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Healthcare Innovation Summit 2025

X factor Recap Agenda Day 1

Introduction to Deerfield Management

Speaker: Jim Flynn, Managing Partner of Deerfield Management

Introduction to Cure

Speaker: Seema Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of Cure

Introduction to Deerfield in Qatar and the Middle East

Speaker: Mussaad Al-Razouki, MD, Operating Partner of Deerfield Management

Cure Tour: Experience New York's Premiere Innovation Campus

Cure by Deerfield Accelerator Group Host: Anna DiNuzzo X Factor Group Host: Shannon Plumstead

Workshop: How to Build a Winning Pitch Workshop

Speaker: Sarah Sutton, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Endurance PR

Workshop: Business Model Fundamentals

Speaker: Mark Marino, Vice President, Growth Strategy, VentureWell Chelsea Schille, Director, Health Commercialization, VentureWell

X factor Recap Agenda Day 2

Welcome Remarks

Speaker: Seema Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of Cure

State of Global Healthcare Innovation Landscape

Moderator: Susan Lee, Partner, Life Science Group and Life Sciences Regulatory & Compliance at Goodwin

Panelist:

  • Robert M. Califf, MD, Former FDA Commissioner

  • Seema Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of Cure

Disruptive Technologies: AI's potential

"Moderator: Michelle Chen, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Form Bio

Panelists:

  • Najat Khan, PhD, Chief R&D Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, & Board Member at Recursion

  • Mark Michalski, M.D., Chief Information Officer at Deerfield Management

  • Maria Luisa Pineda, PhD, CEO and Co-Founder, Envisagenics

Fireside Chat with Daymond John, Star of ABC's Shark Tank

  • Moderator: Seema Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of Cure

  • Speaker: Daymond John, Star of ABC's Shark Tank

Longevity Unlocked: Innovating for a Healthy Future

Confirmed Moderator: Jeremy Abbate, Vice President and Publisher at Scientific American

Panelists:

  • Daymond John, Star of ABC's Shark Tank

  • Zahi Fayad, PhD, The Lucy G. Moses Professor in Medical Imaging and Bioengineering and Founding Director of the BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute at Mount Sinai

  • James Peyer, PhD, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Cambrian Bio "

Bullseye: Finding and Defining Your Market for Startup Growth

Moderator: Jennifer Hawks Bland, CEO, New York Bio

Panelists:

  • Valerie Palmieri, Chief Executive Officer & FOunder Momentum Consulting

  • Johanna Grossman, PhD. Head of Healthcare & Lifesciences, Capital Markets at New York Stock Exchange

  • Greg Moss, CB&LO, Evommune

  • Umbreen Bhatti, CEO, Springboard Enterprises

Capital Compass: Finding the Right Funding Source

Moderator: Brian Korb, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Astr Partners

Panelists:

  • Sarah E. Millar, PhD, Director of the Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Chair of the Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, & Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs in the Icahn School of Medicine

  • Tanima Sinha, Director Life Science Product Development and Government Contracts at BDO

  • Lynda Stuart, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Fund for Science & Technology (Virtual)

From Data to Results: Building your Compelling Investment Case

Confirmed Moderator: David Greenwald, PhD, Managing Director at Deerfield Management

Confirmed Panelist:

  • Aamir Rehman, Ed.D.,Associate Professor of Professional Practice and Senior Fellow at the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy

  • Jim Reddoch, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President of Investments at Royalty Pharma

  • Sara Nayeem, Executive Vice President of Investments at Enavate Sciences

Winning the Talent Game: The Secret Sauce to Human Capital

Confirmed Moderator: Franciscka Lucien, Senior Director of Health Equity at the Clinton Global Initiative

Panelists:

  • Shalabh Gupta, MD, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, & President at Unicycive

  • Christine Miller, Global Life Science Leader & Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Melinta Therapeutics

  • Juliet Arganoff, Chief People Officer for Taiho Oncology

Fireside Chat with Khalid A. Fakhro, PhD

  • Confirmed Moderator: Seema Kumar

  • Confirmed Speaker: Khalid Fakhro, PhD, Chief Research Officer of Sidra Medicines

X factor Recap Agenda Day 3

The State of US Healthcare Investment

Confirmed Speaker: Jim Flynn, Managing Partner at Deerfield Management

Breakthrough Innovation: Game Changing Trends in Healthcare

Moderator: David Ewing Duncan Best-selling Author and Award-winning Journalist

Panelists:

  • Robert C. Green, MD, MPH, Physician-Scientist, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  • Mathai Mammen, MD, PhD, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President, Parabilis Medicines

Novel Clinical Trial Designs for Greater Patient Engagement

Moderator: Holly Schachner, Chief Medical Officer of Deerfield Discovery and Development at Deerfield Management

Panelists:

  • Janice Chang, Chief Executive Officer of TransCelerate BioPharma

  • Lisa R. Trevino, PhD, Director, Clinical Trial Research Services, DLH, LLC

  • Alandra Weaver, Vice President of Clinical Quality and Research Innovation at the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation

Gateway to Growth: Navigating Strategic Alliances Across Borders

Moderator Confirmed: Rafael Perez, Director, Invest Qatar

Panelists:

  • Mussaad Al-Razouki, MD, Operating Partner at Deerfield Management

  • Viq Pervaaz - Senior Vice President, Innovation, NYC EDC

  • Devyn Smith, CEO, Arbor Biotech

  • Debra Yu, Cheif Operating Officer, Panacea

Innovation Spotlight: K-BioHealth Startup Pitches

  • BioBytes – A digital bio company providing MyoTest, an AI-driven solution for early prediction of muscle loss

  • Connected-In – A digital clinical data platform offering ABSQLUT e-CRF, an integrated solution for clinical trial data management

  • Dr.Cure – A next-generation radiotherapy platform company leveraging tumor microenvironment control technology for reactive oxygen species therapy

  • MEDI IoT – A healthtech company developing MEDI-EYE, a PBM-based portable eye treatment device

  • RomanSive – A wellness brand developing Kojaya Original Drink and Kojaya Jelly, plant-based melatonin functional beverages “COZA”

Innovation Spotlight: Innovation Seeking US Partnerships

  • Ceretype - A groundbreaking biomarker engine for neurologic and psychiatric disease

  • Deepecho - a healthtech and AI company developed by AI scientists and physicians, aiming to assist in medical diagnosis and preventive and predictive detection of prenatal complications.

  • Egal Pads - Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year as well as the Women’s Health Innovation award in the EU.

  • Limax Biosciences - mproving tissue healing for millions of patients around the world. Limax's core technology is focused on developing next generation biomaterials inspired by the sticky slime of slugs.

Beyond Approval: Winning at Reimbursement in Healthcare and Technology

Moderator: Crystal Kuntz, SVP, Health, Policy & Research, Biotechnology Innovation Organization

Panelists:

  • Heath Naquin, Senior Vice President, Innovation and New Ventures, University City Science Center

  • Sangeetha Ramsagar, Kronos Health

  • Vrunda Desai, Vice President, Medical Affairs and Clinical Strategy Associate Professor Adjunct, Yale School of Medicine

Closing Remarks

Speaker: Seema Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of Cure

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