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Mike Huckman
Senior Advisor, Executive Communications,
Real Chemistry
At Real Chemistry, Mike works with many C-suite clients, senior managers and external key opinion leaders on corporate and media strategy, reputation management, positioning, messaging, presentation and media coaching, regulatory consulting, and crisis and issues planning and management. Mike also regularly serves as a presenter, moderator, interviewer and MC for corporate and industry events.
Before joining Real Chemistry via the firm’s October 2016 acquisition of life sciences boutique Pure Communications, where he served in a similar role, Mike was an SVP at Publicis Groupe agency MSL. Prior to that, he spent nearly 10 years at business cable network CNBC where he reported on the financial markets and economy as well as established a specialty in coverage of the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device sectors. He earned a reputation as a go-to journalist on breaking stories in the life sciences and for scoring dozens of exclusive interviews with CEOs and key opinion leaders. Before arriving at CNBC, Mike was a local TV news reporter for nearly 18 years, during which time he won many awards, including three Emmys.
Mike’s work has spanned hundreds of companies primarily within the healthcare sector, from large-cap pharmaceuticals to start-ups, hospital systems, non-profits and venture capital firms, including: a16z, AbbVie, Alexandria Real Estate Equities,, Amicus Therapeutics,, BIO, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, City of Hope, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly, Exact Sciences, Gilead Sciences, Global Blood Therapeutics, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, National Pharmaceutical Council, Pfizer, Roche/Genentech, Sanofi, Takeda, Third Rock Ventures, Verily Life Sciences, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals.Â
Mike is a proud graduate of the University of Southern California where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism. Mike also serves on the emerging companies section of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Board of Directors and Life Science Cares Board of National Advisors. Mike lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico with his husband John, a novelist, and their labradoodle rescue Remy.
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When News Breaks...27-Oct-2025Schuyler Ballroom
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