Forge pharma’s new identity. Spark healthcare’s revolution 2023 | Reuters Events | 28 March 2023 | Pennsylvania Convention Center, 101 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA

These are the qualities of a healthcare system that actively serves its purpose – yet instead, the US is hindered by mounting financial toxicity, unprecedented politicization of science and eroding public trust.

To capitalize on three years of extraordinary momentum and lead healthcare’s reform, pharma must embody the traits that healthcare needs to thrive and restructure in pursuit of change.

Seize the moment at Reuters Events: Pharma USA 2023 to lead pharma’s internal revolution and drive this critical systemic transformation. Join 1000+ of North America’s visionary pharma changemakers, leading solution providers, patient experts and industry heavyweights to catapult commercial excellence, ingrain patient-first strategies into the heart of pharma’s fabric and heed the long-awaited rebirth of America’s healthcare system. 

2023 Speakers

Alexander Hardy
CEO, Genentech

Maria Whitman,
Managing Partner, Global Commercialization Strategy and Solutions, ZS

Johanna Mercier
Chief Commercial Officer, Gilead Sciences

Julie Kim
President U.S. Business Unit and U.S. Country Head, Takeda

Michelle Teuscher
Industry Principal - Life Science, Treasure Data

Dax Alexander
Global Business Director, Tag

Trenor Williams
CEO and Co-Founder, Socially Determined

Michael Devinoff
SVP, Head of Enterprise Strategy and Performance, Bristol Myers Squibb

Tom Hayes
Senior Director, OCE Product Strategy and Commercialization, IQVIA

Jane Urban
VP, Head of Data, Digital and Technology for Global Medical and Commercial, Takeda

Angelo Campano
SVP Market Engagement, OptimizeRx

Maria Cipicchio
SVP Marketing and Communications, OptimizeRx

Sean Frontz
Global Practice Leader, Sales Performance, Performance Development Group

Chris Deluzio
VP, Migraine Operations, Pfizer

Harsha Kulkarni
Senior Associate Director, Analytics and Insights, Boehringer Ingelheim

Stephen Hoelper
VP, Product Growth, Syneos Health

Ritu Nadkarni
Commercial Regional Director, South East, Biogen

Jay Erickson
Chief Innovation Officer, Modus

Tom Foley
VP, Experience Design, Modus

Adam Pryor
Corporate Communications, Genentech

James Ian
Singer and Songwriter

Sawsan Zakaria
Model/Actress

Maria Kirsch
General Manager, Patient Services, Eversana

Greg Skalicky
President & Chief Revenue Officer, Eversana

Joshua Bergen
Director, Advocacy and Professional Relations, Pfizer

Brianna Hoffner
Patient Advocate and Chief Medical Officer, BroadcastMed

Nuray Yurt
Head, Digital, Data & Analytics Activation, Human Health, Merck

Gaurav Kandhari
President, ValueDo Life Sciences Consulting

Craig McGettigan
AVP, Head of Omnichannel Enablement, Sanofi

Gergana Zletava
VP, Value and Access Strategy Business Unit Lead, Oncology, Patient and Health Impact, Pfizer

Amelia Warren Tyagi
CEO, Business Talent Group

Ava Bousher
Director, US Market Access, AbbVie

LaShell Robinson
Director of Diversity & Inclusion in Clinical Trials, Takeda

Dr. Jay Bhatt
Managing Director, US Health Equity Institute & Center for Health Solutions, Deloitte LLP

Shalini Mohan
Executive Director, Head of Health Equity and Inclusive Research (HEIR), US Medical Affairs, Genentech

Temi Folaranmi
VP, U.S. Medical and Clinical Affairs, Vaccines, GSK

Burgess Harrison
Executive Director, National Minority Health Association

Christie Bloomquist
VP, US Corporate and Government Affairs, AstraZeneca

Lisa Rice
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship

Sunil Verma
SVP, Global Head of Oncology, Medical, AstraZeneca

Mandeep Kaur
SVP, Global Medical Affairs and Outcomes Research, Horizon

Lance Hill
CEO, Within3

Toni Burgess
Head, Medical Engagement and Capabilities, US Medical Affairs, GSK

Christine Yu
President, P2P Syncro

Andrew Rosen
Senior Director, Integrated Evidence Team Leader, Moderna

Sandra Casiano
Senior Medical Director, Sanofi

Isabel Firmino
VP Head Global Medical Affairs, Alexion

Josh Schwartz
VP, Medical Affairs – North America, BeiGene

Gautham Nagabhushana
Partner, Data & Technology Transformation - Lifesciences, Healthcare, Public Markets, IBM

