Speakers
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Panelists
Marty Makary, MD, MPH
27th Commissioner of the FDA
Dennis Purcell
Founder and Senior Advisor
Aisling Capital
Ginger Constantine, MD
CEO
Pleo Pharma
Ketan Patel, MD
Partner
F-Prime Capital
Lauren Leanza
Vice President, Market Access – Cardiometabolic Health
Eli Lilly and Company
Chong Xu
Partner
F-Prime Capital
Raj Kannan
CEO
Alveus Therapeutics
Paul Titchenell, PhD
Executive Director – Head of Metabolic Physiology, Cardiometabolic Research
Eli Lilly and Company
Zev Sunleaf
Vice President, Technology Transfer, Commercialization & Research Contracts
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Hugh Davis, PhD
Chief Operating Officer & President
Aclaris Therapeutics
Robert McGrath, PhD
Executive Director of Business Development
Yale Ventures
Subin Baral
Partner, Global Deals Leader – Life Sciences Transactions
EY
Annie, Matt and Charlotte Devine
Patient Perspective
Marissa Perman, MD
Pediatric Dermatologist, Section Chief of Dermatology and Director of the Epidermolysis Bullosa Multidisciplinary Clinic
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Richard Snyder, MD
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Independence Blue Cross
Andrew Hawkins
Senior Director, U.S. Policy & Research, U.S. Policy & Government Affairs
Bristol Myers Squibb
Stephen Simpson
Retired Partner
EY
Rebecca Guzman
Partner
Duane Morris
Joanne Soslow
Partner
Morgan Lewis
Ryan Udell
Partner
Ballard Spahr
Mike Goodman
Shareholder
Brownstein
James Bauersmith
Vice President, Translational Science
UPMC Enterprises
Rachael Bushey
Life Sciences Partner & Co-chair, Philadelphia Office
Goodwin
Reverse Pitch Presenters
Bryan Hansen, PhD
Senior Director of External Innovation
Johnson&Johnson
Alyssa Johnson
Senior Director, Business Development
Harmony Biosciences
Alex Tullman
Partner
NeXeption Capital
Frank Yohe
Global Business Head of Natural Materials
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John Sanders
Director, Enabling Technologies Search and Evaluation, Business Development & Licensing
Merck
Tom Wilton
SVP Innovation Ventures
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Scott Morley
Senior Director, Office of Industry and Economic Partnerships
University of Pittsburgh
Katie Reuther, PhD
Executive Director, Penn Health-Tech Practice Professor in Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Melissa Kelly, PhD
Deputy Managing Director
Penn Center for Innovation
Sue Rhoades
Assistant Vice Provost, Applied Innovation
Drexel University
Ketan Mehta
Senior Director, Search & Evaluation (Internal Medicine), Worldwide Business Development
Pfizer
Brian Imszennik
Director, Venture Investments – New Company Creation
Johnson & Johnson – JJDC
Jeannie Rojas
Senior Director, Worldwide Business Development
GSK
Sean Hobson
Senior Manager, Corporate Development
Teleflex
Jonathan Andrews
Director, Business Development
B. Braun Medical
Steve Kulp
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder
Valenscion Holdings
Jeffrey Alexander
Site Head
Lilly Gateway Labs – Philadelphia
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