Vice President, Patient Advocacy & Engagement, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States
Kristina Bowyer joined Ionis in 1992 and currently serves as the Vice President of Patient Centric Drug Development. She founded Ionis’ Patient Advocacy program 2012 to ensure that the patient perspective is incorporated into every aspect of drug development. Kristina’s expertise...
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Chief Executive Officer and President, Amyloidosis Research Consortium, United States
As a former patient, Lousada has spent 20 years dedicated to patient advocacy, accelerating drug development, and promoting awareness of rare diseases. Lousada founded the Amyloidosis Research Consortium (ARC) in 2015. ARC is a patient-focused nonprofit, harnessing the power of collaboration...
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Vice President for Research, Discovery, and Innovation, American Society of Nephrology , United States
Mark D. Lim is Vice President of Research, Discovery, and Innovation at the American Society of Nephrology. The department aims to sustain the growth of innovations for people with kidney diseases, building on KidneyX, a partnership with US HHS that incentivizes entrepreneurs, and...
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Attorney, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, PC, United States
James Valentine, JD, MHS is an attorney at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara where he assists medical product industry and patient advocacy organization clients in a wide range of regulatory matters, including new drug and biologic development and approval issues. Mr. Valentine has been central...
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