CHAIR
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SPEAKER
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Joshua Boger, PhD, President & CEO , Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Robert Beall, PhD, President and CEO, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Russell Bromley, Chief Operating Officer, Myelin Repair Foundation
MS Kathy Giusti, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, CT, United States
Deborah W. Brooks, President and Co-Founder, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Joseph Garlich, PhD, President and Chief Scientist, Semafore Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Description
Often spending as much as a small biotech start-up, nonprofit disease research groups are creating innovative research collaborations, new methods of sharing data and results, and are "de-risking" the work of their for-profit partners. How can your company benefit from the investment of human and financial capital by these groups and get ahead of your competition?
Objectives:
Learn how to identify the most innovative nonprofit disease research organizations, those with a "business-model" approach to disease research that would make the best partners.
Learn about examples of existing successful partnerships between industry and nonprofits.
Learn about an initiative by BIO and nonprofit "action tank" FasterCures to create a clearinghouse that would facilitate the creation of effective nonprofit-industry partnerships.