7:15am PST
7:15am PST
8:15am PST
Opening Remarks
Tuesday January 14, 2025 8:15am - 8:20am PST
Speakers 
Senior Conference Production Director, Fierce Life Sciences
Stephanie Butler is a Senior Conference Production Director with Fierce Life Sciences. Previously, Ms. Butler was a Division Manager at the American Conference Institute where she was responsible for the for the creation and development of legal and business conferences in the Pharmaceutical/Life...
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8:20am PST
Opening Fireside Chat: Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Co-Founder and Chairman, Moderna
Tuesday January 14, 2025 8:20am - 8:40am PST
Moderators 
Senior Editor, Fierce Biotech
Gabrielle Masson is an associate editor for Fierce Biotech. Prior to Fierce, she worked at Becker's Hospital Review, where she reported on public health and the pandemic. Gabrielle graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison after studying creative writing and criminal justice...
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Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Co-Founder and Board Chairman, Moderna
Noubar Afeyan is founder and CEO of
Flagship Pioneering. He is also co-founder and Board Chairman of
Moderna.Founded in 2000, Flagship is an enterprise where entrepreneurially-minded scientists invent seemingly unreasonable solutions to challenges facing human health and sustainability. They begin by asking “What if?” and iterate toward the unexpected answers resulting in the creation...
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8:40am PST
Accelerating Pharmaceutical Processing Innovation Through Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday January 14, 2025 8:40am - 9:00am PST
Speakers 
CEO, Veranova
Mike Riley joined Veranova as Chief Executive Officer in May 2023. Mike has over 25 years of professional experience, the majority of which has been spent in the pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) industry. Prior to joining Veranova, he spent 19 years at...
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Co-Founder & CEO, Phorum.AI
David Shrier is a serial entrepreneur and globally renowned advisor on digital acceleration. He has extensive technology innovation experience, having led $11 billion of growth initiatives and taken a company public on the NYSE. He runs venture studio Visionary Future, where he has...
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9:00am PST
Executive Interview: Keiko Oishi, President & COO, CMIC Holdings Co., Ltd.
Tuesday January 14, 2025 9:00am - 9:20am PST
Moderators 
Deputy Editor, Fierce Pharma
Angus is a deputy editor with Fierce Pharma. He earned his Master’s at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where he worked as a health reporter besides learning pertinent skills in magazine editing and interactive production. Prior to Medill, he worked as a...
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President & COO, CMIC HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.
9:20am PST
Panel: Pharma’s Financial Landscape: Revenue Trends, M&A Strategies, and Patent Expirations
Tuesday January 14, 2025 9:20am - 10:00am PST
Moderators 
Staff Writer, Fierce Pharma
Fraiser Kansteiner is a staff writer at Fierce Pharma. He joined the Fierce team in 2020 and covers topics such as manufacturing, COVID-19 and drug delivery. He also manages Fierce Biotech and Fierce Pharma’s LinkedIn showcase pages. Before diving into pharma reporting, Fraiser...
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Executive Vice President, U.S. Commercial, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Christine (Chris) Fox was appointed Executive Vice President, U.S. Commercial on November 20, 2023, leading all commercial activities for Teva in the U.S., including Teva’s generics, biosimilars and innovative medicines business. Chris brings more than 30 years of healthcare industry...
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Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Greg is a senior partner in McKinsey’s Life Sciences Practice, where he leads the practice’s strategy and corporate finance work. Greg focuses on defining winning corporate strategies in the face of industry disruption and market uncertainties. He works with companies across the...
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SVP, Deputy General Counsel Transactions and Contracting, Eli Lilly and Company
Anis Ha serves as the Senior Vice President / Deputy General Counsel of Transactions and Contracting at Eli Lilly and Company. Anis is a broadly experienced executive with global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and law firm experience. In his current role at Eli Lilly, Anis leads a...
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CEO & President, Nimbus Therapeutics, LLC
Jeb Keiper, MS, MBA, is CEO and president of Nimbus Therapeutics, LLC, a Boston-based biotechnology company focused on developing breakthrough medicines for patients through precision small molecule design. Jeb has overseen the discovery and development of multiple programs into clinical...
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Chief Strategy Officer, Astellas
As Chief Strategy Officer of Astellas Pharma, Adam Pearson plays a pivotal role in shaping the company’s corporate strategy, spearheading initiatives in business planning, the development and execution of Primary Focus strategies, business partnerships, Rx+ business creation, Patient...
