2025 Indiana Life Sciences Manufacturing Summit

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AGENDA

Empowering a Resilient and Secure Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
March 6, 2025

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Thursday, March 6, 2025
8:30-9:00 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

Indiana Bioscience Research Institute Conference Room (first floor)
9:00-9:15 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction

  • Elizabeth Topp, Director, William D. and Sherry L. Young Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals, Purdue University
9:15-9:45 a.m.

Keynote

  • David Adams, Indiana Secretary of Commerce
9:45-10:30 a.m.

Fireside chat

Moderator:

  • Karen Plaut, Executive Vice President for Research, Purdue University

Panelists:

  • David Adams, Secretary of Commerce, State of Indiana
  • Rahul Singhvi, Co-Founder, National Resilience, Inc.
10:30-11:00 a.m.

Break

11:00-11:45 a.m.

Building a Network of Solutions to the Drug Shortage Challenge

Moderator:

  • David Stowe, Founding Partner, Adventus

Panelists:

  • Dr. Eric Edwards, Co-Founder and CEO, Phlow
  • Noemi Romero, Senior Vice President Global Supply Chain & Manufacturing Strategy,Eli Lilly & Company
  • Aaron Willard, Chief Partnership Officer, API Innovation Center
11:45-12:30 p.m.

Nuclear Pharmaceutics: Panel Discussion

Moderator:

  • Kara Weatherman, Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Nuclear Pharmacy Programs with the Purdue University College of Pharmacy

Panelists:

  • Sergio Cerdas, Global Head of Radiopharmaceuticals,Novartis
  • Todd Hockemeyer, CEO, Isotopia
12:30-1:30 p.m.

Lunch and Networking

1:30-2:15 p.m.

What’s Next for U.S. Government Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Policy?

Plenary Talk

  • Stephen Colvill, Assistant Research Director, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, ReVAMP Drug Supply Chain Consortium Lead
2:15-2:45 p.m.

Rapid Fire Talks-Life Science Manufacturing in Indiana region

  • Boston Scientific
  • Fluid Air
  • Heartland BioWorks
  • Novilytic
  • Qwyn AI
  • Regis Technologies
  • Siemens
  • Trane Technologies
2:45-3:15 p.m.

Break

3:15-3:45 p.m.

Indiana Perspective on Onshoring

Moderator:

  • Franco Negron, CEO, Simtra


Panelists:

  • Scott Fadness, Mayor of Fishers
  • Alisa Kilgas, Founder and CEO, Singota
  • Cory Lewis, CEO, INCOG
3:45-4:15 p.m.

Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective on Onshoring- Resilience

Moderator:

  • Karthik Vaideeswaran, Associate Vice President, Device Development and Technology, Merck

Panelists:

  • Matt Hancock, Director Business Management, API, Pharma Services, Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Jennifer Massey, Associate VP, Manufacturing Site Head, Eli Lilly
  • Peter Yehl, Executive Director, Synthetic Molecule Analytical Chemistry, Genentech
4:15-4:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

  • Eric Munson, Co-director, William D. and Sherry L. Young Institute for Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals, Purdue University

Contact Us

Registration & Summit Inquiries
Jennifer Gray, gray160@purdue.edu

Information on the Young Institute
younginstitute.research.purdue.edu