January 6-7, 2022 webconference
The Longwood Healthcare Leaders meeting, centered on Stanford/San Francisco via webconference on Thursday, January 6 - Friday, January 7, 2022 prior to the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, brings together leading biopharma CEOs, heads of R&D, top academic researchers, and healthcare investors for an off-the-record forum focused on accelerating the translation of discoveries into medicines to help patients.
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LONGWOOD HEALTHCARE LEADERS WINTER WEBCONFERENCE | AGENDA | JANUARY 6-7, 2022
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2022
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7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET | LONGWOOD FUND INTRODUCTION
Christoph Westphal, General Partner, Longwood Fund
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7:30 am PT / 10:30 am ET | NEWCO TO ESTABLISHED: BUILDING A BIOTECH
Phil Johnson, CEO, Interius Biotherapeutics; Rahul Kakkar, former CEO, Pandion Therapeutics; Mark McKenna, CEO, Prometheus Bio; Catherine Sohn, Chair, BioEclipse Therapeutics; David Southwell, CEO, TScan Therapeutics
Moderator: Luba Greenwood, CEO, Kojin Therapeutics
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8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET | BIG BIOPHARMA R&D
Philip Larsen, Global Head of Research and Early Development, Bayer; Shiva Malek, Global Head, Oncology, Novartis; Andy Plump, President, R&D, Takeda; Rupert Vessey, President, Research and Early Development, Bristol Myers Squibb
Moderator: Luigi Gentile, CRO, BenchSci
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8:30 am PT / 11:30 am ET | STANFORD MEDICINE: ACCELERATING THE TRANSLATION OF DISCOVERIES
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, President, Stanford; Lloyd Minor, Dean, Stanford Medicine
Moderator: Christoph Westphal, General Partner, Longwood Fund
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8:50 am PT / 11:50 am ET | REGULATORY AND INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE
Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner, FDA; John Maraganore, Former Founding CEO, Alnylam; Dave Ricks, CEO, Eli Lilly
Moderator: Christoph Westphal, General Partner, Longwood Fund
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9:10 am PT / 12:10 pm ET | EXPEDITING RESEARCH FOR TREATMENTS AND CURES
Christopher Coburn, Chief Innovation Officer, Mass General Brigham; Ray Deshaies, SVP, Research, Amgen; Raj Devraj, CEO, Rectify Pharma; Brian McVeigh, CEO, Code Biotherapeutics; Chen Schor, Chair, Carbon Bio
Moderator: Colin Hill, CEO, GNS Healthcare
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9:40 am PT / 12:40 pm ET | SOURCING AND IDENTIFYING NOVEL TECHNOLOGY
Annalisa D'Andrea, President & CSO, ImmuneID; Pearl Huang, CEO, Cygnal Therapeutics; Jeremy Levin, CEO, Ovid Therapeutics; Ankit Mahadevia, CEO, Spero Therapeutics; Matthew Porteus, Scientific Founder, Graphite Bio
Moderator: Beth Shafer, Head, Neuroscience, Drug Discovery Sciences, & Externalization BD, Takeda
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10:10 am PT / 1:10 pm ET | FIRESIDE CHAT
Jay Bradner, President, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research; Julie Gerberding, Chief Patient Officer, Merck; former Director, CDC; Dave Reese, EVP, R&D, Amgen
Moderator: Christoph Westphal, General Partner, Longwood Fund
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10:30 am PT / 1:30 pm ET | INNOVATION IN CELL THERAPY
Jeff Bluestone, CEO, Sonoma Biotherapeutics; Jessica Flechtner, CSO, Genocea; Pascal Touchon, CEO, Atara Biotherapeutics; Krishnan Viswanadhan, President & COO, Be Bio
