Fabrizio De Ponti received his M.D. from the University of Pavia, Italy, and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Turin, Italy. He is Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Bologna, where he was Dean of the School of Medicine (2015-2018). In the past 25 years, he has been a member/chair of several ethics committees in Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy (Italy). Since 2015, he has been part of the European Commission's expert group for ethical evaluation of research projects funded by the Commission. Since 2016, he has been a member of the Research and Clinical Trial Secretariat of the Italian Medicines Agency. He has collaborated with the Italian Ministry of Health and with the European Medicines Agency in ad hoc groups on issues related to drug safety. His research topics mainly include clinical pharmacology, drug safety, and pharmacovigilance.