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To “celebrate” biomedical research as the substrate to this great life science industry. 

Thursday Oct. 30, 2025

7:30 AM - 4 PM
ALEXANDRIA CENTER FOR LIFE SCIENCES,
NEW YORK CITY

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Thursday Oct. 26, 2023

Science Meets Society:

Balancing Innovation, Equity and Public Health in a Post-Covid World

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The Galien Forum, hosted each fall at New York’s Alexandria Center for Life Sciences, provides an entire day of lively discussions featuring Nobel Laureates, prominent policymakers, and top industry leaders who share insights on the most pressing health issues of our era, while showcasing the newest research and clinical approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and cure.

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In the program Galien Forum 2023

Thursday Oct. 26, 2023

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PANEL 1
Conceiving, Creating and Building BioPharma Companies
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PANEL 2 
Climate Change and Public Health

Mental Health in America
PANEL 3 
Mental Health in America
Fireside with J&J’s Alex Gorsky
FIRESIDE CHAT 
Fireside Chat with Alex Gorsky
AI, Digital Health and Clinical Trials

PANEL 4a 
AI's Impact on Personal and Public Health -- Now & in the Future

PANEL OBESITY SCIENCE (1)

PANEL 4b 
Obesity Science &
Treatment Breakthroughs

Fireside with J&J’s Alex Gorsky
CEO PANEL

CEO panel: Albert Bourla (Pfizer),
Michael J. Dowling (Northwell Health),
David Epstein (Seagen)
and David Ricks (Eli Lilly)

Who will be speaking in 2025

Partial list as of May 28, 2025

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Albert Bourla

Chairman & CEO, Pfizer
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Andrea Ciucci, Reverend, MD. PhD

Secretary General of the RenAIssance Foundation, The Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican

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Robert M. Davis

Chairman and CEO, Merck & Co., Inc
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Mikael Dolsten

Former Chief Scientific Officer and President, Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Pfizer
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Michael J. Dowling

President and CEO, Northwell Health

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⁠Kenneth C. Frazier

Retired Chairman and CEO, Merck & Co., Inc.; Chairman, Health Assurance Initiatives, General Catalyst

Angela Hwang

Angela Hwang

CEO Metaphore Biotechnologies and CEO-Partner Flagship Pioneering
Julie Kim

Julie Kim

President, U.S. Business Unit, and U.S. Country Head, Takeda
President Sally Kornbluth

Sally Kornbluth

Pesident, MIT 
Rob Lin

Rob Lin

CEO, Avista Therapeutics
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Joel S. Marcus

Executive Chairman and Founder, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc./Alexandria Venture Investments

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John C. Reed, MD, PhD

Executive Vice President, Innovative Medicine R&D, Johnson & Johnson

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Michael Rosenblatt

Prix Galien Awards Committee Chair
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Thomas Schinecker

Chief Executive Officer, Roche Group

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Daniel M. Skovronsky
Chief Scientific Officer; President, Lilly Research Laboratories and Lilly Immunology, Eli Lilly and Company

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Devyn Smith

CEO, Arbor Biotechnologies & Ex-Officio Chairman ARM
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Marc Tessier-Lavigne

President Emeritus and Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

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⁠George Yancopoulos

Board co-chair, co-founder, President, and Chief Scientific Officer, Regeneron

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Lynne Zydowsky

Chief of Science, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc./Alexandria Venture Investments
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