Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Panel: Renovation and Competition

Pharmaceutical and biomedical device is a large, high-growth, globalized, and innovation intensive industry. Its products – drugs or medical device – are directed to satisfy consumer needs in health care – which is vital for society. The pharmaceutical company faces numerous challenges in its efforts to improve productivity and to strengthen the product portfolio.
Utilizing the cutting edge technology, medical device engineers develop the device for disease diagnosis and treatment to meet the growing healthcare needs. Therefore, innovation is the driving force behind growth of the whole health care industry.
The pharmaceutical/medical device panel staffed with outstanding leaders and successful entrepreneurs from biotech and medical device companies. The 90 minutes interactive talk will cover the topic about strategies for facilitating the drug discovery and development process, key trends in pharmaceutical alliance and licensing agreements and the opportunity and challenge that medical device company faces. The panel discussion will also shed light on how young pharmaceutical professionals can strategically and practically plan their career paths to fit in the fast-paced industry. This panel will be moderated by Dr. Linping Zhang, a MIT Sloan fellow, who was a senior scientist and project leader at Infinity Pharmaceuticals.