

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