Moderator: Jak Knowles, CEO, Affini-T
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11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET | CULTIVATING AN ECOSYSTEM OF PARTNERS
Al Beardsley, COO, Galera; Pratap Khedkar, CEO, ZS Associates; Kabir Nath, CEO, Otsuka US; Rafaèle Tordjman, CEO, Jeito
Moderator: Michal Preminger, Head, East North America, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
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11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET | FIRESIDE CHAT
Anne Klibanski, President & CEO, Mass General Brigham; Josh Sharfstein, Vice Dean, Public Health Practice & Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Moderator: Christoph Westphal, General Partner, Longwood Fund
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11:50 am PT / 2:50 pm ET | HOW M&A SPURS INNOVATION
Mark Enyedy, CEO, ImmunoGen; Henry Ji, CEO, Sorrento Therapeutics; Rachna Khosla, SVP, BD, Amgen; Stuart Mackey, Global Head, BD, Daiichi Sankyo
Moderator: Chad Shear, Principal, Fish & Richardson
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12:20 pm PT / 3:20 pm ET | SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION: LAUNCHING COMPANIES FROM ACADEMIA
Ken Drazan, CEO, ArsenalBio; Chaitan Khosla, Director, Innovative Medicines Accelerator, Stanford; Bob Langer, Co-Founder, Momenta; Paul Schimmel, Professor, Cell & Molecular Biology, Scripps; Brian Thomas, CEO, Metagenomi
Moderator: Joel Marcus, Executive Chair, Alexandria Real Estate Equities/ Alexandria Venture Investments
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12:50 pm PT / 3:50 pm ET | ADVANCING PLATFORM TECHNOLOGIES
Paul Blake, CEO, Papyrus Therapeutics; Sarah Boyce, CEO, Avidity Bio; Steve Potts, CEO, OncoMyx Therapeutics; Carlo Russo, CMO & Head of Development, Genenta; Joanne Smith-Farrell, CEO, Be Bio
Moderator: Jim Scibetta, CEO, ImmuneID
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1:20 pm PT / 4:20 pm ET | FIRESIDE CHAT
Henry Gosebruch, Chief Strategy Officer, AbbVie; Bob Langer, Co-Founder, Momenta
Moderator: Christoph Westphal, General Partner, Longwood Fund
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1:40 pm PT / 4:40 pm ET | DRUG APPROVALS: INSIGHTS, OUTLOOK, AND COMMITMENT TO PATIENTS
Thomas Lonngren, former Executive Director, EMA; Rich Moscicki, CMO & EVP, Science & Regulatory Advocacy, PhRMA; Mike Rosenblatt, Senior Partner & CMO, Flagship Pioneering; Clay Siegall, CEO, SeaGen; Zhen Su, CEO, Marengo Therapeutics
Moderator: Belen Carillo-Rivas, Global Head, Regulatory Affairs, Saniona
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2:10 pm PT / 5:10 pm ET | MAKING A BIG IMPACT WITH LIMITED RESOURCES
Bobby Azamian, CEO, Tarsus Therapeutics; Kerrie Brady, CEO, OcuTerra Therapeutics; Mary Fisher, CEO, Colorescience; Christer Rosén, CEO, Jupiter Neurosciences; Andrew Sternlicht, CEO, Aisa Pharma; Neil Weir, CEO, Sitryx
Moderator: Chip Clark, CEO, Genocea
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2:40 pm PT / 5:40 pm ET | ACCELERATING DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Tina Albertson, CMO, Lyell Immunopharma; Charlie Albright, CSO, Affinia Therapeutics; Amit Etkin, CEO, Alto Neuroscience; Bill Hinshaw, CEO, Axcella Therapeutics
Moderator: John Westwood, Partner & Global Life Sciences Business Leader, Oliver Wyman
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3:10 pm PT / 6:10 pm ET | MAKING SMART INVESTMENTS
Ansbert Gadicke, Managing Partner, MPM Capital; Arjun Goyal, Managing Director, Vida Ventures; Sophie Kornowski, Senior Partner, Gurnet Point Capital