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10:00am PST
10:30am PST
Executive Interview: Nelson Ambrogio, President of Radiology, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Tuesday January 14, 2025 10:30am - 10:50am PST
Moderators
Staff Writer, Fierce Pharma
Fraiser Kansteiner is a staff writer at Fierce Pharma. He joined the Fierce team in 2020 and covers topics such as manufacturing, COVID-19 and drug delivery. He also manages Fierce Biotech and Fierce Pharma’s LinkedIn showcase pages. Before diving into pharma reporting, Fraiser...
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President of Radiology, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Nelson Ambrogio, President Radiology at Bayer, is a global healthcare leader with a career spanning more than 25 years with Bayer. Before joining Radiology in the beginning of 2024, he has been leading the Oncology Franchise for Bayer Pharmaceuticals in the United States, overseeing...
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10:50am PST
Harnessing Real-World Data and Analytics Across the Product Lifecycle: From Day One To Launch and Beyond
Tuesday January 14, 2025 10:50am - 11:10am PST
Speakers 
CEO and Co-Founder, Komodo Health
Arif Nathoo, MD, is co-founder and CEO at Komodo Health, a technology company building a platform for healthcare innovation and democratizing access to insights from real-world patient data. As CEO, he oversees data sciences, engineering, and product development initiatives for the...
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CEO and Co-Founder, MoonLake Immunotherapeutic
Jorge Santos da Silva, PhD, is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. He also serves as an Executive Director in the Board of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics. Jorge founded MoonLake in 2021 and took it public on NASDAQ (ticker: MLTX) in 2022, in one of...
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11:10am PST
Panel: Global Clinical Trials: Overcoming Barriers and Seizing Opportunities in an International Landscape
Tuesday January 14, 2025 11:10am - 12:00pm PST
Moderators
Senior Conference Production Director, Fierce Life Sciences
Stephanie Butler is a Senior Conference Production Director with Fierce Life Sciences. Previously, Ms. Butler was a Division Manager at the American Conference Institute where she was responsible for the for the creation and development of legal and business conferences in the Pharmaceutical/Life...
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Chief Development Officer, Atea Pharmaceuticals
Janet is an expert in virology with a proven track record in antiviral therapeutic drug discovery and development. Janet has more than 20 years of broad and deep pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical experience including clinical development program leadership and responsibilities...
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Executive Vice President of Global R&D, Chief Medical Officer, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Eric A. Hughes, MD, PhD, is Executive Vice President, Global R&D and Chief Medical Officer at Teva, overseeing a global organization responsible for the discovery, development, registration, medical affairs and patient safety activities for Teva’s generics, biosimilar and innovative...
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Chief Medical Officer, Novotech
Judith Ng-Cashin, M.D. joined Novotech in 2023 as its Chief Medical Officer. With a rich background encompassing over two decades in the international pharmaceutical, biotech, and CRO sectors, Dr. Ng-Cashin plays a pivotal role in shaping Novotech's global multi-regional later-phase...
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President & COO, CMIC HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.
12:00pm PST
Innovative Risk-Sharing Models for Biotech Success
Tuesday January 14, 2025 12:00pm - 12:20pm PST
Speakers 
VP Global Business Development & Country Head UK, SanaClis
John Murray leverages his profound experience within the drug development sphere across multiple disciplines, from clinical operations, supply chain, sourcing and risk mitigation co-investment. John is brokering new strategic partnerships and developing existing collaborations between...
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12:20pm PST
1:20pm PST
Panel: Our AI future: A Sector-by-Sector Breakdown
Tuesday January 14, 2025 1:20pm - 2:00pm PST
Moderators 
Staff Writer, Fierce Pharma
Zoey Becker is a staff writer for Fierce Pharma. She joined the Fierce team in 2022 after interning at the Cincinnati Herald. Zoey is a graduate of Miami University, where she earned a degree in journalism as well as sociology. She currently resides in Chicago with her two goldfi...
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VP & Head of Digital Health, Bristol Myers Squibb
Dr. Alexandra Goncalves is an internationally recognized academic cardiologist with a business acumen and serves as VP and Head of Digital Health at Bristol Meyers Squibb, leading DH business strategy and execution across all company portfolio, from clinical development to commercialization.Prior...