Marjan Shamsaei
VP, Head of Commercial, Allogene Therapeutics

Warner Biddle
SVP, Global Head of Commercial, Kite Pharma

Mike Rea
Senior Fellow, Milken Institute

Bill Nichols
VP, Marketing, bluebird bird

Abhi Gupta
Senior Director, Global Gene Therapy, Pfizer

Robert Sexton
VP, Program Alliance and Leadership, Mustang Bio

Biljana Naumovic
Global VP, US Oncology, Janssen

Marie Muniz
Senior Director, Marketing – Gene Therapy, PTC Therapeutics

Rita Johnson-Greene
Senior Commercial Leader – Gene Therapy

Sumit Verma
SVP, Global Strategic Manufacturing, Iovance Therapeutics

Vasu Rangadass
CEO and President, L7 Informatics

Gary Potter
SVP, Global Operations, ASC Therapeutics

Antonio Vernacchio
VP, External Manufacturing, Sangamo Therapeutics

Nicoletta Logia
Chief Technical Officer, Orchard Therapeutics

Matthew Hewitt
VP, Technical Officer of Cell and Gene Therapy and Biologics, Charles River Laboratories

Saket Malhotra
Head of Commercial Information Management and Enablement, Ipsen

Rajat Mishra
Founder and CEO, Prezent

Raghuraj Shahapurkar
Director Global Commercial Data Management, Moderna

Dirk Abeel
Global Head, GTM and Customer Success, Pitcher

Christy Shafer
Chief Commercial Officer, Marinus Pharma

Jasmin Patel
Client Service Partner & Global Life Sciences Practice Lead, a-connect

Usman ‘Oz’ Azam
CEO, Empyrean Neuroscience

Justin Molavi
Director, CMG Strategy & Insights, Genentech

Arun Thachi
Director, Head of IT Marketing and Sales, Omnichannel Ecosystem Evolution, Boehringer Ingelheim

Muthu Ramanathan
VP, Product Development and Innovation, Trinity Life Sciences

Abhishek Singh
Head of Commercial Analytics & Solutions, Merck

Amit Sharma
Executive Director, Marketing Operations, Merck

Gunjan Aggarwal
Executive Director, Data, Strategy and Capabilities, Novartis

Ashish Sharma
VP, Strategic Data Products, Novartis

Natalie Mancuso
Market Strategy and Innovation Lead, Digital, Komodo Health

Jonathan Zile
SVP, Data Solutions, PulsePoint

Bryan Cohen
Director, Digital Content Systems, Moderna

Ashley Ryneska
Executive Director, Digital, Gilead

Amit Phull
SVP, Strategy and Insights, Doximity

Gaetan Akinrolabu
Director, Corporate Marketing and Digital Media - Strategy, Channels and Content, Mirati Therapeutics

Marcy Rudowitz
Associate Director, Global Voice of Customer Program, Moderna

Susan Abedi
Chief Strategy Officer, 81qd

Anna Murzhenko
PharmD, VP, Medical Affairs, Y-mAbs Therapeutics

Neil Adams
Manager, Industry Solutions – North America, Karger

Julia Sussner
Industry Services & Markets Manager, Karger

Christina Goetjen
General Manager, Springer Healthcare

Lori Salamida
Instructional Designer, Springer Healthcare

Christopher Boone
VP, Global Head, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, AbbVie

Brandi Greenberg
VP, Market Strategy & Customer Insight, Optum Life Sciences

Solomon Banjo
Managing Director, Health Care Ecosystem & Life Sciences Research, Advisory Board

Enkeleida Nikai-Fitzgerald
VP, Global RWE, Global Commercial Data Science, Janssen

Jason Lott
VP Global Integrated Evidence Generation, Specialty Medicine, Integrated Care, and Cell-Gene Therapy, Bayer

Vishvas Garg
Head of HEOR for Dermatology, AbbVie

Yi Qian
Senior Director, Real World Value and Evidence, Johnson and Johnson

Paul Upham
Head, Smart Devices, Genentech/Roche

J.R Meloro
Global Head, Data Dissemination and Transparency, Pfizer

Kevin L. Hagan
President and CEO, PAN Foundation

Radi Tunstall
Head, Global Patient Expierience and Policy, Santen

Peter Sallstig
Chief Medical Officer, Santen

Elena Sturman
President and CEO, Glaucoma Foundation

Maimah Karmo
President and CEO, Tigerlily Foundation

Ligia Del Bianco
Head of Patient Advocacy, Biogen

Connie Montgomery
Patient Advocate

Susan Manoff
Executive Director Infectious Disease, Vaccines, Merck

Lyndi Hirsch, SVP, Head of Strategic Marketing and Communications, Medisafe

Anton Baturan
Director of Digital Transformation Strategy, & Innovation, SoftServe

Steve LoSardo
VP, Life Science Solutions & Consulting, SoftServe

Kimberly Schaefer
RN, BA, BSN is the Director, Life Science Solutions & Consulting, SoftServe

Gianluca Pirozzi
SVP, Head of Development and Safety at Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease

