# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/napoleone-ferrara
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:20:31.520Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/napoleone-ferrara"
name: "Napoleone Ferrara"
slug: "napoleone-ferrara"
description: "Napoleone Ferrara is an Italian-American molecular biologist who joined University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center in 2013 after a career in Northern California at the biotechnology giant Genentech, where he pioneered the development of new treatments for angiogenic diseases such as cancer, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and diabetic retinopathy. At Genentech, he discovered VEGF—and made the first anti-VEGF antibody—which suppresses growth of a variety of tumors. These findings helped lead to development and FDA approval of the first clinically effective angiogenesis inhibitor, bevacizumab (Avastin), which prevents the growth of new blood vessels into a solid tumor. Bevacizumab, first approved for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer in 2004, has become part of standard treatment for a variety of cancers. Ferrara's work led also to the development of ranibizumab (Lucentis), a drug that is highly effective at preventing vision loss in patients with intraocular neovascular disorders such as neovascular AMD and retinal vein occlusion. Ranibizumab and other anti-VEGF agents represent the first effective therapy for such blinding disorders and rank among the most widely used drugs in older adults."
tagline: "Italian molecular biologist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Laura_Perin%2C_Napoleone_Ferrara%2C_and_Matteo_Garbelotto.jpg/330px-Laura_Perin%2C_Napoleone_Ferrara%2C_and_Matteo_Garbelotto.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1956-07-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.038461538461538
  historical:           10.68484666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Napoleone Ferrara"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump