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Spring Forum 2007 Presentations


Monday, June 4, 2007

Welcome
Susan Bartlett Foote, Director, MTLF, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Senator Dave Durenberger, Chair MTLF Advisory Board; Chair, National Institute of Health Policy

Robert M. Nerem, PhD, Director of the Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience

Keynote Harlan Weismann, MD, Chief Science and Technology Officer for Medical Devices and Diagnostics, Johnson & Johnson "The Convergence from a Scientific and Clinical Perspective"


Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Keynote Richard Kuntz, MD, Senior Vice President & President, Medtronic Neurological, Gastroenterology & Urology, and Obesity Management

Session I: Case Studies of Combination Products Now on the Market

Moderator: Robert Nerem, PhD

Speakers: Geoff Mackay, President and CEO, Organogenesis Gail Naughton, PhD, Dean, College of Business Administration, San Diego State University John McPherson, PhD, Senior Vice President, Head Biological Products R&D, Genzyme 10:30 a.m.

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Session II: Regulatory & Reimbursement Issues

Moderator: Senator David Durenberger, Chair, MTLF Advisory Board; Chair, National Institute of Health Policy

Speakers: Celia Witten, PhD, MD, Director, Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapy for Biologics, Food and Drug Administration Dan Schultz, MD Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration

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Session III: Scientific, Developmental & Business Strategies for Converging Biologics with Devices

Moderator: Jonathan Gertler, MD, Manager, Director Investment Banking, Cowen and Company

Panel Members: George Dunbar, MBA, President & CEO, Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. Deborah Kilpatrick, Vice President of Marketing Development, CardioDx Inc. Seth Rudnick, MD, Partner, Canaan Partners Harry Glorikian, MBA, Managing Partner and Management Consultant of Scientific Advisors

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General Discussion – Business Models for the Medical Device Industry of the Future