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2025 Life Sciences Panorama - Next-Generation Collaborations and Deals in Life Sciences

The 22 October 2025

🤩 What an incredible evening!

Thank you to the 150+ founders, CEOs, and industry leaders who gathered last night for our 13th Annual Life Sciences Panorama.

The energy in Sanofi's newly refurnished auditorium was palpable. The evening began with a brilliant presentation from Sanofi's Srini Rao, who shared their vision for 'chasing the miracles of science to improve people's lives' by leveraging the power of collaboration, partnerships, and AI.

This set the stage perfectly for MIT Finance professor Dr. Andrew Lo. In a captivating and engaging master class, he combined personal stories with his research to share his vision for funding biomedical innovation, highlighting how new business models and collaborations are key to supporting innovation, especially for rare diseases.

This was followed by two panels featuring exceptional expertise on Strategis partnerships and the new M&A landscape.

The discussions were perfectly capped off by Dr. Arda Ural, from EY, who provided a powerful summary of future trends and the outlook for the life sciences industry.

The animated discussions continued into the networking reception, fueling the very transatlantic connections our community is built on.

A special thank you to our hosts Sanofi and to Business France North America for the invaluable contribution of their visiting NEXT Healthcare Delegation.

This event's success was driven by our brilliant speakers:
🎤 Srini Rao, Sanofi
🎤Dr. Andrew Lo, MIT
🎤 Dr. Karen Chandross, Sanofi
🎤 Nelson Azoulay, Flagship Pioneering
🎤 Dr. Kévin Alessandri, TreeFrog Therapeutics
🎤 Heidi Sprang
🎤 Julian Temple, Lazard
🎤 Dr. Anne Altmeyer,
🎤 Dr. Arda Ural, EY
and our expert moderators, Dr Gigi Shafai and James Shanahan.

Sincere gratitude to our visionary sponsors who made it all possible: Sanofi, Ipsen, EY, Business France North America, and Veridian Immigration Partners, PLLC.

And finally, a huge congratulations to our dedicated organizing team, Gigi Shafai, Laure Berliner, and the entire FABS Commitee for bringing this flagship event to life. We are proud to host such a high-caliber forum!