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Electronic Proceedings for 10th US-India BioPharma & Healthcare Summit, June 2, 2016, Marriott Cambridge, MA

 

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

 

LIVE — 9AM-noon US-India BioPharma & Healthcare Summit, June 2, 2016, Marriott Cambridge, MA

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/06/02/live-9am-noon-us-india-biopharma-healthcare-summit-june-2-2016-marriott-cambridge-ma/

 

LIVE 11:45AM – 2:40PM US-India BioPharma & Healthcare Summit, June 2, 2016, Marriott Cambridge, MA

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/06/02/1145am-240pm-us-india-biopharma-healthcare-summit-june-2-2016-marriott-cambridge-ma/

 

LIVE 3:15PM – 5:00PM US-India BioPharma & Healthcare Summit, June 2, 2016, Marriott Cambridge, MA

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/06/02/315pm-500pm-us-india-biopharma-healthcare-summit-june-2-2016-marriott-cambridge-ma/

 

 

 

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The 12th Annual Personalized Medicine Conference, NOVEMBER 15 – 17, 2016, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, Boston

 

LPBI Group’s Announcement on REAL TIME Press Coverage – Pending

 

PROGRAM SUMMARY

NOVEMBER 15

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  • Annual Cocktail Reception at the Hotel Commonwealth

NOVEMBER 16

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  • Pioneering Precision: Charting a Course for Cutting-Edge Innovations
  • Money Talks: The Future of Investment in Personalized Medicine
  • Reforming Clinical Trials: How Alternative Trial Designs May Reshape Regulatory Review
  • Diagnostics Debate: Regulatory and Reimbursement Hurdles for Personalized Medicine Diagnostics
  • Visions of Value: Evaluating Evidence for Personalized Medicine

NOVEMBER 17

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  • Coverage is King: Identifying the Evidence That Leads to Reimbursement
  • Personalizing Care: Strategies for Integrating Personalized Medicine into Health Care
  • You + 999,999: How a Million-Person Cohort Can Pave the Way for Personalized Care
  • The Data Dilemma: Defining Information’s Role in the Future of Personalized Medicine

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From: <cwells@personalizedmedicinecoalition.org>

Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 3:03 PM

To: Aviva Lev-Ari <AvivaLev-Ari@alum.berkeley.edu>

Subject: Now Available: 12th Annual PM Conference Program

November 16

PROGRAM

Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115

7:00 a.m. — Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. — Opening Remarks

  • Edward Abrahams, Ph.D., President, Personalized Medicine Coalition

8:15 a.m. — The Personalized Medicine Report

  • William S. Dalton, Ph.D., M.D., CEO, M2Gen, Chairman, Personalized Medicine Coalition

8:30 a.m. — Keynote Speaker

  • Greg Simon, Executive Director, Cancer Moonshot Task Force

9:00 a.m. — Pioneering Precision: Charting a Course for Cutting-Edge Innovations

Many scientists believe innovations in personalized medicine are poised to yield major breakthroughs in coming years, but not all members of the health care system are clear on which research topics have the most potential. The participants in this panel will identify the most encouraging scientific directions for personalized medicine and point to the most promising topics for future research. Confirmed panelists include:

  • Moderator: Stephen Eck, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President, Oncology Medical Sciences, Astellas Pharma Global Development
  • Barbara Weber, M.D., Interim Chief Medical Officer, Neon Therapeutics

10:00 a.m. — Networking Break

10:30 a.m. — Money Talks: The Future of Investment in Personalized Medicine

Innovation requires investment. During this discussion, a panel of diverse investors will illuminate the most promising business opportunities for advancing personalized medicine, focusing on both macro and micro environments while also discussing the barriers to investment and potential solutions for removing them. Confirmed panelists include:

  • Moderator: Edward Winnick, Editor in Chief, GenomeWeb
  • Alexis Borisy, Partner, Third Rock Ventures
  • Vamil Divan, M.D., M.B.A., Senior Research Analyst, Credit Suisse
  • Ryan Lindquist, Director, Investment Banking, Leerink Partners

11:30 a.m. — Leadership in Personalized Medicine Award

  • Presenter: William S. Dalton, Ph.D., M.D., CEO, M2Gen, Chairman, Personalized Medicine Coalition
  • Recipient: TBD

12:00 p.m. — Luncheon

1:15 p.m. — “Precision Trials Challenge” Award

A question-and-answer session with the winner of Harvard Business School’s “Precision Trials Challenge.”

1:45 p.m. — Reforming Clinical Trials: How Alternative Trial Designs May Reshape Regulatory Review

Traditional clinical trial designs are often too cumbersome and expensive to study the efficacy of personalized medicine products and services in sub-populations of patients. Yet there is no consensus on which methods have the most promise to speed trials and lower costs. During this session we will explore which of the latest progressive designs are best suited to demonstrate the efficacy of personalized medicine based on past successes and proposed reforms.

  • Invited: Janet Woodcock, M.D., Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

2:15 p.m. — Keynote Speaker

  • Peer M. Schatz, M.B.A., CEO, Qiagen

2:45 p.m. — Networking Break

3:15 p.m. — Diagnostics Debate: Regulatory and Reimbursement Hurdles for Personalized Medicine Diagnostics

Nowhere are the regulatory and reimbursement challenges facing personalized medicine more evident than in the diagnostics industry, where the routes to market are often hampered by a lack of clarity regarding the possible changes to the regulatory pathway for laboratory-developed tests, ambiguity regarding the kinds of evidence that justify payment, and the need for large marketing budgets to sell low-cost procedures, all of which impede the development of sophisticated diagnostics with the power to transform medicine.

During this panel discussion, representatives from a diverse range of diagnostics companies and a payer will identify the most promising strategies to alter the landscape to encourage the investment in personalized medicine diagnostic products, including the roles of other stakeholders such as the pharmaceutical industry and integrated health systems. Confirmed panelists include:

  • Suzanne Belinson, Ph.D., M.P.H., Executive Director, Center for Clinical Effectiveness, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
  • Brad Gray, CEO, Nanostring
  • L. Patrick James, M.D., Chief Clinical Officer, Health Plans and Policy, Medical Affairs, Quest Diagnostics
  • Michael Pellini, M.D., CEO, Foundation Medicine

4:30 p.m. — Visions of Value: Evaluating Evidence for Personalized Medicine

The fact that payers, providers, patients, industry representatives and regulators all define value differently makes it difficult for personalized medicine’s champions to contribute to and communicate about the body of evidence supporting the field. Participants in this panel discussion will bring the personalized medicine community closer to an accepted definition of value by identifying common elements in multiple stakeholders’ understanding of the concept. Confirmed panelists include:

  • Peter Bach, M.D., Director, Center for Health Policy and Outcomes, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Donna Cryer, J.D., President and CEO, Global Liver Institute
  • Michael Kolodziej, M.D., National Medical Director, Oncology Solutions, Aetna
  • Lori Reilly, J.D., Executive Vice President, Policy & Research, PhRMA

5:30 p.m. — Elements Café Cocktail Reception

#PMConf

– See more at: http://www.personalizedmedicinecoalition.org/Conference/November_16_Program#sthash.82P77U2y.dpuf

November 17

PROGRAM

Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115

7:00 a.m. — Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. — Opening Remarks

  • Edward Abrahams, Ph.D., President, Personalized Medicine Coalition

8:15 a.m. — Keynote Speaker

  • Daniel O’Day, COO, Pharmaceuticals Division, Roche

8:45 a.m. — Coverage is King: Identifying the Evidence That Leads to Reimbursement

Many innovators in personalized medicine are unclear on the kinds of evidence that inform the coverage and payment decisions of payers. That lack of clarity can have negative financial consequences for personalized medicine companies with products and services that are on the market but not paid for. During this panel, payer representatives will help define the reimbursement landscape for the field by providing examples of the evidence they consider appropriate for coverage and payment. Confirmed panelists include:

  • Moderator: Amy M. Miller, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Personalized Medicine Coalition
  • Kristine Bordenave, M.D., Lead Medical Director, Humana
  • Matthew Fontana, M.D., Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Pharmacy, Health Care Service Corporation
  • Elaine Jeter, M.D., MolDx Medical Director, Palmetto GBA

9:45 a.m. — Networking Break

10:15 a.m. — Harvard Business School Case Study Presentation

DNA-editing technologies have been hailed as revolutionary with the possibility to edit out mutations that cause disease.  Yet the CRISPR-Cas system is currently locked in a legal dispute between two great research institutions involving, as one journalist put it, “who own molecular biology.”  The CRISPR technology in short raises the broader issue of whether these new techniques should be privately owned or placed in the public domain. The technology also raises serious ethical issues. The case study will serve as the point of departure for our discussion of these issues.

  • Richard Hamermesh, D.B.A., Senior Fellow and Former MBA Class of 1961, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

11:15 a.m. — Keynote Speaker

  • Victor Dzau, M.D., President, National Academy of Medicine

11:45 a.m. — Bag Lunch

12:45 p.m. — Personalizing Care: Strategies for Integrating Personalized Medicine into Health Care

Personalized medicine lacks sufficient literature on how health care providers can integrate personalized medicine into clinical care, which makes it difficult for providers to take advantage of the growing number of personalized medicine products and services now available to them. During this session, panelists who have spearheaded integration efforts will share the strategies they found most useful for speeding the pace of personalized medicine’s adoption in clinical settings. Confirmed panelists include:

  • Moderator: Howard McLeod, Pharm.D., Medical Director, DeBartolo Family Personalized Medicine Institute, Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President, Oncology, Flatiron Health
  • Lincoln Nadauld, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Cancer Genomics, Intermountain Healthcare

1:45 p.m. — You + 999,999: How a 1 Million-Person Cohort Can Pave the Way for Personalized Care

  • Invited: Eric Dishman, Director, Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program, National Institutes of Health

2:15 p.m. — Networking Break

2:45 p.m. — The Data Dilemma: Defining Information’s Role in the Future of Personalized Medicine

Many innovators believe future advancements in personalized medicine research will be informed by the vast amounts of data that personalized medicine companies and government agencies are now collecting, but the community has not come to a consensus on if, when and how those data can or should be used for research purposes. During this discussion, a panel of academic and industry experts will discuss positions on the circumstances, if any, under which they believe it is appropriate to use these data for research, including issues of data sharing and liquidity. Confirmed panelists include:

  • Kris Joshi, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Products, Change Healthcare

3:45 p.m. — Keynote Speaker: The Future of Personalized Medicine — Gene Editing, “Wearables,” Digital Health

  • Anthony Philippakis, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Data Officer, Broad Institute and Partner, Google Ventures

4:30 p.m. — Closing Remarks

  • Edward Abrahams, Ph.D., President, Personalized Medicine Coalition

#PMConf

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LIVE Tweets via @pharma_BI and by @AVIVA1950 of 2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

 

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Innovation Break: Announcing the C³ Prize from Astellas Oncology and the World Medical Innovation Forum https://lnkd.in/eem9XRB 

 

 

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Nature News&Comment ‏@NatureNews  16h16 hours ago

Biden time: The US vice-president’s cancer project is winning hearts and minds http://bit.ly/1SL0u8c 

 

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Top Three among Disruptive Dozen Technologies: The Future of Cancer Therapies @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum https://lnkd.in/eyuJfS8 

 

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Top Three among Disruptive Dozen Technologies: The Future of Cancer Therapies @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/27/top-three-among-disruptive-dozen-technologies-the-future-of-cancer-therapies-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum/ …

 

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Bristol-Myers Squibb ‏@bmsnews  Apr 26

CEO Giovanni Caforio now live on @CNBC discussing our commitment to develop transformational medicines. #WFIM16

 

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Novartis ‏@Novartis  Apr 26

Decades of immune research now potentially applies to the cancer problem— Glenn Dranoff @NovartisScience #WMIF16

 

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LIVE 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 4/26/2016 Fireside Chats: Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, CMS & Giovanni Caforio, MD, CE…https://lnkd.in/ecXjfVU 

 

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LIVE 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 4/26/2016 Fireside Chats: Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, CMS &… http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-1230-pm-130-pm-4262016-

 

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LIVE 10:25 am – 12:00 pm 4/26/2016 Fireside Chat: Robert Bradway, CEO, Amgen & Immunotherapy I: Checkpoint Activatio…https://lnkd.in/eD25Pr6 

 

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LIVE 8:15 am – 9:55 am 4/26/2016 Global Cancer Markets & Epigenetics and Novel Cancer Targets @2016 World Medical In…https://lnkd.in/eWJpuxE 

 

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LIVE 4:50 pm – 5:55 pm 4/25/2016 Early Detection and Prevention of Cancer & Innovation Break: Announcing the C³ Priz…https://lnkd.in/eh6a42e 

 

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Innovation Break: Announcing the C³ Prize from Astellas Oncology and the World Medical Innovation Forum https://lnkd.in/eem9XRB 

 

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Innovation Break: Announcing the C³ Prize from Astellas Oncology and the World Medical Innovation Forum http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/25/innovation-break-announcing-the-c%c2%b3-prize-from-astellas-oncology-and-the-world-medical-innovation-forum …

 

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Study Designs: Challenges of Personalized Cancer Medicin… https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/?p=40794  via @Pharma_BI @PartnersWMIF #WMIF16 @Partners2016

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

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    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

C³ Prize from Astellas Oncology and the World Medical Innovation Fo…@PartnersWMIF @Partners2016 https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/?p=41797  via @Pharma_BI

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

LIVE 4/26/2016 Global Cancer Markets & Epigenetics and Novel Cancer Targets @2016@Partners2016 https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/?p=40784  via @Pharma_BI

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

LIVE 10:25 am – 12:00 pm 4/26/2016 Robert Bradway, CEO, Amgen & Immunotherapy I: Che @Partners2016https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/?p=40786  via @Pharma_BI

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

LIVE 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 4/26/2016 Andy Slavitt, CMS & Giovanni… @Partners2016 https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/?p=40788  via @Pharma_BI

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

LIVE 4/26/2016 Immunotherapy II: Cell…@PartnersWMIF16 #WMIF16 @Partners2016 https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/?p=40790  via @Pharma_BI

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

LIVE 1:40 pm – 3:50 pm 4/26/2016 Fireside Chat: Patients Driving Innovation & Immunotherapy II: Cell… https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/?p=40790  via @Pharma_BI

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

@PartnersWMIF16 #WMIF16 @Paertners2016 https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-1230-pm-130-pm-4262016-fireside-chats-andy-slavitt-acting-administrator-cms-giovanni-caforio-md-ceo-bristol-myers-squibb-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-2/ … via @Pharma_BI

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

CMS & BMS @PartnersWMIF16 #WMIF16 @Paertners2016 https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-1230-pm-130-pm-4262016-fireside-chats-andy-slavitt-acting-administrator-cms-giovanni-caforio-md-ceo-bristol-myers-squibb-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-2/ … via @Pharma_BI

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

LIVE 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 4/26/2016 Fireside Chats: Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, CMS & Giovanni… https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-1230-pm-130-pm-4262016-fireside-chats-andy-slavitt-acting-administrator-cms-giovanni-caforio-md-ceo-bristol-myers-squibb-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-2/ … via @Pharma_BI

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

LIVE 4/26/2016 CEO, Amgen & Immunotherapy I: Che…@PartnersWMIF16 #WMIF16 @Paertners2016 https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-1025-am-1200-pm-4262016-fireside-chat-robert-bradway-ceo-amgen-immunotherapy-i-checkpoint-activation-and-cancer-vaccines-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27/ … via @Pharma_BI

 

  1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

LIVE 10:25 am – 12:00 pm 4/26/2016 Fireside Chat: Robert Bradway, CEO, Amgen & Immunotherapy I: Che… https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-1025-am-1200-pm-4262016-fireside-chat-robert-bradway-ceo-amgen-immunotherapy-i-checkpoint-activation-and-cancer-vaccines-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27/ … via @Pharma_BI

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

LIVE 4/26/2016 Epigenetics and Novel Cancer Targets @PartnersWMIF16 #WMIF16 @Paertners2016… https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-815-am-955-am-4262016-global-cancer-markets-epigenetics-and-novel-cancer-targets-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27-2016-westin-hotel-boston/ … via @wordpressdotcom

 

    1. Aviva Lev-Ari‏@AVIVA1950  Apr 26

LIVE 8:15 am – 9:55 am 4/26/2016 Global Cancer Markets & Epigenetics and Novel Cancer Targets… https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-815-am-955-am-4262016-global-cancer-markets-epigenetics-and-novel-cancer-targets-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27-2016-westin-hotel-boston/ … via @wordpressdotcom

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Real Time Coverage and eProceedings of 2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

Director & Founder

Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence Group, Boston

Editor-in-Chief

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com

e-Mail: avivalev-ari@alum.berkeley.edu

SkypeID: HarpPlayer83 

LinkedIn Profile        Twitter Profile

 

LIVE – 8:00 am – 12:00 pm 4/25/2016 – First Look: The Next Wave of Cancer Breakthroughs @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/25/live-800-am-1200-pm-4252016-first-look-the-next-wave-of-cancer-breakthroughs-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27-2016-westin-hotel-boston/

 

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 4/25/2016, Discovery Café: Enjoy Lunch with Top Cancer Leadership from across Partners HealthCare @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/25/1200-pm-130-pm-4252016-discovery-cafe-enjoy-lunch-with-top-cancer-leadership-from-across-partners-healthcare-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27-2016-westin-hotel-bost/

 

LIVE 1:45 pm – 3:10 pm 4/25/2016 Forum Opening, A War or Moonshot: Where Do We Stand? Creating a Disruptive Cancer Pipeline @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/25/live-145-pm-310-pm-4252016-forum-opening-a-war-or-moonshot-where-do-we-stand-creating-a-disruptive-cancer-pipeline-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27-2016-westin-hote/

 

LIVE 3:10 pm – 4:00 pm 4/25/2016 3:10 pm – 4:00 pm Curative Therapies: The Economics of Game Changing Science @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/25/live-310-pm-400-pm-4252016-310-pm-400-pm-curative-therapies-the-economics-of-game-changing-science-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27-2016-westin-hotel-boston/

 

LIVE 4:00 pm – 4:50 pm 4/25/2016 Winning Portfolio Strategy @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/25/live-400-pm-450-pm-4252016-winning-portfolio-strategy-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27-2016-westin-hotel-boston/

 

LIVE 4:50 pm – 5:55 pm Early Detection and Prevention of Cancer & Innovation Break: Announcing the C³ Prize from Astellas Oncology and the World Medical Innovation Forum @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/25/live-450-pm-555-pm-4252016-early-detection-and-prevention-of-cancer-innovation-break-announcing-the-c%C2%B3-prize-from-astellas-oncology-and-the-world-medical-innovation-forum-2016-world/

 

Innovation Break: Announcing the C³ Prize from Astellas Oncology and the World Medical Innovation Forum

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/25/innovation-break-announcing-the-c%C2%B3-prize-from-astellas-oncology-and-the-world-medical-innovation-forum/

 

LIVE 8:15 am – 9:55 am 4/26/2016  Global Cancer Markets & Epigenetics and Novel Cancer Targets @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-815-am-955-am-4262016-global-cancer-markets-epigenetics-and-novel-cancer-targets-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27-2016-westin-hotel-boston/

 

LIVE 10:25 am – 12:00 pm 4/26/2016  Fireside Chat: Robert Bradway, CEO, Amgen & Immunotherapy I: Checkpoint Activation and Cancer Vaccines @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-1025-am-1200-pm-4262016-fireside-chat-robert-bradway-ceo-amgen-immunotherapy-i-checkpoint-activation-and-cancer-vaccines-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27/

 

LIVE 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 4/26/2016 Fireside Chats: Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, CMS & Giovanni Caforio, MD, CEO, Bristol-Myers Squibb @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-1230-pm-130-pm-4262016-fireside-chats-andy-slavitt-acting-administrator-cms-giovanni-caforio-md-ceo-bristol-myers-squibb-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-2/

 

LIVE 1:40 pm – 3:50 pm 4/26/2016 Fireside Chat: Patients Driving Innovation & Immunotherapy II: Cell Based Therapies & Financing Breakthrough Cancer Companies @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-140-pm-350-pm-4262016-fireside-chat-patients-driving-innovation-immunotherapy-ii-cell-based-therapies-financing-breakthrough-cancer-companies-2016-world-medical-innovation-fo/

 

LIVE 4:00 pm – 4:50 pm 4/26/2016 Study Designs to Meet the Challenges of Personalized Cancer Medicine & Surviving Cancer: New Realities, New Needs @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/26/live-400-pm-450-pm-4262016-study-designs-to-meet-the-challenges-of-personalized-cancer-medicine-surviving-cancer-new-realities-new-needs-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-apr/

 

LIVE 8:10 am – 11:20 am 4/27/2016 Combination Cancer Therapies: Drug Resistance and Therapeutic Index & Cancer Diagnostics: New Uses, New Reimbursements? & New Philanthropy: Patients Driving Innovation@2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/27/live-810-am-1120-am-4272016-combination-cancer-therapies-drug-resistance-and-therapeutic-index-cancer-diagnostics-new-uses-new-reimbursements-new-philanthropy-patients-driving-i/

 

LIVE 11:25 am – 12:25 pm 4/27/2016 Disruptive Dozen Technologies: The Future of Cancer Therapies @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Westin Hotel, Boston

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/27/live-1125-am-1225-pm-4272016-disruptive-dozen-technologies-the-future-of-cancer-therapies-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum-cancer-april-25-27-2016-westin-hotel-boston/

 

CRISPR: Genome Editing and Cancer was ranked 7th on the List of Disruptive Dozen Technologies @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/27/crispr-genome-editing-and-cancer-was-ranked-7th-on-the-list-of-disruptive-dozen-technologies-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum/

 

Top Three among Disruptive Dozen Technologies: The Future of Cancer Therapies @2016 World Medical Innovation Forum

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/04/27/top-three-among-disruptive-dozen-technologies-the-future-of-cancer-therapies-2016-world-medical-innovation-forum/

 

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Wearable Tech + Digital Health NYC and NeuroTech NYC, New York Academy of Sciences,  June 7 – 8, 2016

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

Wearable Tech + Digital Health NYC and NeuroTech NYC return to the New York Academy of Sciences on June 7 – 8, 2016.  Scientists, technologists, health systems, investors, device and app designers, machine learning, deep learning, AI, and big data experts will gather at these highly curated conferences. Interdisciplinary solutions to life’s greatest challenges will be the outcome.

We invite you to register before Friday, March 25th to receive the significantly discounted early rate.

Keynotes include:

  • UnitedHealth Group’s Vidya Raman-Tangella on disrupting care delivery with disruptive technologies
  • Takeda’s Bruno Villetelle on the digital future of healthcare
  • Olympic cyclist Sky Christopherson on data, not doping, for elite sport performance
  • Tel Aviv University and neurosteer’s Nathan Intrator on enhancing the brain with wearables, not drugs
  • Harvard / Mass General’s Arshya Vahabzadeh on the (tech driven) future of psychiatry
  • MIT / Empatica / Affectiva’s Rosalind Picard on wearables to track emotions and predict seizures
  • Trauma surgeon Rafael Grossmann on augmented and virtual realty in the operating room
  • NeuroVigil’s Philip Low on BCI – and how he helped Stephen Hawking communicate

Featured speakers include:

  • Eythor Bender – UNYQ
  • Sky Christopherson – Olympic Cyclist
  • C. Gustavo De Moraes – Columbia University
  • Wen Dombrowski – Resonate Health
  • Joel Dudley – Mount Sinai
  • Deborah Estrin – Cornell Tech
  • Alvaro Fernandez – SharpBrains
  • Adam Goulburn – Lux Capital
  • Rafael Grossmann – Trauma Surgeon
  • Nathan Intrator – Tel Aviv University; neurosteer
  • Doo Yeon Kim – Harvard; MGH
  • Philip Low – NeuroVigil; MIT; NASA
  • Adam Marblestone – MIT
  • Robert Mittendorff – Norwest
  • Philip Parks – Draper
  • Alexandra Pelletier – White House Innovation Fellow
  • Rosalind Picard – MIT; Affectiva; Empatica
  • Vidya Raman-Tangella – UnitedHealth Group
  • Wilson Zachary Ray – Washington University
  • Ellis Rubinstein – New York Academy of Sciences
  • Justin Sanchez – DARPA
  • Ned Sahin – Brain Power; Harvard
  • David Sontag – NYU
  • Unity Stoakes – StartUp Health
  • John Torous – Brigham & Women’s; Harvard; JMIR
  • Arshya Vahabzadeh – Harvard; MGH; Brain Power
  • Bruno Villetelle – Takeda
  • Jack Young – Qualcomm Ventures; dRx Capital

Session topics include:

  • DARPA’s initiatives and priorities
  • Digital diagnostics and therapeutics
  • Machine learning for disease and progression prediction
  • A panel of VCs on funding technology at various stages
  • 3D printed, connected exoskeletons (and some that are mind-controlled)
  • Novel wearables for autistic children and adults
  • Smart contact lenses for tracking glaucoma and other conditions
  • Wearables for children and their guardians
  • Helping seniors age in place with wearable sensors, IoT and smart homes
  • Human-centered engineering and biosensor development
  • The broad (and growing) spectrum of mental health apps – What truly helps patients?
  • Self-dissolving TBI sensors to avoid multiple surgeries
  • Alzheimer’s disease modeling for improved therapies
  • Brain-Computer Interfaces for mobility and communication

ApplySci partners with like-minded companies that are improving life through science and technology. Contact us to receive a sponsorship prospectus. 

We look forward to seeing you at Wearable Tech + Digital Health NYC and NeuroTech NYC in beautiful New York City this June.

 

Lisa Weiner Intrator

Curator, Wearable Tech + Digital Health NYC

Curator, NeuroTech NYC

Editor, ApplySci discoveries

 

Should you wish to join us sooner:  Wearable Tech + Digital Health + NeuroTech SF will take place on April 5-6, 2016 in Mission Bay, San Francisco – the city’s center of digital health and neuroscience innovation.

SOURCE

From: Lisa Weiner Intrator <lisa=applysci.com@mail100.atl71.mcdlv.net> on behalf of Lisa Weiner Intrator <lisa@applysci.com>

Reply-To: Lisa Weiner Intrator <lisa@applysci.com>

Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 4:40 AM

To: <AvivaLev-Ari>, <PhD>, Aviva Lev-Ari <AvivaLev-Ari@alum.berkeley.edu>

Subject: Join MIT, TAU, DARPA, UnitedHealth, Takeda, Mt Sinai, neurosteer, Harvard, NASA at Wearable Tech + Digital Health + NeuroTech NYC – June 7-8, 2016

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Lab-on-a-Chip, Microfluidics & Microarrays World Congress 2016, 9/26 – 9/28/2016, San Diego Marriott, San Diego, California

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

Lab-on-a-Chip, Microfluidics & Microarrays World Congress 2016

Date: Monday, 26 September 2016 – Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Location: San Diego, California, USA

 

http://selectbiosciences.com/conferences/index.aspx?conf=LOACWC2016

Overview

Bringing together researchers and industry participants from both academia and industry, this established congress now in its 8th year, will discuss the innovative developments in the Lab-on-a-Chip (LOAC), Microfluidics, and the Microarrays Spaces.

Presentations will explore the latest advances in the Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics Fields. Focus at this conference will also be given to some of the many applications of Lab-on-a-Chip, from life science research, to taking diagnostics to the point-of-care/point-of-need and body-on-a-chip/organs-on-a-chip. We focus on LOAC device production technologies, novel designs/technologies for manufacture, as well as the key application areas for LOAC from research to diagnostics. There is an Extensive International Perspective at this Conference with Speakers, Poster Presenters, Sponsors, and Exhibitors from the US, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.

Running alongside the conference will be an exhibition covering the latest technological advances and associated products and services from leading solution providers within this field from around the world.

Registered delegates will have access to the other co-located and concurrent conference tracks to mix-and-match presentations and maximize networking:

1. Point-of-Care Diagnostics & Global Health World Congress 2016
2. Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), Single-Cell Analysis (SCA), Single Molecule Analysis (SMA) & Mass Spectrometry: Research to Diagnostics 2016

There are ample opportunities for networking and this ensures a very cost-effective conference trip.
The Exhibit Hall is Co-Located with the Conference Tracks in the Conference Center for Excellent Networking Opportunities (Collaboration Opportunities, Sales Opportunities for Vendors, as well as Business Development and Partnering Opportunities).  Exhibit Hall is Open all day on September 27 & 28, 2016.

 

Venue

at the Marriott Mission Valley, San Diego, California, USA.

SAN DIEGO MARRIOTT MISSION VALLEY
8757 RIO SAN DIEGO DRIVE
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92130
USA

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Live Notes from @AACR’s #cbi16 Meeting on Precision Medicine: Intro 1:30 1/21/16

Reporter: Stephen J. Williams, PhD

 

Live Notes From the AACR Meeting on Precision Medicine: Twitter Feed #cbi16

1:30- 2:00 PM: Introduction by Dr. Margeret Foti, CEO AACR and Charlotte Sutton and Karl Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer

Introduction: Meeting represented by 16 Cancer centers and 4 from Philly

  • Philadelphia’s rich cancer history (Philadelphia chromosome) and rich present of recent discoveries perfect setting
  • Dr. Foti: AACR largest cancer research network in the world from 1907. 35,000 AACR members and from around the world *international representation
  • Dr. Foti: AACR needs to do more on patient and advocate outreach as these groups have not all heard of AACR; focus now is more on communication as well as legislative and policy, especially now with FDA
  • Dr. Foti: POTUS announcement is great announcement and AACR working with them; POTUS wants it to be a US effort but UK is calling AACR seeing how they can get involved; topics discussed with POTUS data sharing, payer for genetic sequencing of patients cancer genome so patient does not have to pay; Vice President visit to Penn: Dr. Grupp and Deng will discuss this
  • Dr. Foti:  representatives will be at DAVOS to discuss cancer and genomics
  • Dr. Foti: funding issue AACR did a survey 81% people favor using tax $ to fund cancer research
  • 2016 NIH spending will increase
  • AACR wants to increase their funding efforts (90 cents of every dollar to researchers; low administrative costs)!
  • 16 new FDA approved 2015d

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Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) Conference @JPM, San Francisco, CA, January 12, 2016, Marine’s Memorial Club & Hotel

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

The RESI Conference Series offers fundraising CEOs an opportunity to meet early stage investors

  • Early stage investors,
  • fundraising CEOs,
  • scientist-entrepreneurs,
  • strategic partners, and
  • service providers

now have an opportunity to Make a Compelling Connection in SAN FRANCISCO, CA JANUARY 12, 2016, Marine’s Memorial Club & Hotel

 

#RESISF2016 

 

Welcome from Dennis Ford

 

Life Science Nation (LSN) is thrilled to be back at the annual healthcare conference week for our second RESI San Francisco event. It’s the largest RESI conference yet, with over 700 registered attendees, including over 300 early stage global investors!

We’re delighted that RESI has garnered this enthusiastic audience during a very busy week for the life science industry. We’ve expanded the bandwidth of RESI Partnering in order to offer more opportunities for RESI attendees to connect with each other face-to-face. By using the RESI Partnering system to ­nd fellow attendees based on ­t, you can ­nd meeting partners who align with your focus. With that match as a basis, RESI is a venue for compelling conversations between startups and investors in the life science space.

LSN would like to extend our thanks to the speakers who are participating in RESI’s two Investor Panel tracks, and the presenters of the RESI Workshops. We’re very glad that you’re here to share your expertise with the entrepreneurs and investors who attend RESI.

