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5:30 PM
  1. Welcome Happy Hour
    90 mins
    Sponsored by:

    genentech

 

 

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7:00 AM
  1. Breakfast
    Promenade Foyer
    90 mins
8:50 AM
  1. Home Run! Patient Advocates Leading the Way
    Grand Ballroom
    30 mins
10:00 AM
  1. Policy Braintrust, Federal Edition: Ask the Experts
    East Ballroom
    45 mins
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Anna Abram
    Anna Abram, Senior Advisor - Akin
    Speaker image for Kimberlee Trzeciak
    Kimberlee Trzeciak, Vice President U.S. Government and Regulatory Affairs - US Pharmacopeia
  2. Welcome to the Big Leagues: Advocacy in Practice
    Grand Ballroom
    45 mins
    Moderator
    Speaker image for Brian DuVal
    Brian DuVal, Director, Patient Advocacy - Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Erin Darbouze
    Erin Darbouze, Senior Director of Policy & Advocacy - Research America
10:45 AM
  1. Pitch and Pivot! Keys to Make Your Communications More Powerful and Persuasive
    Grand Ballroom
    75 mins
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Mike Huckman
    Mike Huckman, Principal - Huckman Group
12:00 PM
  1. Lunch
    Promenade Foyer
    60 mins
2:35 PM
  1. Inside Baseball: IRA, PDABs, MFN & More
    Grand Ballroom
    30 mins
  2. From Ideas to Innovations: How Molecules Become Medicines
    East Ballroom
    30 mins
3:05 PM
  1. Networking Break
    10 mins
3:15 PM
  1. State of Play: Legislative Landscape for '27
    Grand Ballroom
    30 mins
3:50 PM
  1. 21st Century Access: Pain Points for Patients 
    Grand Ballroom
    30 mins
4:25 PM
  1. It's a Whole New Ballgame: Trust in Science 
    Grand Ballroom
    30 mins

 

 

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7:00 AM
  1. Breakfast
    Promenade Foyer
    90 mins
8:45 AM
  1. Fight of Our Lives: The People and Breakthroughs Changing What’s Possible
    Grand Ballroom
    15 mins
    Moderator
    Speaker image for Sarah Alspach
    Sarah Alspach, Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer - Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Katy Grainger
    Katy Grainger, Member, Board of Directors - Sepsis Alliance
9:00 AM
  1. PDUFA VIII. Demystified.
    Grand Ballroom
    30 mins
    Moderator
    Speaker image for Steve Berman
    Steve Berman, Vice President, Science and Regulatory Affairs Strategy - Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Adora Ndu
    Adora Ndu, Chief Regulatory Officer, and Executive Vice President of Portfolio Strategy and Management - BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.
    Speaker image for Jeff Allen
    Jeff Allen, President and CEO - Friends of Cancer Research
10:15 AM
  1. Networking Break
    30 mins
11:00 AM
  1. Getting the Runaround - Games Payers Play  
    30 mins
  2. Death By a Thousand Cuts
    30 mins
11:30 AM
  1. From Clinical Guidelines to Access in the Clinic
    East Ballroom
    30 mins
  2.  Stories and Statistics that Shape Smart Policy
    Grand Ballroom
    30 mins
12:00 PM
  1. Lunch
    60 mins