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Senior Vice President, Digital Science & Innovation, Novo Nordisk A/S
Lars has held his current role since early 2022 and is responsible for accelerating the digital transformation of R&ED and driving scientific innovation beyond the limits of human cognition through the purpose of DSI.A long-time employee of Novo Nordisk, Lars has held a variety of...
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Head of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Bayer Pharmaceuticals R&D
Sai Jasti is Head of Data Science and AI for Bayer Pharma R&D. In this capacity, Sai is responsible for driving Digital, Data and Analytics for Pharma R&D. He is passionate about helping scientists discover transformative medicines faster and driving innovation using Machine learning...
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Chief R&D Officer and Chief Commercial Officer, Recursion
Dr. Najat Khan is Recursion’s Chief R&D and Chief Commercial Officer, adding deep expertise in pharmaceutical innovation and data science to its leadership team. Before joining Recursion, she served as the Chief Data Science Officer and Global Head of Strategy and Portfolio Organization...
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CEO and Co-Founder, Envisagenics
Dr. Maria Luisa Pineda is the CEO and co-founder of Envisagenics. Dr. Pineda embarked on her career in STEM as a high school Intel International Science Fair winner in Miami after immigrating from Colombia in 2001. She received her doctorate from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School...
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2:00pm PST
Fireside Chat with Robert Zirkelbach, Chief Public Affairs Officer & Head of Strategic Initiatives, PhRMA
Tuesday January 14, 2025 2:00pm - 2:20pm PST
Moderators 
SVP & Publisher, Fierce Life Sciences and Healthcare
Rebecca Willumson is the Senior Vice President of Questex's Life Sciences and Healthcare media divisions and the Publisher of FierceBiotech, FiercePharma and FierceHealthcare. She is responsible for overseeing the sales, editorial, and operations functions of the group’s digital...
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Chief Public Affairs Officer & Head of Strategic Initiatives, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Robert Zirkelbach is Chief Public Affairs Officer & Head of Strategic Initiatives at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). In this role, Mr. Zirkelbach oversees the organization’s media, advertising and executive communications efforts, along with message...
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2:20pm PST
Executive Interview: Victor Bulto, President, Novartis US
Tuesday January 14, 2025 2:20pm - 2:40pm PST
Moderators
Deputy Editor, Fierce Pharma
Angus is a deputy editor with Fierce Pharma. He earned his Master’s at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where he worked as a health reporter besides learning pertinent skills in magazine editing and interactive production. Prior to Medill, he worked as a...
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President, US, Novartis
As President of the US unit for Novartis, Victor Bulto is pursuing a bold strategy to reimagine medicine and deliver on the company’s responsibility to unlock the potential for helping patients in the world’s largest healthcare market.Victor is driven by the pressing need to translate...
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2:40pm PST
Championing Change: First Lady Jill Biden on Advancing Women’s Health Research and Innovation
Tuesday January 14, 2025 2:40pm - 3:00pm PST
Moderators 
Executive Editor, Fierce Healthcare
Heather Landi is an executive editor at Fierce Healthcare, responsible for the entire daily Fierce Healthcare brand and related team of editors. She previously served as senior editor, overseeing the team’s coverage of health IT and digital health news. With more than nine years...
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First Lady of the United States
Jill Biden, Ed.D., is the First Lady of the United States, a community college educator, a military mother, a grandmother, and bestselling author. Dr. Biden also served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009–2017. As First Lady, Dr. Biden has focused on reaching out to all...
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3:00pm PST
3:10pm PST
Executive Interview: Sean Salmon, EVP & President, Cardiovascular, Medtronic
Tuesday January 14, 2025 3:10pm - 3:30pm PST
Moderators 
FierceMedTech, Senior Editor
Conor Hale is a senior editor writing for FierceMedTech and FierceBiotech. He has previously covered the pharmaceutical and medical research industries in the Washington, D.C., area for The Cancer Letter and FDAnews. Conor graduated from St. Bonaventure University’s journalism school...
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Executive Vice President and President for the Cardiovascular Portfolio, Medtronic
Sean Salmon serves as Executive Vice President and President for the Cardiovascular Portfolio.Sean is responsible for optimizing Medtronic enterprise performance by supporting capital allocation, talent management, investments, and collaboration to create value across all Operating...
