PCI and Penn Medicine partnered with Citizens JMP for the inaugural ‘Novel Therapeutics Forum’ at Penn. The Forum brought together innovative Penn faculty and regional startups to present before an audience of national investors seeking to learn more about Philadelphia’s biotech innovators. Faculty and startups participating included Sara Cherry, PhD, John W. Eckman Professor of Medical Science, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Norbert Pardi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine; Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine & Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Penn Engineering; Benjamin Prosser, PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine; Saar Gill, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine and co-founder of Carisma Therapeutics & Interius BioTherapeutics, among others.
Securing investment capital to the Philadelphia region from new sources represents a critical component in building the burgeoning local life sciences industry and PCI was gratified to help support this inaugural effort.