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Claudia |
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Co-founder & CEO |
ARENSIA |
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Claudia Hesselmann, PhD, a chemist by training, with a PhD in molecular biology. Claudia has twenty years of expertise in the early phases of drug development. Her experience includes co-founding and holding management positions in various CROs. Her extensive background and social acumen, along with her first-hand knowledge of the industry, led Claudia to co-found ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine in Düsseldorf, Germany. Her primary aim is the contribution of innovative approaches to bring about substantial acceleration to the drug development process and enable more agile patient access to novel therapeutics. |
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Tatiana |
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Eidus |
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Director, Corporate Development North America |
Arensia |
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Tatiana Eidus received her Master’s Degree in Biophysics from Moscow State University. Entering the industry more than a decade ago, Tatiana has accumulated wide expertise in all the operational aspects of initiating and managing Phase I-III trials across Europe and US. Prior to joining ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine, Tatiana worked for GSK and Merck. Primarily focused on early-stage exploratory programs, she conducted trials in various disease areas. In her current role as Director Corporate Development, Tatiana supports ARENSIA’s partners in the US, supervising cross-functional coordination throughout study planning, start-up and execution. |
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Déborah |
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Heintze |
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Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer |
Lunaphore Technologies |
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Antonio Sorrentino |
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Head of Translational Strategy |
Lunaphore Technologies |
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Andrew |
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Jackson |
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U.S. Commercial Director |
Sengenics |
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Katy |
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McGirr |
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Director of Global Marketing |
Sengenics |
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Laurent |
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Audoly |
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Founder, CEO, Chairman of the Board |
Parthenon Therapeutics |
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Laurent is a serial biotech entrepreneur and senior executive in the industry. He has led and/or contributed to the identification and development of seven novel medicines (Xeljanz®, Hemangiol®, Javlor®, Renflexis®, Brenzys®, Ontruzant®, Hadlima® – biologics and small molecules) addressing unmet medical need across multiple disease areas that generate > $2B in annual sales. Laurent has also led business and R&D functions in both pharma and biotech (US and EU), including CEO of Kymera Therapeutics, head of R&D with Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals, and positions of increasing leadership responsibilities on the business and science fronts at Pfizer, Merck, MedImmune, and Pieris contributing to the advancement of 21 drug candidates into clinical development across multiple disease areas and modalities. |
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Vivian |
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Choi |
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Head of Global Gene Therapy Research |
Takeda |
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Tirtha |
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Chakraborty |
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Chief Scientific Officer |
Vor Biopharma |
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Sashka |
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Dimitrievska |
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Global Therapeutic Area Head Oncology Clinical Insights |
AstraZeneca |
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Sashka leads the Global AstraZeneca Oncology Information Practice (IP) department focused on generating informed decisions in late stage drug development across the oncology portfolio. Prior to joining AstraZeneca in 2017, Sashka worked in Alexion Pharmaceuticals Strategy & Intelligence, followed by a role in Alexion US Marketing. She holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and an MBA training from Yale University. |
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Gregory |
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Fiore |
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Chief Executive |
Exacis Biotherapeutics |
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Marco |
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Gottardis |
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Vice President of Oncology Innovation |
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson |
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Vijay |
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Kasturi |
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Vice President, Clinical Development/ Medical Affairs |
AVEO Oncology |
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An accomplished hematologist-oncologist and researcher, Dr. Vijay Kasturi oversees the medical affairs team at Aveo Oncology. For more than 25 years Vijay has built a stellar career establishing and executing global and regional strategies that have brought innovative new treatment options to patients in hematology and oncology.
Prior to joining Aveo, Vijay was SVP of Scientific Affairs at FerGene, and led both Medical Affairs and Clinical Development. He has also led U.S. Medical Affairs, Oncology for EMD Serono where he had broad leadership responsibilities, including external stakeholder management, evidence generation, medical education and publication strategy. During his time with EMD Serono, Vijay also developed and managed the global medical strategy and launch plan for the company’s anti-PD-L1 agent (avelumab), including indications in Merkel cell, urothelial, and kidney cancer.