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3:30pm PST
Fireside Chat with Ramita Tandon, Chief BioPharma Services Officer, Walgreens
Tuesday January 14, 2025 3:30pm - 3:50pm PST
Moderators
Senior Conference Production Director, Fierce Life Sciences
Stephanie Butler is a Senior Conference Production Director with Fierce Life Sciences. Previously, Ms. Butler was a Division Manager at the American Conference Institute where she was responsible for the for the creation and development of legal and business conferences in the Pharmaceutical/Life...
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Chief BioPharma Services Officer, Walgreens
As the Chief BioPharma Services Officer/Chief Clinical Trials Officer at Walgreens, Ramita Tandon is responsible for leading and driving growth for the Company’s new clinical research enterprise. In her role, Ramita works across the healthcare and life sciences industries to enable...
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3:50pm PST
The Future of Oncology: Key Investment Areas and Advancements in Treatment Methodologies
Tuesday January 14, 2025 3:50pm - 4:30pm PST
Moderators
Deputy Editor, Fierce Pharma
Angus is a deputy editor with Fierce Pharma. He earned his Master’s at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where he worked as a health reporter besides learning pertinent skills in magazine editing and interactive production. Prior to Medill, he worked as a...
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Senior Vice President, Global Head Oncology, Research & Development, GSK
Hesham Abdullah is a seasoned physician-scientist who uniquely combines a clinician’s understanding of the impact cancer has on patients with deep expertise in identifying transformational opportunities to improve cancer treatment and care.As the head of GSK’s global oncology...
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President of the Global Oncology Business Unit and a member of the Executive Team, Takeda
Teresa Bitetti is President of the Global Oncology Business Unit and a member of the Executive Team at Takeda, where she oversees a global portfolio of therapies targeting gastrointestinal, thoracic, and hematological cancers. In this role, Teresa leads all aspects of Takeda’s multi-billion-dollar...
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President & Chief Executive Officer, Xencor
Bassil Dahiyat has been Xencor’s president and chief executive officer since the Company’s incorporation in August 1997. He is the co-founder of Xencor and co-inventor of Xencor’s breakthrough XmAb® technology. He has led the Company in creating a diverse clinical-stage portfolio...
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Senior Vice President, Biologics Engineering and Oncology Targeted Discovery, AstraZeneca
I serve as Vice President, Tumour Targeted Delivery, Early Oncology. In my current role, I lead the research group dedicated to the discovery and preclinical development of targeted cancer therapeutics and novel delivery mechanisms that selectively attack cancer cells while sparing...
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer, IO Biotech
Dr. Zocca brings more than 20 years of experience in the biotechnology field and has founded and co-founded several biotech spinouts. Her focus on translational and clinical immune oncology has led to the development of important investigational immunotherapies for a variety of cancer...
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4:30pm PST
Reimagining Cancer Care with AI-Driven Spatial Biomarkers
Tuesday January 14, 2025 4:30pm - 4:50pm PST
Speakers 
CEO, PredxBio
Dusty Majumdar assumed the role of CEO at PredxBio in 2022, spearheading the company’s mission to lead the field of Spatial Biology through delving into the mechanism of action of cancer drugs and predicting patient outcomes with over 90% accuracy harnessing the power of AI-driven...
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4:50pm PST
Executive Interview: Bahija Jallal, PhD, CEO, Immunocore
Tuesday January 14, 2025 4:50pm - 5:10pm PST
Moderators 
Staff Writer, Fierce Biotech
Darren Incorvaia is a staff writer for Fierce Biotech. He joined Fierce in 2024 and has also written for The New York Times, Science, and Science News, among others. He was an early-career fellow at The Open Notebook in 2023 and has a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior from...
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CEO, Immunocore
Dr Bahija Jallal is Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Board of Immunocore. Before joining Immunocore in January 2019, she served as President of MedImmune, AstraZeneca’s global biologics research and development unit. She was also Executive Vice President of AstraZeneca...
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5:10pm PST
Closing Remarks
Tuesday January 14, 2025 5:10pm - 5:15pm PST
Speakers
Senior Conference Production Director, Fierce Life Sciences
Stephanie Butler is a Senior Conference Production Director with Fierce Life Sciences. Previously, Ms. Butler was a Division Manager at the American Conference Institute where she was responsible for the for the creation and development of legal and business conferences in the Pharmaceutical/Life...
