Italian Group of Biomedical Librarian and Information Specialist in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Research), since 2010 as the Treasurer.