FOCUS 2026

NUTRACEUTICALS CONFERENCE

THE PROGRAMME

Moderator: Arrigo F.G. Cicero, President of SINut (Italian Society of Nutraceuticals) and Professor of Dietetic Sciences, University of Bologna

  • SESSION 1: Nutraceuticals over the counter: solutions to the most common needs
    •       Trends and developments in the food supplements market

Claudia Rocco, Senior Director, Offering & Operations at IQVIA Italia

    • Who visits the chemist’s? A profile of the new ‘health seeker’ in 2026

Carlo Ranaudo, Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples

    • “Doctor, I’m bloated!” SOS Microbiota: a practical guide to constipation and bloating

Giovanni Marasco, Professor of Gastroenterology and Neurogastroenterology at the University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum) and IRCCS Sant’Orsola Hospital

    • Managing cardiovascular risk in the pharmacy: assessment, counselling and non-pharmacological interventions

Federica Fogacci, Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University

    • On the path to 100: Strategies for joint and muscle longevity

Arrigo F.G. Cicero, President of SINut (Italian Society of Nutraceuticals) and Professor of Dietetic Sciences, University of Bologna

 

 

  • SESSION 2: Gender-Specific Nutraceuticals: A Tailor-Made Approach
    • Demographic segmentation and opportunities: analysing trends in the supplements market

Maurizio Maggini, Associate Director, Supplier Services, IQVIA Italy

    • Supplementation 5.0: New habits and needs of the population

Roberto Zenga, Founder and Managing Partner, Zeta Health Solutions

    • A Healthy Start: Critical supplementation from conception to the first 1,000 days

Lorenza Lambertini, Surgeon, MFS in Food Science

    • Menopause, I’m Not Afraid of You: Metabolic balance and wellbeing beyond hormones

Sonia Bianchi, Gynaecologist and Nutritionist

    • Him & Her: The taboo of infections. Integrated strategies for urogenital wellbeing

Marco Brancaleoni, Lecturer in Phytotherapy

    • Prostate health and wellbeing: prevention, nutraceutical and phytotherapeutic support in adult men

Teo Zenico, Urologist and Andrologist, Forlì Private Hospitals, and Carito Zenico, Hospital Pharmacist, Forlì, Romagna Hospital Trust

    • Men’s Wellbeing: Not Just About Performance. The Role of Nutraceuticals in Sexual Health

Giovanni Corona, Specialist in Endocrinology, Andrology and Diabetology