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5:15pm PST
8:00am PST
8:00am PST
8:50am PST
Opening Remarks
Wednesday January 15, 2025 8:50am - 9:00am PST
Speakers
Senior Conference Production Director, Fierce Life Sciences
Stephanie Butler is a Senior Conference Production Director with Fierce Life Sciences. Previously, Ms. Butler was a Division Manager at the American Conference Institute where she was responsible for the for the creation and development of legal and business conferences in the Pharmaceutical/Life...
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9:00am PST
Fireside Chat: Tolga Tanguler, EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, Alnylam
Wednesday January 15, 2025 9:00am - 9:20am PST
Moderators
Deputy Editor, Fierce Pharma
Angus is a deputy editor with Fierce Pharma. He earned his Master’s at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where he worked as a health reporter besides learning pertinent skills in magazine editing and interactive production. Prior to Medill, he worked as a...
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Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Alnylam
Tolga Tanguler joined Alnylam in January 2021 as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer with more than 20 years of experience in the global biopharmaceutical industry. At Alnylam, Tolga plays a pivotal role in scaling the company on a global stage, having expanded its...
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9:20am PST
How can the Combination of Agentic and Human Intelligence Transform Drug Discovery, Development, and Diagnostics?
Wednesday January 15, 2025 9:20am - 9:50am PST
Moderators
Senior Conference Production Director, Fierce Life Sciences
Stephanie Butler is a Senior Conference Production Director with Fierce Life Sciences. Previously, Ms. Butler was a Division Manager at the American Conference Institute where she was responsible for the for the creation and development of legal and business conferences in the Pharmaceutical/Life...
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Co-Founder & CEO, Owkin
Thomas is the CEO and Co-Founder of Owkin, leading medical research and business intelligence. He is a former Assistant Professor of Clinical Onco-Hematology at Hopital Henri Mondor in Paris and a former member of Ari Melnick’s lab at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he co-led...
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Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, Sanofi
Emmanuel Frenehard oversees Sanofi’s digital, data and technology strategy to help transform the practice of medicine, empower healthcare professionals, and better serve patients.Emmanuel joined Sanofi four years ago. Prior to being appointed Chief Digital Officer, he held the positions...
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Executive Vice President, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, BMS
Greg Meyers, executive vice president and chief digital and technology officer, leads the company’s efforts to coalesce digital technology alongside the company's transformational science to get more medicines, to more patients, faster and more impactfully.In his role, Greg leads...
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VP Cancer Biomarker Development, Early Oncology,, AstraZeneca
Jorge S. Reis-Filho is the VP, Cancer Biomarker Development at AstraZeneca, whose mission is to develop mechanistically-informed but clinically-deployable biomarkers to deliver the right therapeutic agents to cancer patients at the right time during their therapeutic journey. Dr...
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9:50am PST
Panel: Biotech Markets and IPOs: Trends from 2024 and Projections for 2025
Wednesday January 15, 2025 9:50am - 10:30am PST
Moderators
Senior Editor, Fierce Biotech
Gabrielle Masson is an associate editor for Fierce Biotech. Prior to Fierce, she worked at Becker's Hospital Review, where she reported on public health and the pandemic. Gabrielle graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison after studying creative writing and criminal justice...
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Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Septerna
Jeffrey Finer, MD, PhD, is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Septerna. Dr. Finer has more than 35 years of research, clinical and business experience. He has focused his career on breakthrough innovations that have included moving several first-in-class drugs into clinical...
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CFO, Rapport Therapeutics
Troy has nearly two decades of financial leadership experience in the biotech and pharmaceuticals sectors. Over the course of his career, Troy has raised an impressive $4 billion-plus in capital for life science companies. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer at Karuna Therapeutics...
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General Partner, Sofinnova Investments
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
10:30am PST
11:00am PST
Executive Interview: Kevin Conroy, CEO, Exact Sciences
Wednesday January 15, 2025 11:00am - 11:20am PST
Moderators
FierceMedTech, Senior Editor
Conor Hale is a senior editor writing for FierceMedTech and FierceBiotech. He has previously covered the pharmaceutical and medical research industries in the Washington, D.C., area for The Cancer Letter and FDAnews. Conor graduated from St. Bonaventure University’s journalism school...