Moderator: Kyle Lefkoff, General Partner, Boulder Ventures
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3:40 pm PT / 6:40 pm ET | LONGWOOD FUND SUMMARY
Aleks Radovic-Moreno, Partner, Longwood Fund
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2022
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7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET | LONGWOOD FUND INTRODUCTION
David Steinberg, General Partner, Longwood Fund
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7:30 am PT / 10:30 am ET | PLACING PATIENTS AT THE CENTER
Mike Devoy, CMO, Bayer; Ruxandra Draghia Akli, Global Head, Global Public Health R&D, Janssen; Melanie Goldey, COO & CFO, TMRW Life Science; Eileen Maus, CEO, Renovia; Armon Sharei, CEO, SQZ Biotech
Moderator: Will Lewis, CEO, Insmed
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8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET | FIRESIDE CHAT: GOING THE DISTANCE FOR PATIENT CARE: LEADING FROM THE FRONT
Greg Divis, CEO, Avadel Pharmaceuticals; Christi Shaw, CEO, Kite Pharma
Moderator: Julie Kampf, CEO, JBK Associates International
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8:20 am PT / 11:20 am ET | LEVERAGING MACHINE LEARNING AND NEW TECH
Paul Belcher, Global Product Strategy Manager, Cytiva; Lee Chae, CTO, Brightseed Bio; William Greene, CEO, Fountain Therapeutics; Iya Khalil, Global Head, AI Innovation Center, Novartis; Brian Martin, Head, AI, AbbVie; Karen Nelson, CSO, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Moderator: Sean McClain, CEO, Absci
8:50 am PT / 11:50 am ET | R&D COLLABORATION
Hafrun Fridriksdottir, EVP, Global R&D, Teva Pharmaceuticals; Jim List, Global Therapeutic Area Head, Cardiovascular, Metabolism, & Retina, Janssen Pharmaceuticals; Deepak Srivastava, President, Gladstone Institutes; Skip Virgin, EVP, Research & CSO, Vir Bio
Moderator: Bill Mezzanotte, EVP, Head, R&D, CSL Behring
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9:20 am PT / 12:20 pm ET | SPOTLIGHT: STANFORD INNOVATION
Alyce Adams, Stanford Medicine Innovation Professor, Stanford; Catherine Blish, Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Stanford; Bali Pulendran, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford
​Moderator: Carolyn Bertozzi, Baker Family Director of Stanford ChEM-H, Stanford
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9:50 am PT / 12:50 pm ET | NOVEL THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
Manuel Aivado, CEO, Aileron Therapeutics; Grace Colon, CEO, Incarda; David Gifford, Founder, ThinkTx; Jessica Grossman, CEO, IgGenix; Bahija Jallal, CEO, Immunocore; Reenie McCarthy, CEO, Stealth BioTherapeutics; Tamas Oravecz, CSO, Parthenon Therapeutics
Moderator: James Sapirstein, CEO, First Wave BioPharma
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10:20 am PT / 1:20 pm ET | FIRESIDE CHAT
Hal Barron, Head, R&D, GlaxoSmithKline; Levi Garraway, EVP, Head, Global Product Development, CMO, Roche
Moderator: Christoph Westphal, General Partner, Longwood Fund
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10:40 am PT / 1:40 pm ET | RE-DESIGNING PARTNERING
Gerald Commissiong, CEO, Todos Medical; Matthias Müllenbeck, SVP, Head, Global BD & Alliance Management, Merck KGaA; Nauman Shah, Global Head, BD, Janssen; Chris Viehbacher, Managing Partner, Gurnet Point Capital
Moderator: Mark Barrett, CEO, Lassen Therapeutics
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11:10 am PT / 2:10 pm ET | DEVELOPING A WORLD-CLASS BOARD
Nima Farzan, CEO, Kinnate Biopharma; Vanessa King, CEO, Tenpoint Therapeutics; Arlene Morris, former CEO, Syndax Pharmaceuticals; David Pyott, former CEO, Allergan, Inc.