We’d also like to bring your attention to the RESI Innovation Challenge. The RESI Innovators are showcasing cutting-edge life science technologies in poster displays throughout the exhibit hall. Inside your RESI badge you’ll ­nd ­ve tokens of RESI Cash you can use to “invest” in the most promising of these technologies. Take the time to invest your RESI Cash wisely, and join us at the evening reception as we announce the winners!

Thank you for joining us and making this the biggest RESI yet. We’re excited to be here for the ­rst stop on RESI’s 2016 tour. We hope to see you later this year in Houston, Toronto, and Boston. Until then, enjoy the show!

Dennis Ford Founder & CEO, Life Science Nation

SOURCE

https://lifesciencenationnewsletter.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/resi-sf-program-guide-1-05-2016_100-compressed.pdf

 

About the RESI Conference

The Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) Conference is an ongoing conference series that will be establishing a global circuit for early stage life sciences companies to source investors, create relationships, and eventually, get funding. The RESI conference focuses on the diverse breadth of early stage investors that LSN tracks, including Family Offices, Venture Philanthropy Funds, VCs, Angel Groups, Corporate Venture Capital Funds, and more. The RESI Partnering Forum allows fundraising executives to identify and book up to 16 meetings with life science investors who fit their company’s technology sector and stage of development. Additionally, through an expansive series of panels and workshops, attendees will have the chance to hear firsthand accounts from investors explaining their current investment mandates and process for identifying and qualifying candidates.

Who Attends RESI?

  • Emerging biotech & medtech companies seeking investors

  • Firms seeking strategic partnerships to build their companies

  • Investors looking to source emerging technology

  • CEOs seeking to parse the latest trends in the new investor landscape

  • RESI is designed to fill the void left by traditional investors by creating and qualifying 10 new categories of investors, including Family Offices, Venture Philanthropy, Patient Groups, Corporate Development, Virtual Pharma, Endowments, Foundation, and Angels.

  • RESI creates meetings based on a common fit, which promotes compelling conversations, facilitating the development of qualified investor relationships.

  • RESI recruits conference partners from leading edge incubators and expert scientists from private emerging biotech & medtech firms all over the world.

How is RESI Different?

The shift within the life science investor landscape

 

Past Biotech-INV

 

Present-Biotech-INV

SOURCE

http://www.resiconference.com/

 

The RESI Innovation Challenge is a virtual investment contest, and the investor is you!

As you explore the exhibit hall, you will encounter 30 RESI Innovators showcasing their technology via poster displays. Along with your RESI attendee badge, you will nd ve RESI Cash tokens that you can use to ‘invest’ in the most promising RESI Innovators.

Take a look around this collection of cutting-edge life science technology, and leave your RESI Cash with the entrepreneurs that most inspire you. The invested capital will be tallied up and the top three winners will be awarded during the cocktail reception at the end of the day.

Winners will be featured in the Life Science Nation (LSN) newsletter with readership of 20,000.

• First Prize: Complimentary tickets to 3 RESI Conference Series events of your choice (2 tickets per event)

• Second Prize: Complimentary tickets to 2 RESI Conference Series events of your choice (2 tickets per event)

• Third Prize: Complimentary tickets to 1 RESI Conference Series event of your choice (2 tickets)

 

AGENDA

https://lifesciencenationnewsletter.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/resi-sf-program-guide-1-05-2016_100-compressed.pdf

 

 

 

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Translational Gene Editing – June 16-17, 2016 in Boston, MA by CHI, Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA, Volume 2 (Volume Two: Latest in Genomics Methodologies for Therapeutics: Gene Editing, NGS and BioInformatics, Simulations and the Genome Ontology), Part 2: CRISPR for Gene Editing and DNA Repair

Translational Gene Editing – June 16-17, 2016 in Boston, MA by CHI, Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

 

Gene editing, particularly using the CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats)/Cas9 system, is now being extensively used as a research and functional screening tool in drug discovery. Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s second annual conference on Translational Gene Editing will bring together experts from all aspects of preclinical research, from early target discovery to drug delivery, to talk about the progress being made in gene editing and how it’s being applied. Learn about ways in which CRISPR/Cas9 is being used to identify targets, create relevant cell lines and in vivo disease models, set up functional screens, and for targeted drug delivery. What can you do to overcome some of the inherent challenges with design, delivery and off-target effects associated with CRISPR/Cas9? Hear from experts in pharma/biotech, academic and government labs who will share their experiences leveraging the utility of gene editing for diverse applications, particularly in oncology and immunotherapy.

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Gene Editing for Screening Pathways and Drug Targets

CRISPR-Cas9 Whole Genome Screening: Going Where No Screen Has Gone Before
Ralph Garippa, Ph.D., Director, RNAi Core Facility, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Parallel shRNA and CRISPR/Cas9 Screens Reveal Biology of Stress Pathways and Identify Novel Drug Targets

Michael Bassik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Stanford University

Cross-Species Synthetic Lethal Screens and Applications to Drug Discovery

Norbert Perrimon, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Scouring the Non-Coding Genome by Saturating Edits

Daniel E Bauer M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Staff Physician in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Principal Faculty, Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Building the CRISPR Toolbox

Optimized sgRNA Libraries for Genetic Screens With CRISPR-Cas9

John Doench, Ph.D., Associate Director, Genetic Perturbation Platform, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

Beyond Cas9: Discovering Single Effector CRISPR Tools

Jonathan Gootenberg, Member, Laboratories of Dr. Aviv Regev and Dr. Feng Zhang, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Improves Sub-cellular Localization Studies

Netanya Y. Spencer, M.D., Ph.D., Research Fellow in Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School

Improving Precision and Delivery

Nucleic Acid Delivery Systems for RNA Therapy and Gene Editing

Daniel G. Anderson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology and David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Understanding and Translating In vivo Findings

Application of Genome Editing Tools to Model Human Genetics Findings in Drug Discovery

Myung Shin, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Biology-Discovery, Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck Research Laboratories

Translating CRISPR/Cas9 Into Novel Medicines

Alexandra Glucksmann., Ph.D., COO, Editas Medicine

Recommended Short Course*

SC8: A Primer to Gene Editing: Tools and Application – Learn More

Instructors:

-John Doench, Ph.D., Associate Director, Genetic Perturbation Platform, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

-Michael Bassik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Stanford University

-Stephanie Mohr, Ph.D., Lecturer, Genetics & Director of the Drosophila RNAi Screening Center, Harvard Medical School

– Claire Yanhui Hu, Ph.D, Senior Bioinformatician, Drosophila RNAi Screening Center, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

The course will help the novice understand the basics of how gene editing works, what tools are available for use and how those tools differ from each other. For the expert, this course will offer details on the CRISPR technology, how to set up CRISPR-based screens and complement it with existing RNAi-based screens using proper analysis and follow-up studies. The instructors will also cover the use of gene editing in drug discovery and disease modeling and best practices for design and workflows when working with other model systems, besides mammalian cells.

*Separate Registration Required

For questions or suggestions about the meeting, please contact:

Tanuja Koppal, Ph.D.

Conference Director

Cambridge Healthtech Institute

T: (+1) 973-525-4667

E: tkoppal@healthtech.com

For sponsorship and exhibit sales information including sponsored podium presentations, contact:

Joseph Vacca

Associate Director, Business Development

Cambridge Healthtech Institute

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2016 World Medical Innovation Forum: CANCER, April 25-27, 2016, Partners HealthCare, Boston, at the Westin Hotel, Boston

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business intelligence will cover in Real Time using Social Media this Event on CANCER Innovations

Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN will be streaming LIVE from the Westin in Boston

worldmedicalinnovation.org

 

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On behalf of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and all of Partners HealthCare, we are pleased to invite you to the 2016 World Medial Innovation Forum. This unprecedented gathering will highlight the most promising approaches to diagnose, treat, and manage cancer and feature more than 100 speakers from throughout the top ranks of the global oncology community. For a complete list of our agenda and internationally recognized speakers, please visit the World Forum website.

