Steve Francesco founded Francesco International in 1994 as a consulting and publishing venture dedicated to the responsible expansion of the OTC/healthcare industry.

He is Editor and Publisher of SWITCH®, a monthly OTC newsletter that focuses exclusively on international Rx-to-OTC switches and switch-related issues in eight major OTC markets. SWITCH currently has subscribers in 24 countries.

He is on the International Affairs Committee of US Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association (NDMA) and is a member of the Health Industry Manufacturers Association (HIMA).

He is a frequent speaker and writer on international OTC issues.

Formerly, Steve Francesco headed up the international OTC division of Schering Plough for six years and before that the international OTC division of Sterling Drug for four years. Prior to that, he was US director of product management for a US OTC division of Sandoz. In total, he has over 18 years of management and marketing experience in the world of international OTC healthcare medicines.

In both consulting and publishing aspects of the business, Francesco International and its associates work closely with its network of OTC/healthcare experts around the world.