Moderator: Pamela Contag, CEO, BioEclipse Therapeutics
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11:40 am PT / 2:40 pm ET | FIRESIDE CHAT
Steve Hahn, former Commissioner, FDA; Mathai Mammen, , EVP, Pharmaceuticals R&D, Johnson & Johnson
Moderator: Christoph Westphal, General Partner, Longwood Fund
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12:00 pm PT / 3:00 pm ET | CLINICAL TRIAL DIVERSITY
Jung Choi, Chief Business and Strategy Officer, Global Blood Therapeutics; Al Gianchetti, CEO, XyloCor; Lynn Kramer, Chief Clinical Officer, Eisai; Maria Rivas, CMO, Merck KGaA
Moderator: Sharon Karlsberg, Principal, ZS Associates
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12:30 pm PT / 3:30 pm ET | FINANCING INNOVATION
Peter Bisgaard, Managing Director, Nan Fung Life Sciences; Chris Garabedian, CEO, Xontogeny; Ursheet Parikh, Partner, Mayfield
Moderator: Katherine Andersen, Head, Life Science & Healthcare, Silicon Valley Bank
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1:00 pm PT / 4:00 pm ET | FIRESIDE CHAT
Jeremy Levin, CEO, Ovid Therapeutics; Clay Siegall, CEO, Seagen
Moderator: David Steinberg, General Partner, Longwood Fund
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1:20 pm PT / 4:20 pm ET | R&D TRANSFORMATION
Amy Abernethy, President, Clinical Studies Platforms, Verily; Robert Blum, CEO, Cytokinetics; David Meek, CEO, Mirati; David Weinreich, EVP, Head, Global Clinical Development, Regeneron
Moderator: Glenn Gormley, Executive Chair, Daiichi Sankyo
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1:50 pm PT / 4:50 pm ET | THE NEXT WAVE OF FINANCINGS: IPOS, REVERSE MERGERS, SPACS
Brian Frenzel, CEO, Tosk; Matt McIlwain, Managing Director, Madrona; Brian Silver, CFO, TScan Therapeutics
Moderator: Chris Cortis, COO, Tectonic Therapeutics
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2:20 pm PT / 5:20 pm ET | FIRESIDE CHAT
Bob Nelsen, Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners; Chris Viehbacher, Managing Partner, Gurnet Point Capital
Moderator: Christoph Westphal, General Partner, Longwood Fund
2:40 pm PT / 5:40 pm ET | NOVEL APPROACHES TO DRUG DISCOVERY
Stewart Campbell, CEO, Axial Therapeutics; Larry Hamann, Global Head, Drug Discovery Sciences, Takeda; Sharath Hegde, CSO, Herophilus; Cigall Kadoch, Associate Professor, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Moderator: Kai Wucherpfennig, Chair, Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
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3:10 pm PT / 6:10 pm ET | INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
Bing Chen, Head, Alliances & BD, AstraZeneca; Alban de La Sabliere, SVP, Global Head, Partnering, Sanofi; Heather Schwoebel, COO & CBO, Alloy Therapeutics; Amanda Wagner, CBO, Immunitas
Moderator: Philippe Lopes-Fernandes, CBO, IPSEN
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3:40 pm PT / 6:40 pm ET | LONGWOOD FUND SUMMARY
Aleks Radovic-Moreno, Partner, Longwood Fund
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BenchSci's vision is to help scientists bring novel medicine to patients 50% faster by 2025. We do this by empowering scientists to run more successful experiments with the world's most advanced, intuitive biomedical artificial intelligence software platform, thereby avoiding delays that slow the progress of medicine to clinical trials. BenchSci is an indispensable tool for more than 41,000 scientists that accelerates research at 15 top 20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,300 leading academic centers.
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Cytiva is a global life sciences leader dedicated to advancing and accelerating therapeutics. Cytiva is a trusted partner to customers that undertake life-saving activities ranging from biological research to developing innovative vaccines, biologic drugs, and novel cell and gene therapies. Cytiva brings speed, efficiency and capacity to research and manufacturing workflows, enabling the development, manufacture and delivery of transformative medicines to patients.
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