UPDATED on 4/13/2016

2016 WORLD MEDICAL INNOVATION FORUM TO FEATURE INNOVATIONS ENHANCING PATIENT CARE FROM PREVENTION TO THE NEEDS OF LONG-TERM CANCER SURVIVORS

 

BOSTON – April 13, 2016 – Partners HealthCare today announced that the upcoming World Medical Innovation Forum™ will include a focus on patient care, ranging from discussions of the importance of cancer prevention and early detection and the innovations that are making it possible to the unique care requirements and new technology approaches to help survivors. The 2016 Forum, an annual collaboration and partnering event held in Boston on April 25-27, will focus on cancer. CEOs and senior company executives, top investors, policy experts, and Harvard scientists leading the charge in the fight against cancer will take the stage over the course of the three-day Forum for a series of sessions that will critically examine the innovations in and evolution of cancer care.

“Technological advances in diagnostics are beginning to make it possible to detect cancer at the earliest stages of the disease when treatment may be most effective,” said David Louis, MD, Pathologist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital and Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School. “However, there have been many barriers to making these innovative tests widely available to patients, including the need for more research and development to ensure accuracy, better guidance to speed the regulatory process and new models to support their value and reimbursement. This Forum provides a space for us to learn about these exciting new diagnostic technologies and to collaborate on the scientific and economic challenges that preventative strategies and early cancer detection bring about.”

“Detecting cancer as early as possible in the developmental stage will help both patients and hospitals in terms of prognosis with possible cure or therapy regimens before the cancer has spread. It will also help avoid the economic burden typically associated with late-stage detection,” said Massimo Loda, MD, Senior Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Principal Investigator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School. “The technologies we are creating and pursuing are designed to detect and pursue cancer cells at the most vulnerable point in their development: the very beginning. The Forum will provide us with the opportunity to discuss those advances and learn of other new developments in a collaborative manner.”

The prevention of cancer and the development of new strategies to detect cancer precursors and early-stage malignancies when treatment may be most effective – clinically and financially – are critical research goals. The experts on the “Early Detection and Prevention of Cancer” panel will review powerful imaging modalities, single-cell analysis of the tumor microenvironment and next-generation cancer models. They will also discuss circulating tumor DNA testing to monitor response to treatment and emergence of cancer resistance-with the objective of early cancer diagnosis before symptoms appear. The panel will take place at 4:50 p.m. on Monday, April 25, 2016, in the Novartis Ballroom of The Westin Copley Hotel.

Panel participants include:

  • Moderator: David Louis, MD, Pathologist-in-Chief, MGH and Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
  • Andy Chan, MD, Program Director, Gastroenterology Training Program, MGH and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • William Hait, MD, PhD, Global Head, Janssen Research & Development
  • Krishna Kumar, CEO, Emerging Businesses, Philips
  • Massimo Loda, MD, Senior Pathologist, Principal Investigator, BWH, Dana-Farber and Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

“The number of people diagnosed with cancer is continuing to grow at an astounding rate and while new treatment advances are enabling more and more of these patients to survive, there is an increasing need for innovative tools and resources to address the changing needs of patients, their families and the health care system,” said Claire Thom, Pharm D, Senior Vice President, Global Oncology Development, Astellas.

Extraordinary treatment advances have turned many cancers from apparent death sentences into manageable chronic illnesses with extraordinary consequences for the entire health care system. In the United States, there are approximately 14 million cancer survivors, up from just three million four decades earlier. Those survivors have unique care requirements, that will put enormous stress on the system and calling out for new technology solutions. A program, titled “Surviving Cancer: New Realities, New Needs,” will discuss those requirements and the technologies and approaches that can help monitor, guide, and connect patients. The panel will take place at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in the Takeda Ballroom of The Westin Copley Hotel.

Panel participants include:

  • Moderator: Tim Ferris, MD, Senior Vice President of Population Health Management, Partners HealthCare
  • Jani Ahonala, CEO, Noona Healthcare
  • Don Dizon, MD, Clinical Co-Director, Gynecologic Oncology, Founder and Director, The Oncology Sexual Health Clinic, MGH and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Ann Partridge, MD, Director, Adult Survivorship Program, Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer, Dana-Farber and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Claire Thom, Pharm D, Senior Vice President, Global Oncology Development, Astellas

Sponsors of the Forum include Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Takeda Oncology, Amgen, Astellas, AstraZeneca, General Electric, Ipsen, MacDougall Biomedical Communications, McCall & Almy, Mintz Levin, Ropes & Gray, and Vertex. STAT is the exclusive media partner of the Forum.

About the World Medical Innovation Forum

The World Medical Innovation Forum is a global gathering of senior corporate, investor, and academic leaders. It was established to respond to the intensifying transformation of health care and its impact on innovation. The Forum is rooted in the belief that no matter the magnitude of that change, the center of health care needs to be a shared, fundamental commitment to collaborative innovation – industry and academia working together and its ability to improve patient lives.

For more information or to register, please go to www.worldmedicalinnovation.org.

About Partners HealthCare

Partners HealthCare is an integrated health system founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to its two academic medical centers, the Partners system includes community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, community health centers, a physician network, home health and long-term care services, and other health-related entities. Partners HealthCare is one of the nation’s leading biomedical research organizations and a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization.

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From: Kari Watson <contact@macbiocom.ccsend.com> on behalf of Kari Watson <wmif@macbiocom.com>

Reply-To: <wmif@macbiocom.com>

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 10:59 AM

To: Aviva Lev-Ari <AvivaLev-Ari@alum.berkeley.edu>

Subject: World Medical Innovation Forum to Feature Innovations Enhancing Patient Care

 

Monica Bertagnolli, MD

Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, BWH
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
World Forum Co-Chair

 

Daniel Haber, MD, PhD

Director, Cancer Center, MGH
Isselbacher/Schwartz Professor of Oncology, Harvard Medical School
World Forum Co-Chair

AGENDA

Updated on 4/13/2016

MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2016

 

7:00 am – 8:00 am
Ipsen Foyer
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Ipsen Foyer
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Takeda Ballroom
First Look: The Next Wave of Cancer Breakthroughs

Highly creative young investigators describe their most promising commercially
related research. Rapid-fire presentations by two dozen early-career Harvard
Medical School faculty will highlight compelling new discoveries and insights that
will be the cancer care products of the future. These young stars from Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute will each describe their work in highly organized 10-minute sessions. This
session will take place in the Takeda Ballroom. Presenters will be available
immediately following their talk in the third floor GE Foyer.

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Bristol-Myers Squibb Ballroom
Discovery Café: Enjoy Lunch with Top Cancer Leadership from across Partners HealthCare

Top Harvard Medical School faculty from Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will host intimate
lunch discussions on developments in their field and their own research. These
internationally renowned leaders will engage on cutting edge research and new
trends in their clinical and research domain. Seating is reserved based on prior
registration. Please check at registration to find if there is open table availability.

A complete list of table hosts and topics is available here: http://worldmedicalinnovation.org/highlights/

1:45 pm – 1:55 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Forum Opening
Introduction by: Anne Klibanski, MD
  • Chief Academic Officer, Partners HealthCare
  • Laurie Carrol Guthart Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • CEO, Partners HealthCare
1:55 pm – 2:20 pm
Novartis Ballroom
A War or Moonshot: Where Do We Stand?

Forum Co-Chairs Dr. Bertagnolli and Haber provide perspectives on the coming era
of cancer research and care.

  • Medical Advisor, GE Healthymagination
  • Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • Director, MGH Cancer Center
  • Kurt J. Isselbacher /Peter D. Schwartz Professor of Oncology, Harvard Medical School
2:20 pm – 3:10 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Creating a Disruptive Cancer Pipeline

Some companies characterize creating a successful pipeline of disruptive cancer
therapies as an engineering challenge, others describe arranging building blocks or
integrating capabilities from the marketplace – for many it is all of the above.
Considerations include discovering novel targets, novel single agent drugs and
emerging novel mechanisms, new pathways and/or mechanisms of action, new
molecular entities and technology acquisition strategies, among others. The panel,
corporate officers, investors and academic experts pulls back the curtain to discuss
the considerations in pipeline development, the tradeoffs and what it takes to
maintain success over time.