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Chairman and CEO, Exact Sciences, Exact Sciences
Kevin Conroy became CEO of Exact Sciences in 2009 and Chairman in 2014, transforming the organization into one of the world’s premier cancer diagnostics companies with more than 6,500 employees. Under his leadership, Exact Sciences is working to change the future of cancer care...
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11:20am PST
Pioneering Innovation in Drug Safety Solutions
Wednesday January 15, 2025 11:20am - 11:40am PST
Speakers 
Chief Architect & CEO, RxLogix Corporation
Raj started his career in PV/Drug Safety about 26 years ago at Relsys Internation, in Southern California. This is the company that built Argus Safety suite, and Raj was one of the key persons in building Relsys. Following the acquisition of Relsys by Oracle, Raj started RxLogix Corporation.As...
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11:40am PST
Panel: Unlocking the Power of Healthcare Data: Advancing Access and Connectivity to Drive Patient Outcomes
Wednesday January 15, 2025 11:40am - 12:20pm PST
Moderators
Senior Conference Production Director, Fierce Life Sciences
Stephanie Butler is a Senior Conference Production Director with Fierce Life Sciences. Previously, Ms. Butler was a Division Manager at the American Conference Institute where she was responsible for the for the creation and development of legal and business conferences in the Pharmaceutical/Life...
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Executive Director & Head of Patient Centered Outcomes Science in Clinical Development, BioMarin
Ebony Dashiell-Aje, PhD is the Executive Director & Head of Patient Centered Outcomes Science in Clinical Development, at BioMarin. Dr. Dashiell-Aje is a leading expert in clinical outcome assessment (COA) and digital health technology development and optimization, including related...
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Chief Commercial Officer, Evidation Health
Phil Johnson is Chief Commercial Officer at Evidation, applying real-world data to advance patient-centric health research and accelerate drug development. Leveraging Evidation’s community of over 5 million individuals and its innovative capabilities in direct-to-patient, longitudinal...
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SVP, Data Sciences, Roche
Jeff is a Senior Vice President in PD Data Sciences (formerly Biometrics) at Roche. Data Sciences at Roche includes statisticians, patient-centered outcomes researchers, statistical programmers, clinical data managers, and medical data and information solution teams. Jeff is a member...
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CEO and Co-Founder, H1
Ariel Katz is the CEO and Co-founder of H1, the connecting force for global HCP, clinical, scientific and research information. H1 works with the top Pharma and BioTech companies to deliver AI-powered insights to Medical Affairs and Clinical Operations to accelerate the discovery...
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12:20pm PST
1:20pm PST
Panel: End of the Conglomerate Era
Wednesday January 15, 2025 1:20pm - 2:00pm PST
Moderators
FierceMedTech, Senior Editor
Conor Hale is a senior editor writing for FierceMedTech and FierceBiotech. He has previously covered the pharmaceutical and medical research industries in the Washington, D.C., area for The Cancer Letter and FDAnews. Conor graduated from St. Bonaventure University’s journalism school...
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SVP, Global Marketing & Product Management, embecta
Ginny Blocki serves as the SVP, Global Marketing & Product Management of embecta, where she helped lead the business through a spinoff into an independent, publicly traded company. Since the spinoff, Ginny has been an integral part of the leadership team, focusing on corporate priorities...
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Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Zimmer Biomet
Rachel Ellingson was appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer in June 2024. In her role, she is responsible for strategy, business development (M&A execution and integration, strategic partnerships, divestitures and minority investments), as well as marketing...
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Chief Strategy Officer, GE HealthCare
Brian leads Strategy for GE HealthCare, responsible for accelerating GE HealthCare’s strategic goals and leading the business development function.Immediately prior to his appointment, Brian was the acting Chief Financial Officer of GE HealthCare from June 2020 after serving as...
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Americas Life Sciences Leader, Ernst & Young LLP
Arda Ural, PhD is the EY Americas Life Sciences Sector Leader. In this role, he is in service to EY life sciences professionals in North and South America, helping them to solve our clients’ most pressing issues at the C-suite level, building a sector community and upholding the...
