MassBio Town Hall: One Year On: How has the Life Sciences Industry Changed to Address Current and Future Global Health Crises?

March 9, 2021 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Add to Calendar 3/9/2021 11:00:00 AM 3/9/2021 11:30:00 AM MassBio Town Hall: One Year On: How has the Life Sciences Industry Changed to Address Current and Future Global Health Crises?

The healthcare sector has undergone a rapid transformation in the year since COVID-19 cases began surging in the United States. From the evolution of drug and vaccine development to the increased correlation between public health outcomes and the global supply chain, the life sciences have had to rapidly innovate and continuously iterate to address COVID-19’s wide ranging impact. With COVID-19 not disappearing in the short-term despite effective vaccines, what are biotech and med tech companies doing to develop new solutions that will keep people healthy and out of the hospital in the near term while preparing us for the next global health crisis?

Our March Town Hall, in partnership with MassMEDIC, will look at how the biopharma and medical technology industries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they’re using what they learned over the past year to address and plan for current and future threats.

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President, Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC)
Brian Johnson was named president of the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC) in July 2018. An accomplished author, media entrepreneur, Brian serves as the association’s second chief executive officer in its history, managing its day-to-day operations and working with medical device industry executives in developing its policy agenda. Since its establishment in 1996, MassMEDIC has grown to 300 member companies – manufacturers and developers of medical products, suppliers, research institutions and academic health centers – and has advanced the public policy interests of the New England medical device sector on Capitol Hill, Beacon Hill, and before various federal agencies. In 2007, Brian conceived and later launched MassDevice.com, where he been responsible for the strategic vision of the company, from inception through the summer of 2018, including leading the company through an acquisition in 2015 by WTWH Media. As publisher, Brian spearheaded the growth of MassDevice from 0 to 100,000+ readers each month and led the company to profitability in just 3 years and more than $2.8M in annual sales. In 2011, Brian conceived and launched DeviceTalks, a live-interview series featuring leaders in medicine. The event, which is held three times annually in Boston, Minnesota and Orange County, California, has attracted thousands of medical device executives to date and featured leaders from some of the world’s largest medical technology companies. Since 2015, Brian also founded and launched two additional magazines, Medical Design & Outsourcing and Drug Delivery Business News, bringing total readership under his supervision to over 1.5 million. Under Brian’s direction, MassDevice and its associated properties were widely recognized for its commitment to quality journalism. The editorial boards of the New York Times, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post have cited MassDevice’s coverage of issues pertaining to the medical device industry.