  • Partner, Third Rock Ventures
  • Adjunct Professor, Harvard Medical School
  • President, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
  • Director, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Senior Vice President for Experimental Therapeutics, Institute Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • VP, Head Oncology iScience, AstraZeneca
  • Director, Clinical Research, MGH Cancer Center
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Executive Vice President, Research and Development, Amgen
3:10 pm – 4:00 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Curative Therapies: The Economics of Game Changing Science

Novel, potentially curative, cancer therapies are coming to market. Recent
experience in Hepatitis C therapy raises the question as to whether a new approach
is needed to design a pricing model that better balances resulting cost pressure
across the delivery system. While most acknowledge systemic cost effectiveness
curative therapies also present many challenges to payers – e.g. a spike in patient
volume and cost as these therapies are introduced. A broad ranging dialogue
has emerged in the cancer community that includes incorporating cost
effectiveness as part of the regulatory approval, shifting incentives for oncologists,
increasing emphasis on early detection, integrating billing codes, bundled
payments and management fees and many others. The panel with top executives
from the pharma, foundation, pharmacy and provider sectors will share insights on
this crucially important topic.

Introduction by: Gregg Meyer, MD
  • Chief Clinical Officer, Partners Healthcare System
Moderator: Sue Siegel
  • CEO, GE Ventures and Healthymagination
  • Executive Vice President and CMO, CVS Health
  • President, AstraZeneca US
  • Executive Vice President, AstraZeneca North America
  • President, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • CEO, American Cancer Society
  • President, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Professor of Healthcare Policy, Harvard Medical School
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Winning Portfolio Strategy

The many considerations involved in managing a cancer portfolio are among the
most important for company vitality and also play a principal role in determining
the breadth and rate that new therapies reach patients. Considerations include
drug categories (current or potential), use of approved drugs on new tumor
types, product life extension, concentrating on call point strengths vs broadening
into new cancers, technology category strength – e.g. small molecule vs emerging
ones like CAR-T, product lifecycle status, competitive agents, possible portfolio
swaps (e.g. NVS/GSK) and shareholder scrutiny . Panel members from the highest
ranks of the industry — large and emerging companies — will discuss their strategic
approach to balancing considerations they can influence and those that they can’t.

Moderator: Thomas Lynch, MD
  • CEO, Mass General Physician’s Organization
  • Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, R&D, Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Global Therapeutic Area Head, Oncology, Janssen R&D
  • CEO, Syndax Pharmaceuticals
  • Global Head, Oncology Development and Medical Affairs, Novartis Oncology
  • Interim Head, Oncology, Therapeutic Area Unit, Takeda
4:50 pm – 5:40 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Early Detection and Prevention of Cancer

The prevention of cancer and the development of new strategies to detect cancer
precursors and early-stage malignancies when treatment may be most effective
– clinically and financially — are critical research goals. Our panel of experts reviews
powerful imaging modalities, single-cell analysis of the tumor microenvironment
and next-generation cancer models. Circulating tumor DNA testing to monitor
response to treatment and emergence of cancer resistance—with the objective of
early cancer diagnosis before symptoms appear—will also be detailed.

Moderator: David Louis, MD
  • Pathologist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
  • Program Director, Gastroenterology Training Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Global Head, Janssen Research & Development
  • CEO, Emerging Businesses, Philips
  • Senior Pathologist, Principal Investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
5:55 pm – 6:45 pm
Takeda Ballroom
6:45 pm – 8:00 pm
Bristol-Myers Squibb Ballroom
Ropes & Gray Dinner Program – Fireside Chat: Richard Gonzalez, CEO, AbbVie
Introduction by: Ed Lawrence
  • Retired Partner, Ropes & Gray
  • Medical Advisor, GE Healthymagination
  • CEO, AbbVie

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2016

 

7:30 am – 8:30 am
Ipsen Foyer
8:15 am – 9:05 am
Novartis Ballroom
Global Cancer Markets

Cancer causes 1 in 7 deaths worldwide. If rates don’t change, the global cancer
burden is expected to increase from 14 million new cases and 8 million cancer
related deaths worldwide to 22 million cases and 13 million deaths by 2030. The
panel will discuss how approaches to deliver innovative technologies differ in
different international markets, what the respective drivers are, as well as
requirements and challenges. Expert panelists from leading international
companies and key governmental entities, including the famed NICE from the UK
NHS, will consider strategies and key trends.

  • Head of Business Development, Zelnick Media Capital
  • Vice President of North America Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company
  • Chairman and CEO, Ipsen
  • Deputy Chief Executive, Director of Health and Social Care, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • President, Americas Operations, Astellas
  • President, Novartis Oncology
9:05 am – 9:55 am
Novartis Ballroom
Epigenetics and Novel Cancer Targets

The initiation and progression of cancer is controlled by both genetic and
epigenetic events. Epigenetics, the study of changes that influence how DNA
does its job, is one of the fastest-moving fields in cancer research. Expert corporate
and academic panel members will discuss the promise of epigenetics. They will
describe translating basic epigenetic research into cancer diagnostics and
therapies, emphasizing market opportunities and competitive advantages.

Moderator: Pat Fortune, PhD
  • Senior Market Sector Leader, Partners Innovation
  • President of Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Epizyme
  • CEO, Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
  • Professor of Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • CEO, Syros Pharmaceuticals
  • Tepper Family MGH Research Scholar
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
9:55 am – 10:25 am
Ipsen Foyer
10:25 am – 11:05 am
Novartis Ballroom
Fireside Chat: Robert Bradway, CEO, Amgen
Introduction by: Cathy Minehan
  • Dean, School of Management, Simmons College
Moderator: Caroline Chen
  • Reporter, Bloomberg Business
  • CEO, Amgen
11:05 am – 12:00 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Immunotherapy I: Checkpoint Activation and Cancer Vaccines

Among the most promising approaches to activating therapeutic antitumor
immunity is the blockade of immune checkpoints. Checkpoint blockade, prevention
of inhibitory signaling that limits activation or function of tumor antigen-specific
T cells responses, is revolutionizing the treatment of many poor-prognosis
malignancies. Expert panelists discuss significant long-term cancer remissions,
potential cures – in some cases – and how boosting the body’s own defenses
is producing stunning results when combined with standard anticancer therapies
and other immunotherapies. They will also detail the experimental accines in
development that are designed to “wake up” the immune system so it will trigger
reliable and effective attacks on cancer cells.

Moderator: Nir Hacohen, PhD
  • Immunologist, MGH Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, MGH Research Scholar
  • Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Chairman, Celgene Research
  • Global Head of Exploratory Immuno-Oncology, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
  • President and CEO, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
  • Senior Vice President, Translational Sciences, Amgen
  • Associate Professor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Leader, Cancer Immunology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • George Fabyan Professor of Comparative Pathology, Harvard Medical School
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Bristol-Myers Squibb Ballroom
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Bristol-Myers Squibb Ballroom
Fireside Chat: Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, CMS
Introduction by: David Torchiana, MD
  • CEO, Partners HealthCare
Moderator: Meg Tirrell
  • Biotech and Pharma Reporter, CNBC
  • Acting Administrator, CMS
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Bristol-Myers Squibb Ballroom
Fireside Chat: Giovanni Caforio, MD, CEO, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Introduction by: Thomas Lynch, MD
  • CEO, Mass General Physician’s Organization
Moderator: Meg Tirrell
  • Biotech and Pharma Reporter, CNBC
  • CEO, Bristol-Myers Squibb
1:40 pm – 2:10 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Fireside Chat: Patients Driving Innovation
  • Medical Advisor, GE Healthymagination
  • Founder, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium
2:10 pm – 3:00 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Immunotherapy II: Cell Based Therapies

Oncology sits on the cusp of a new revolution thanks to the use of human cells as versatile
therapeutic engines. By modifying T cells to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that
recognize cancer-specific antigens, our expert panelists describe how they have been able to prime
cells to recognize and kill tumor cells that would otherwise escape immune detection. They also
detail the various “living drugs” that kill cancer cells and could replace standard oncology
treatments in the future.