Earlier in this career, Vijay served as an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and was the program leader for genitourinary oncology at UMass Memorial Cancer Center. He trained in Hematology-Oncology at the National Cancer Institute and worked as an investigator and physician at the National Cancer Institute and at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
He has authored numerous publications and has been the recipient of numerous awards for his work in medicine. |
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Karuppiah |
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Kannan |
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Executive Director – Global Program Leader |
Takeda |
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Karuppiah Kannan is an Executive Director in the department of Drug Development Management at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, where he has been working for the past 8+ years. Prior to that, Kannan was at AVEO Pharmaceuticals, joined as one of the first five employees of the company, helped build the company to be a 200 employee company by the time he left, leading various efforts in Discovery and Translational research for oncology drugs. He is a founder/treasurer of Boston Pharmaceutical and Biosciences Society, a non-profit organization that fosters education and training among early career scientists in the greater Boston area. Through his school days he has fought against female infanticide, dowry system and gender inequality specifically fighting for education for women which were common problems in the region where he grew up. He was an ardent supporter of women in STEM through active participation and volunteering in Diversity & Inclusion programs at Takeda, DIGITs program, Cambridge Science Fair, MSSEF etc. He is also a founding biking Team Captain for Team Takeda, helping team members train and ride Pan Mass Challenge and raised ~$290K in 7 years to support cancer research. |
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Johanna |
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Kaufmann, PhD |
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Executive Vice President Oncology |
Codagenix Inc. |
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Dr. Kaufmann is a scientific and strategic leader in immuno-oncology with broad expertise across preclinical and translational drug development. Before joining Codagenix, she was a Scientific Director at GSK, leading an immune biology group and supporting progression of multiple portfolio assets as part of the immuno-oncology senior leadership team. She previously led mechanisms of action studies for immuno-oncology assets at TESARO and headed three preclinical herpes virus vaccine programs at Genocea Biosciences. Dr. Kaufmann earned a MS in Molecular Medicine from Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany, and a PhD in Cancer Virology from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University, Germany. |
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Geoffrey |
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Hodge |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Sotio |
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Jeffrey |
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Humphrey |
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Member of Board of Directors |
Constellation Pharmaceuticals |
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Dr. Jeff Humphrey is currently Chief Medical Officer of Constellation Pharmaceuticals overseeing development of a pipeline of drugs that modify epigenetic regulation of gene expression. Previously at Kyowa Kirin as Chief Development Officer, he built US and EU research capabilities and guided development of burosumab, mogamulizumab, and istradefylline to approvals and US/EU launches (Poteligeo®, Nourianz®, Crysvita®). Dr. Humphrey began industry clinical research at Bristol-Myers Squibb and subsequently served in management positions for early and late drug development and medical affairs at Pfizer, Bayer, and Bristol Myers Squibb, participating in development of novel oncology drugs in all phases, from pre-IND to post-launch (Nexavar®, Erbitux®, Sprycel®, Yervoy®). Dr. Humphrey is a graduate of Harvard College and CWRU School of Medicine, and completed medical residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and post-doctoral fellowships in human genetics and medical oncology at the US National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, where he was board-certified in oncology. |
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Punit Upadhyaya |
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Director |
Curie Therapeutics |
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Oscar |
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Segurado |
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Chief Medical Officer |
ASC Therapeutics |
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Oscar Segurado is an executive veteran of the biopharmaceutical industry with extensive global leadership experience in translational science, clinical development and global medical affairs. C-suite executive and industry leader providing in-depth expertise for pre-clinical and clinical study strategy, planning, execution and monitoring, regulatory interactions, investor relations, fundraising, M&A and IPO process and deliverables. Chief Medical Officer for ASC Therapeutics, former CMO for Symvivo, Myriad Genetics and CellMax Life, Vice President for Becton Dickinson and Global Medical Head for Abbott/AbbVie (Humira). Author and co-author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, including Nature, Lancet and Journal of Experimental Medicine, books and medical articles and member of several scientific and medical societies. Holding a tenured Professorship of Immunology at the University of Leon, Spain. Received PhD from the University of Wuerzburg, Germany and MD from the University of Salamanca, Spain. |
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David |
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Sherris |
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CEO |
Attivare Therapeutics |
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Dr. Sherris has over 30 years’ experience in translational medicine involving basic research, pharmaceutics and diagnostics. Dr. Sherris has been a successful serial entrepreneur developing biotechnology companies from the ground up, devising corporate strategy, enacting programs and carrying companies through funding and acquisition. Dr. Sherris prides himself as a “roll up your sleeves” CEO, entrepreneur, business development officer, drug developer and scientist, not simply a delegator. Dr. Sherris has worked with venture capital companies where he has both advised and raised finances for biotech companies. Dr. Sherris has been employed by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to manage external (academic groups and contract research organizations) and internal (directly manage, augment and expand internal scientific programs) research and development. Dr. Sherris has been a frequently invited guest speaker at biopharmaceutical business and scientific conferences, a published author and holder of patents in a wide range of therapeutic areas including oncology, ophthalmology, dermatology, neurology, gene therapy and infectious disease. Dr. Sherris has held positions of increasing responsibility in public and private companies. Dr. Sherris has developed drugs from the bench to the clinic, partnered technologies to pharmaceutical companies and raised capital for companies at the triple digit million dollar levels. |
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Reshma |
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Singh |
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Director, Translational Medicine |
Takeda |
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George |
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Tetz |
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Chief Executive Officer |
CLS Therapeutics |
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Dr. Tetz’s research is a pioneer in uncovering the role of extracellular nucleic acids as a new group of previously overlooked therapeutic targets. His discoveries paved a way for the therapy of devastating pathologies such as therapy-resistant cancers, stroke, graft- versus host disease and neurodegenerative conditions. Dr. Tetz has over 19 years of experience in strategic management, research, and commercialization in life science. He is a Co-founder and CEO of CLS Therapeutics which is developing novel drugs based on a proprietary “CLS-DEnz” platform utilizing a cell-free DNA as a novel therapeutic target. |