Luther T Clark
Executive Director, Patient Innovation and Engagement, Merck

Martha Raymond
CEO and Founder, The Raymond Foundation

Emily Freeman
Senior Director, Patient Engagement, Gilead

Anthony Scatamacchia
Head, Patient Support Services - Innovation, Sanofi

Mike Petroutsas
SVP, Head of US Speciality Business Unit, GSK

Bill Grambley
CEO, AllazoHealth

Ella Basala
Patient Advocate

Robert Rouse
Head of US Market Access, CSL Behring

Joshua Sammon
Senior Director, Market Access Strategy - Hemophilia, BioMarin

Mark Trushiem
Strategic Director, Tufts Medical Center

David Yoder
VP, Member Service and Benefits, BCBSA

Kristin Wolff
VP, Market Access, bluebird bio

Gail Ryan
Director of Pharmaceutical Innovation, Point32 Health

Burcu Kazazoglu Taylor
Senior Director, Global Value and Access, Novartis Gene Therapies

Michael Malecki
Head, Access and Reimbursement, Blue Note Therapeutics

Peter Marks
Director, Center of Biologics and Research Evaluation, FDA

Kinnari Patel
President and COO, Rocket Pharma

Margarita Valdez
Director of Policy and Advocacy, ASGCT

Greg Knust
CEO and President, Aurion Biotech

Victor Bulto
President, Innovative Medicines US, Novartis

Dirk Reitsma
SVP Global Product Development, PPD

Arpa Garay
Chief Commercial Officer, Moderna

Umang Vohra
CEO, Cipla

Anna Sandler
Global Head of Digital Health, Teva Pharmaceuticals

Melinda Decker
Advisor and Fractional Chief Commercial Officer, Plexus Ventures

MODERATOR:

Troy Ament
Field CISO, Healthcare, Fortinet

Lance Hill
CEO, Within3

Stan Tsvirko
Executive Director, Head Digital Medical Affairs IM US, Novartis

Susan Snodgrass
MD, BPharm, VP, US Medical Affairs, Incyte

Tiffany Woo, M.S.
Medical Affairs International CoE Lead, Organon

Juliana Shimer
Director, Global Marketing, Alynlam

Jo Ann Saitta
Managing Director, Digital Transformation, EY

Ozgun Demir
Head, Digital Marketing, Genentech

Donna Huang
Senior Director, Sales Innovation, AstraZeneca

Dr. Karen Knudsen
CEO, American Cancer Society

Wanda Bryant Hope
Chief DEI Officer, Johnson & Johnson

Elizabeth H.Z. Thompson, Ph.D
EVP, Research and Development, Horizon Therapeutics

Julien Oleg Willard
MD MPH, Partner & Global Leader for Life Sciences Strategy, IBM

Ariel Katz
CEO, H1

Tolga Tanguler
Chief Commercial Officer, Alnylam

Elaine Gamble
Director, Omnichannel Strategy and Experiences, CNS, Otsuka

Sanobar Syed
Market Insights Lead, BeiGene

Pallavi Garg
Head of Global Oncology Products and Pipeline Strategy, Takeda

Manu Garg
VP, Head of Healthcare Consulting, Definitive Healthcare

Megs Shah
Global Head, Commercial Data and Analytics Capability, CSL Behring

John Hess
Head of North America, Chiesi Global Rare Diseases

Kelci Miclaus
Global Head, Health and Life Sciences, AI Solutions, dataiku

Joaquin Martinez
VP, Respiratory Marketing, US Commercial, GSK

Vinessa Pearson
Director, Strategy and Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb

Bhupinder Kaur
Director, Commercial Data Governance, Alexion

Sunil Dravida
Global Head, Real-World Data Center of Excellence, Takeda

Lindsay Lorenzen
VP, Global Solution Consulting, MMIT

Larry Bressler
Head, Value and Market Access, Chiesi Global Rare Diseases

Amy Brown
CEO and Founder, Authenticx

Brad Bailey
SVP and GM, US, Genmab

Eileen Vodvarka
Customer Engagement Director, AstraZeneca

2023 Sponsors

GLOBAL SPONSORS:
• PPD
• Within3

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• H1
• ZS
• ValueDo Consulting
• Trinity Life Sciences
• Allazo Health
• Doximity
• Eversana
• Treasure Data
• Deloitte

GOLD SPONSORS:
• a-connect
• Medisafe
• Authenticx
• EY
• Performance Development Group
• OptimizeRx
• Komodo Health
• Pitcher
• Karger Publisher
• MMIT
• Dataiku
• Amerisource Bergen
• Precision Xtract
• Prezent
• Syneos Health
• Optum
• Advisory Board
• Flywheel
• Fortinet
• Business Talent Group
• TAG
• PAN Foundation
• IQVIA
• Definitive Healthcare
• IPM.ai
• Ashfield Engage
• Socially Determined
• L7 Informatics
• Ostro
• SoftServe
• P2P Syncro
• Evidation
• Charles River Laboratories
• Modus
• Aktana
• IBM

NETWORKING DRINKS SPONSOR:
• Healio