  • Chief, Dermatology Service, Director, Melanoma Program, Director, Cutaneous Biology Research Center, MGH Cancer Center
  • Edward Wigglesworth Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
  • Global Head, Cell & Gene Therapies Unit, Novartis
  • Executive Vice President, Portfolio Strategy, Juno Therapeutics
  • CEO, Bluebird Bio
  • Director of Cellular Immunotherapy, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
  • CEO, Unum Therapeutics
3:00 pm – 3:50 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Financing Breakthrough Cancer Companies

The global market for oncology therapies is currently more than $100 billion annually, and could
reach $147 billion by the end of the decade. Panel experts discuss the most compelling
technologies, trends driving investment considerations, new models, pricing considerations and
strategies they use as leading oncology investors in both early stage and established companies.

Introduction by: Roger Kitterman
  • Managing Partner, Partners Innovation
Moderator: Meg Tirrell
  • Biotech and Pharma Reporter, CNBC
  • Partner, Atlas Ventures
  • Partner, Deerfield Management
  • Managing Partner, Polaris Partners
  • Managing Partner, Gurnet Point Capital
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Astellas Ballroom
Arms Race in Radiation

The Holy Grail of radiation therapy is to maximize the effectiveness of killing cancer
cells while minimizing the effect on neighboring tissue. Technology meets modern
cancer care with the integration of technologies that offer enormous benefits to
the cancer patient in improved quality of life and increased likelihood of
cure. Expert panelists will highlight current benefits of radiation therapies, the
increasing use of hypofractionated radiation therapy and describe future tools in
development that will have the potential to dramatically improve outcomes.

Moderator: Jay Loeffler, MD
  • Chair, Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
  • Director, Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
  • CEO, Mevion Medical Systems
  • CEO, Varian Medical Systems
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Bristol-Myers Squibb Ballroom
Breakthrough Devices to Treat Cancer

The increasing demand for early diagnosis of cancer and the growing prevalence of
metastatic brain, lung, breast, prostate and other cancers is driving the oncology
device market. Our experts zero in on innovative technologies that will address
challenges in cancer surgery and pain management.

  • Chairman, Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • CEO, Insightec
  • CEO, Lumicell
  • Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Global Medical Affairs for the Early Technologies Business Group/Minimally Invasive Technology Innovations (MITG), Medtronic
  • Director, Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Professor, Radiology and Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Study Designs to Meet the Challenges of Personalized Cancer Medicine

Cancer biology indicates that cancer is a large number of niche diseases that may be targeted
with therapies against specific molecular alterations common to multiple tumor types. This
model creates challenges for both drug development and patient care with implications for
initial indication selection and design and execution of clinical trials – from first in human
through post marketing studies. Among the topics the panel will address:
• The availability of biomarkers to stratify trials, select patients and monitor drug response can improve
both trial speed and cost, as well as enable development of companion diagnostics but at the same time
present more complex validation requirements.
• Design of trials using surrogate end points holds great promise but validation of such endpoints is a
regulatory challenge. Adaptive trial designs for dose response, pK/PD and efficacy hold promise but
adoption of such approaches has been slow.
• Cancer immunotherapies create a significant opportunity for development of combination therapies
but the cost of acquiring the approved drug can significantly increase the cost of clinical trials. This may
necessitate new approaches to late preclinical development as well as biomarkers that are early and
accurate indicators of drug response for incorporation in the clinical trial in Phase I/II.
• The cost of current and next generation cancer drugs will require measuring clinical and econometric
outcomes in order to justify reimbursement. This may mandate larger post marketing clinical studies,
including observational trials

Moderator: Gideon Gil
  • Managing Editor, STAT
  • Acting Clinical Team Leader, Division of Oncology Products 1, CDER, FDA
  • Vice President, Strategy, Innovation and Collaborations, Pfizer Oncology Business Unit
  • Chief, Division of Population Sciences, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • CMO, Unum Therapeutics
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Takeda Ballroom
Surviving Cancer: New Realities, New Needs

Extraordinary treatment advances have turned many cancers from apparent death sentences
into manageable chronic illnesses with extraordinary consequences for the entire health
care system. In the United States, there are approximately 14 million cancer survivors, up from
just three million four decades ago. Those survivors have unique care requirements, that will
put enormous stress on the system — calling out for new technology solutions. The panel will
discuss requirements technologies and approaches that can help monitor, guide, and connect
patients.

Introduction by: Trung Do
  • Executive Director, Business Development, Partners Innovation
Moderator: Tim Ferris, MD
  • Senior Vice President of Population Health Management, Partners HealthCare
  • CEO, Noona Healthcare
  • Clinical Co-Director, Gynecologic Oncology, Founder and Director, The Oncology Sexual Health Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Director, Adult Survivorship Program, Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Senior Vice President, Global Oncology Development, Astellas
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
General Electric Foyer

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016

 

7:30 am – 8:30 am
Ipsen Foyer
8:10 am – 9:00 am
Novartis Ballroom
Combination Cancer Therapies: Drug Resistance and Therapeutic Index

Study Designs to Meet the Challenges of Personalized Cancer Medicine Game changing modern
cancer therapies—immunotherapies and targeted therapies, among others—do not by themselves
meet the needs of many patients who require alternative strategies to achieve optimal therapeutic
benefit. Panel experts will describe combining these therapies with other drugs, challenges and the
path forward.

  • President, SR One
  • Director, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Kraft Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Director, Thoracic Oncology and Director, Molecular Therapeutics, Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Laurel Schwartz Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Development, Medimmune
  • CEO, Agios Pharmaceuticals
  • Vice President and Global Head of Oncology, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
9:00 am – 9:40 am
Novartis Ballroom
Fireside Chat: Joseph Jimenez, CEO, Novartis
Moderator: Gregg Meyer, MD
  • Chief Clinical Officer, Partners Healthcare System
  • CEO, Novartis
9:40 am – 10:30 am
Novartis Ballroom
Cancer Diagnostics: New Uses, New Reimbursements?

Advances in genetics, genomics and proteomics are driving advances in identifying and treating
disease. Use of genetic testing and molecular diagnostics is rapidly expanding in clinical practice,
creating a new, personalized approach to medicine. Panelists describe key new technologies and
how they will be fully integrated into the delivery of care.

  • Chair of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Ramzi S. Cotran Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
  • CEO, Guardant Health, Inc.
  • Associate in Pathology, Medical Director, Center for Integrated Diagnostics, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
  • Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Associate Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School
  • CEO, Foundation Medicine
  • General Manager, New Business Creation, GE Ventures
10:30 am – 11:20 am
Novartis Ballroom
New Philanthropy: Patients Driving Innovation

Philanthropy’s role in driving improved cancer care has evolved rapidly over the
last decade. Disease foundations have become active in nearly every phase of the
care spectrum supporting innovations in the lab, clinic, patient engagement, and
regulatory approval among others. Senior philanthropic leaders will describe how
the foundation community is redefining roles and finding new ways to help
patients as they seek to drive breakthroughs in understanding and care.

  • Health Reporter, WBZ-TV/CBS Boston
  • President and CEO, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
  • President and CEO, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
  • Co-President, Thomas H. Lee Partners
  • Founder and Executive Director, Pan-Mass Challenge
11:25 am – 12:25 pm
Novartis Ballroom
Disruptive Dozen

Cancer faculty from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General
Hospital, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute nominated dozens of technologies that
will have the greatest impact on cancer care in the next decade, and then compiled
a ranking of the 12 most disruptive technologies. A panel of experts will announce
and discuss each of the technologies chosen. This intriguing, informative and fun
session will let you in on how the experts view the future in their field.

  • Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • Director, MGH Cancer Center
  • Kurt J. Isselbacher /Peter D. Schwartz Professor of Oncology, Harvard Medical School
12:25 pm – 12:45 pm
Ipsen Foyer
12:25 pm – 12:35 pm
Novartis Ballroom

SOURCE

From: Kari Watson <contact@macbiocom.ccsend.com> on behalf of Kari Watson <wmif@macbiocom.com>

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Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 10:59 AM

To: Aviva Lev-Ari <AvivaLev-Ari@alum.berkeley.edu>

Subject: World Medical Innovation Forum to Feature Innovations Enhancing Patient Care

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