Boston Life Sciences Showcase | Biotech and Big Pharma: Navigating Synergies in Today’s Landscape
When:
June 17, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST
People:
Weihong Hsing, Ph.D., TaeSoo Sean Kim and Mai Zymaris
Location:
Tufts University Engineering School Joyce Cummings Center177 College Avenue
Medford, MA 02155
Ice Miller partners Weihong Hsing and TaeSoo Sean Kim will be moderating separate panels at the at the Boston Life Sciences Showcase. Partner Mai Zymaris is co-hosting the event. In the context of shifting market dynamics, regulatory uncertainty, and increased pressure for capital efficiency, this showcase will explore how biotech startups and large pharmaceutical companies are responding to these pressures and where their strategies align. The program will feature presentations from 3 companies of various stages of growth, along with 2 panel discussions that examine industry responses at both ends of the innovation spectrum.
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Ice Miller Presentations:
Biotech Entrepreneur & Executive Panel (6:40 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)
Moderated by Sean Kim, Partner, Ice Miller LLP
Panelists:
- Dr. Anh Hoang, CEO, Jana Care
- Dr. Shaheen Lakhan, Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, Click Therapeutics
- Jean Pham, Co-Founder & CEO, Cellens
- Jake Lombardo, Co-Founder & CEO, Anodyne Nanotech
- Gina Song, Senior Director, Business Development, Schrödinger
Pharma & Investor Panel (7:25 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.)
Moderated by Weihong Hsing, Ph.D., Office Managing Partner, Ice Miller LLP
Panelists:
- Dr. Karen Reeves, Senior Vice President, Investments of Head of Clinical Strategy (Life Sciences), Ligand Pharmaceuticals
- Dr. Michael Singer, Entrepreneur & Investor, Co-founder of Cartesian Therapeutics, Topokine, and HealthHonors
- Christoph Hofbauer, Senior Director, Alexion Rare Disease Unit, AstraZenaca
- So-Young Jang, Senior Director of New Business Division, Celltrion
