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📣 Session Spotlight: Medical Affairs as the Strategic Launch Engine: Building the Team, Evidence, and Engagement Model for Launch Success

This panel brings together eight Medical Affairs leaders to break down what it really takes to build the team, evidence, and engagement model that drives launch success.

🎤 Daniela van Eickels, MD, PhD, MPH (Kyowa Kirin) · Taylor Salinardi, PhD (SynOx Therapeutics) · Carolyn Reever, PhD (Biogen) · Caroline Ojaimi (BioNTech) · Anna Murzhenko, PharmD · Noelle Griffin (Biogen) · Wallace Mondesaire, MD (Revolution Medicines) · Natalia Borinshteyn (Life Science Excellence)

📅 July 22–23, 2026 | 📍 Revere Hotel, Boston, MA | Launch Readiness Strategy Summit

Register today 👉 https://hubs.la/Q04k_vC80

📍 Save the Date!

The 7th Annual Thought Leader Liaison Engagement Summit is coming to Philadelphia this October!
Advancing the TLL Function — from Relationship Management to Strategic Influence.

📅 October 13–14, 2026 | 📍 Convene, Philadelphia, PA
Registration is now open — don't miss your chance to be part of the conversation. 👉 https://hubs.la/Q04kJG5P0

🔦 Session Spotlight | From Gap to Growth: Building Market Readiness Before Launch Through Disease Awareness, Partnerships, and Real-World Insight

Join Katina Krambeck, Executive Director of Global Cardiovascular Pre-Launch Marketing & Innovation Readiness at Lilly, as she shares how to close the gap between where the market is and where it needs to be — through disease awareness, strategic partnerships, and real-world evidence.

✔️ Identify gaps and unmet needs before launch
✔️ Build disease awareness through education and competitive analysis
✔️ Engage societies, advisory boards, and strategic collaborators early
✔️ Leverage RWE and patient insights to sharpen your messaging

📅 July 22–23, 2026 | 📍 Revere Hotel, Boston, MA | Launch Readiness Strategy Summit

🎟️ Use code KK15 for an extra 15% off!

Register today 👉 https://hubs.la/Q04kwlWc0

⏰ Today is the LAST DAY to register at the Early Bird rate!

Join the impactful leaders who've launched products and shaped the drugs changing patients' lives. When launches get decided, being in the room is what moves you forward.

Connect with Medical Affairs, Commercial, and Field leaders for two days of strategic thinking on building more confident, high-impact launch strategies.

📅 July 22–23, 2026 | 📍 Revere Hotel, Boston, MA | Launch Readiness Strategy Summit
Secure your spot before Early Bird closes today 👉 https://hubs.la/Q04kh9_d0

🏆 Sponsor Spotlight: PunttAI

We are proud to welcome PunttAI as our Thought Leadership Sponsor!

Puntt AI is on a mission to help regulated brands move faster without compromising compliance — automating marketing and promotional content reviews so teams can focus on what matters most.

We're grateful to have them as we bring together the brightest minds in promotional review this September.

📅 September 29–30, 2026 | 📍 Convene, Philadelphia, PA
🎟️ Use code PUNTT15 for an extra 15% off your registration!
Register today 👉 https://hubs.la/Q04khmrT0

🔦 Session Spotlight | The Fine Line Between Scientific Exchange and Promotional Messaging

Managing Unapproved Use Communications: Clarify, Identify and Differentiate
Where does scientific exchange end and promotion begin? It's one of the most nuanced — and high-stakes — questions in pharma compliance today. This session breaks it down.

Attendees will learn how to:
✔️ Distinguish between scientific exchange and promotion to reduce risk in unapproved use communications
✔️ Apply regulatory frameworks for handling unsolicited requests and off-label discussions
✔️ Implement internal guidelines to drive consistency and compliance across cross-functional teams

🎤 Speakers:
Georgina Lee — Executive Director, Global Regulatory Labeling, Advertising & Promotion, Disc Medicine
William Pezzolo — Senior Counsel, Commercial Law, uniQure

7th Annual Promotional Review Summit
📅 September 29–30, 2026 | 📍 Convene, Philadelphia, PA

Don't miss this one. Register today 👉 https://hubs.la/Q04jNR9Y0

🎉 Introducing Our Confirmed Speakers (to date) for the 14th Annual FoodBev Exchange!

We are thrilled to welcome an outstanding lineup of food and beverage regulatory, compliance, and litigation executives to the stage this October.

