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Sachs Associates would like to say we enjoyed hosting you at our 6th Annual Neuroscience Innovation Forum (NIF). We would like to thank those who joined us in-person in San Francisco and those who participated virtually last week. A special thank you goes to the excellent line up of sponsors, chairs, panelists and presenters who made such a broad and interesting programme possible.
The NIF has proven to be successful in supporting our community with 358 people from 23 countries registered and a busy meeting system.

We look forward to welcoming you again to our future events!

Sponsors Included:

Showcases Included:

Keynote Speakers Included:

• Keynote Speech: “HK Neurosciences Opportunities & Beyond” by Dimitris Horiatis, Senior Manager, Innovation & Technology, Invest Hong Kong
  
• Harry Tracy, President, NI Research Inc.
• Keynote Speech: “Virulent Factor Releasing Porphyromonas Gingivalis Driving Neurological Disease: Novel CDX & TX” by Peter Nara, Chief Scientific Officer, Keystone Bio, Inc.
• Keynote Speech: “AI & the Power of Prediction: Designing More Efficient, Patient-focused Alzheimer’s Trials” by Charles Fisher, Founder & CEO, Unlearn.AI, Inc.

Chairs & Speakers Included:

• Adam Bruce, Founder, Chairman &  CEO, TikoMed AB
• Antoine Papiernik, Chairman & Managing Partner, Sofinnova Partners
• Armineh Ghazarian, Portfolio Manager, National Institute on Aging
• Beth Shafer, VP, Head of R&D BD, Gastroenterology, Neuroscience, Drug Discovery Sciences & Externalizations, Center for External Innovation, Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.
• Brian Pepin, Founder & CEO, Rune Labs, Inc.
• Bruce Leuchter, President & CEO, Neurvati Neurosciences, Inc.
• Carlos Buesa, Founder & CEO, Oryzon Genomics, S.A.
• Catherine Abbadie, Global Head S&E, Simcere Pharmaceutical Group
• Céline Bouquet, Neuroscience, Ophthalmology & Rare Diseases Pharma Partnering Site Head Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
• Charles Stacey, President & CEO, Cerecin Inc.
• Cheryl Zimberlin, Investment Director, M Ventures
• Christa Studzinski, Manager, Partnerships & Investor Relations, Ontario Brain Institute
• Christian Thomsen, Global Head, CNS BD&L, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
• Clement Gautier, Senior Director, External Innovation, Ipsen
• Daniel Lee, Managing Director, PJT Partners
• Dave Miller, CSO, Unlearn.AI, Inc.
• David Neustaedter, Venture Partner, Deerfield Management
• David Stamler, CEO, Alterity Therapeutics
• Diana Saraceni, Founding Partner, Panakès Partners SGR SpA
• Dirk Landgraf, Vice President - The Dementia Discovery Fund, SV Health Investors LLP
• Dmitrij Hristodorov, Partner, Forbion
• Guy Seabrook, Vice President & Global Lead, Neuroscience External Innovation, Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC
• H. Nida Sen, Global Clinical Development Lead, Janssen Research & Development, LLC
• James Cavuoto, Editor & Publisher, Neurotech Reports
• Jay Olson, Managing Director & Senior Analyst, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
• Jenny Barnett, CEO, Monument Therapeutics Limited
• Jenny Laird, Vice President, Search & Evaluation - Neuroscience, Eli Lilly and Company
• Jesús Martin-Garcia, CEO, GeNeuro SA
• Jill Hopkins, SVP Global Drug Development Ophthalmology, Novartis AG
• Joel Sandler, Principal, Lumanity
• John Alam, Founder & CEO, EIP Pharma, Inc.
• Julianna Sullivan, Associate Director, Research Alliances, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
• Julien Veys, CBO, Theranexus S.A.
• Keld Flintholm Jørgensen, Executive VP & CBO, H. Lundbeck A/S
• Kerrie Brady, President & CEO, OcuTerra Therapeutics Inc.
• Lisa Ricciardi, President & CEO, Cognition Therapeutics, Inc.
• Luca Benatti, CEO, EryDel SpA
• Luca Ravagnan, Co-Founder & CEO, WISE S.r.l.
• Lynn Durham, Founder & CEO, STALICLA SA
• Manuel López-Figueroa, Scientific Liaison, Pritzker Neuropsychiatric Disorders Research Consortium
• Meredith Fisher, Partner, Mass General Brigham Ventures
• Murali Gopalakrishnan, Global Head, Neuroscience Search & Evaluation, Corporate Strategy Office, AbbVie, Inc.
• Paul Bresge, CEO, Ray Therapeutics
• Peter Louwagie, BD&L Partnering Immunology Head, Novartis AG
• Peter Thompson, General Partner, OrbiMed Advisors LLC
• Rafiq Hasan, CEO, Complement Therapeutics Ltd
• Riad Sherif, CEO, Oculis SA
• Richard Godfrey, CEO, IRLAB Therapeutics AB
• Ross O’Neill, Founder & CEO, Neuromod Devices
• Sahil Kirpekar, CBO, atai Life Sciences N.V.
• Stephanie Léouzon, Partner & Head of Europe, Torreya
• Steve Dickman, CEO, CBT Advisors
• Sumant Kulkarni, Managing Director, Biotechnology Equity Research, Canaccord Genuity LLC
• Thomas Shrader, Managing Director & Healthcare Analyst, BTIG, LLC
• More TBA...

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To learn more about presenting, exhibiting or sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at  [email protected]  or call us on + 44 (0) 203 463 4890. 

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Financial, Advisory & Investors Attending:

Agile Capital Markets
3E Bioventures
5AM Ventures
82VS
Abingworth LLP
Alpha Bronze
Aqua Partners LLC
Avestria Ventures
BERNINA BioInvest
Bioqube Ventures
Blackstone Life Sciences
Bradley Woods & Co. Ltd.
Brandon Capital
BTIG, LLC
Capital Family Office
Cassel Salpeter & Co., LLC
CBT Advisors
CTI Life Sciences
Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
Deerfield Management
DEFTA Partners
DigiTx Partners
Droia Ventures
Eight Roads Ventures
EQT Life Sciences
Ferghana Partners
Forbion
Fraser Finance LLP
Generation Fund
Gimv
Global Emerging Markets (GEM)
GreenSky Capital
HBM Partners AG
Health Innovation Capital
Hestia Investments Ltd.
Ignite Capital Partners, Inc.
Impact India Investment Partners, LLC
Indaco Venture Partners SGR S.p.A.
Intermediate Capital Group PLC
Inveready Asset Management
IPF Partners
Jeito Capital
Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson Innovation- JJDC
Johnston Associates
Kaleida Capital
Korys Investments NV
Landmark Angels, Inc.
Lilly Asia Ventures
Lucia Capital
Lumira Ventures
M Ventures
Mass General Brigham Ventures
Mid Atlantic Bio Angels


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