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2:00pm PST
Fireside Chat with Jon Congleton, CEO, Mineralys
Wednesday January 15, 2025 2:00pm - 2:20pm PST
Moderators
Senior Conference Production Director, Fierce Life Sciences
Stephanie Butler is a Senior Conference Production Director with Fierce Life Sciences. Previously, Ms. Butler was a Division Manager at the American Conference Institute where she was responsible for the for the creation and development of legal and business conferences in the Pharmaceutical/Life...
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CEO, Mineralys Therapeutics
Jon Congleton has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board since November 2020. Prior to joining us, Mr. Congleton was the Chief Executive Officer of Impel NeuroPharma, Inc. from September 2017 to May 2020. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Executive...
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2:20pm PST
Executive Interview: Quita Highsmith, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Genentech
Wednesday January 15, 2025 2:20pm - 2:40pm PST
Moderators
Staff Writer, Fierce Biotech
Darren Incorvaia is a staff writer for Fierce Biotech. He joined Fierce in 2024 and has also written for The New York Times, Science, and Science News, among others. He was an early-career fellow at The Open Notebook in 2023 and has a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior from...
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Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Genentech
Quita Highsmith is Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. At Genentech Quita was selected as the first Chief Diversity Officer in the 46-year history of the company and reports to the CEO. She is responsible for enterprise-wide strategic...
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2:40pm PST
Panel: Cell & Gene Therapy: Challenges, Trends and Technologies
Wednesday January 15, 2025 2:40pm - 3:20pm PST
Moderators
Staff Writer, Fierce Pharma
Fraiser Kansteiner is a staff writer at Fierce Pharma. He joined the Fierce team in 2020 and covers topics such as manufacturing, COVID-19 and drug delivery. He also manages Fierce Biotech and Fierce Pharma’s LinkedIn showcase pages. Before diving into pharma reporting, Fraiser...
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Chief Scientific Officer, Head of Research, Takeda
Based at Takeda’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, R&D campus, Christopher Arendt is responsible for oversight of Takeda’s Research and Early Development portfolio across Takeda’s core therapeutic areas of Gastroenterology andInflammation, Oncology, and Neuroscience. Prior to his...
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Co-Founder and former CEO, Kate Therapeutics
Kevin Forrest, Ph.D., was most recently co-founder, President, and CEO of Kate Therapeutics, a patient-focused biotechnology company developing AAV-based gene therapies to treat genetically defined muscle and heart diseases. Dr. Forrest led KateTx from inception through its acquisition...
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President, Nkarta
Dr. Nadir Mahmood serves as President of Nkarta, where he is responsible for driving the company’s strategic focus, business excellence, and technical success. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Rezo Therapeutics, a private-stage drug discovery company. Prior...
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Executive Vice President, Kite, a Gilead Company
Cindy Perettie serves as Executive Vice President of Kite, a Gilead Company, and is responsible for overseeing the cell therapy business. Cindy joined Kite in 2023 with more than 20 years of scientific and commercial leadership experience in global biopharmaceutical organizations...
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Chief Executive Officer, ReCode Therapeutics
Shehnaaz Suliman, M.D., MBA, M.Phil., serves as Chief Executive Officer of ReCode Therapeutics, a leading privately held biotechnology company powering the future of genetic medicines with a next-generation lipid nanoparticle platform. Lead programs are in primary ciliary dyskinesia...
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3:20pm PST
Scaling Smarter: Ginkgo's Path to Sustained Growth and Operational Efficiency
Wednesday January 15, 2025 3:20pm - 3:40pm PST
Speakers 
CEO, WattIQ
Priya Vijayakumar is the CEO and CO-Founder of WattIQ and has over 10+ years of experience creating and implementing global product strategy in the Industrial IoT markets across multiple startups.Priya holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto.
Senior Manager Lab & Infrastructure Operations, Ginkgo Bioworks
Doug Martinez is the Head of Lab Operations at Ginkgo Bioworks, a synthetic biology company offering tools and R&D solutions to accelerate projects across industries such as pharmaceuticals and agriculture. Over his five years at Ginkgo, he has been instrumental in supporting the...
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3:40pm PST
Closing Remarks
Wednesday January 15, 2025 3:40pm - 3:45pm PST
Speakers
Senior Conference Production Director, Fierce Life Sciences
Stephanie Butler is a Senior Conference Production Director with Fierce Life Sciences. Previously, Ms. Butler was a Division Manager at the American Conference Institute where she was responsible for the for the creation and development of legal and business conferences in the Pharmaceutical/Life...
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