Cristina Donini is head of program leadership and strategy in the Product Development Department at Medicines for Malaria Venture in Geneva. She has 20 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry, and joined MMV in 2012. Cristina leads a group of project directors in the Product Development Department, steering and overseeing the development of new antimalarials for treatment and prevention from first-in-human to registration. Cristina holds a doctorate from the University of Parma, and a PhD in Biopharmaceuticals from the University of Parma in collaboration with Purdue University.