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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 March 16, 2025

Albert Bourla

Albert Bourla

Chairman & CEO, Pfizer
Andrea Ciucci

Andrea Ciucci, Reverend, MD. PhD

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

Robert M. Davis-1

Robert M. Davis

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Merck & Co., Inc
Michael J. Dowling

Michael J. Dowling

President and CEO, Northwell Health

⁠Kenneth C. Frazier

⁠Kenneth C. Frazier

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

Joel Marcus

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

Michael Rosenblatt

Michael Rosenblatt

Prix Galien Awards Committee Chair
⁠Thomas Schinecker

Thomas Schinecker

Chief Executive Officer, Roche Group

Daniel M. Skovronsky

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

⁠Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Marc Tessier-Lavigne

President Emeritus and Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

⁠George Yancopoulos

⁠George Yancopoulos

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

Lynne Zydowsky

Lynne Zydowsky

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