Please join us in welcoming:
👏 Katie Roberts — General Counsel, Winland Foods
👏 Wendy Fiel — General Counsel, Sauer Brands
👏 Connie Potter — Senior Counsel, Lactalis
👏 Theresa Shea — EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Utz Quality Foods
👏 Julie Wagner — Senior Counsel, Food & Regulatory, Ingredion
👏 Hillary Steward — Director and Managing Counsel, The J.M. Smucker Company
👏 Alysse M. Giallourakis — Director and Managing Counsel, Advertising, The J.M. Smucker Company
👏 Isha Saini — Director, Regulatory Affairs, Danone North America
👏 Josh Blechner — Deputy General Counsel, PIM Brands
👏 Megan Galey — Associate General Counsel, Compliance and Risk Management, Blommer Chocolate
👏 Elliot Molk — VP of Corporate Development & General Counsel, Sterlington
👏 Larry Waks — Partner, Corporate, Sterlington
👏 Janet Garetto — Partner/Co-Lead, Food, Beverage & Agribusiness IP Team, Nixon Peabody
👏 Michelle Ramirez — Partner, Sidley
👏 Dino Laverghetta — Partner, Sidley
👏 T. Daniel Logan — Partner, Kleinfeld Kaplan Becker

Where Food and Beverage Regulatory, Compliance, and Litigation Executives Meet.
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October 6–7, 2026 | 📍 Riverfront Plaza, Chicago, IL
Ready to be in the room? Register now 👉 https://hubs.la/Q04jc0hB0

🔦 Session Spotlight | The Fine Line Between Scientific Exchange and Promotional Messaging

Managing Unapproved Use Communications: Clarify, Identify and Differentiate
Where does scientific exchange end and promotion begin? It's one of the most nuanced — and high-stakes — questions in pharma compliance today. This session breaks it down.

Attendees will learn how to:
✔️ Distinguish between scientific exchange and promotion to reduce risk in unapproved use communications
✔️ Apply regulatory frameworks for handling unsolicited requests and off-label discussions
✔️ Implement internal guidelines to drive consistency and compliance across cross-functional teams

🎤 Speakers:
Georgina Lee — Executive Director, Global Regulatory Labeling, Advertising & Promotion, Disc Medicine
William Pezzolo — Senior Counsel, Commercial Law, uniQure

7th Annual Promotional Review Summit
📅 September 29–30, 2026 | 📍 Convene, Philadelphia, PA

Don't miss this one. Register today 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q04hT0KW0

🔦 Session Spotlight | Launch Readiness Strategy Summit

Inside the Launch Decision Room: An Interview on the Choices That Make or Break a Product Launch

The 12–24 months before launch are where everything is won or lost. Join Safia Rizvi, CEO of CILA Therapeutics, for a candid look at the executive decisions, cross-functional alignment, and real-world trade-offs that define launch success.

✔️ Investment priorities & risk management across Medical, Commercial, and Market Access
✔️ Aligning teams around milestones, KPIs, and accountability
✔️ KOL/HCP impact and disease state association partnerships
✔️ Breaking silos to accelerate launch readiness

📅 July 22–23, 2026 | 📍 Revere, Boston, MA | Launch Readiness Strategy Summit

🎟️ Use code SR15 for an extra 15% off!

Don't miss it 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q04hT0Kz0

🎉 Welcome to the Stage, Foundations 2026 Speakers!

We are beyond excited to introduce the incredible minds joining us this October. These leaders are at the forefront of rare and neurodegenerative disease — and we can't wait to learn from them.

Please join us in welcoming:
✦ Allison Feldman — CEO & Chairperson, Lewy Body Dementia Association
✦ Jean Campbell — Professional Patient Advocate in Life Sciences
✦ Keith N. Fargo, PhD — Lewy Body Dementia Association
✦ Deborah Fowler — Soft Bones
✦ Eric Gascho — CRD Associates
✦ Raymond Puerini — Milken Institute
✦ Shana Dodge, PhD — AFTD
✦ Diane Bovenkamp — BrightFocus Foundation
✦ Erika Sward — US Against Alzheimers
✦ Anne Hubbard — ADPA
✦ Sandra Heibel, PhD — Haffner Associates, LLC

📅 October 28–29, 2026 | 📍 Hilton Arlington, VA

Join us for two days of bold conversations, strategic insights, and meaningful connections.
👉 Learn more & register: https://hubs.la/Q04hWBsT0