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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date:
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Subject: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">ANNOUNCING THE MIT SLOAN BIOINNOVATIONS CONFERENCE - FEBRUARY 28, 2014</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Save the Date: February 28, 2014, MIT SLOAN BIOINNOVATIONS CONFERENCE 2014</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Precision Medicine & Impact of Innovation on Targeted Care<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; ">MIT Sloan BioInnovations 2014 will bring together industry, academic, and policy leaders to explore the business opportunities
in tracking and identifying particular genetic factors as well as the role of genetic information in the development of new therapies. We will also discuss how this trend impacts and is impacted by the regulatory environment and reimbursement environment in
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Keynote Speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">,<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">George Church, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">, Wyss Institute of Synthetic Biology & Director of Personal Genome Project</span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Panel Discussions:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">-</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Transforming Healthcare Entrepreneurship with Innovative Financing Methods and Novel Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Noubar Afeyan</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">, Founder, Managing Partner, and CEO, Flagship Ventures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Michael Greeley,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>General
Partner, Foundation Medical Partners</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">- Innovation Trends in Upstream R&D and Phase I Pipeline Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Steve Dickman,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>CEO and Co-Founder, CBT Advisors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Dr. Jose-Carlos Gutierrez-Ramos,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>SVP Research and Development, Pfizer Biotherapeutics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">- Big Data in Healthcare: Where Does That Lead Us?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Dr. Thomas Delbanco</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">, Co-Director, OpenNotes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">- Seizing Uncaptured Opportunities in Emerging Markets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Rehan Khan</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">, Managing Director, Abbott India Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Poster Session:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Learn from top scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs from MIT and beyond as they showcase their cutting edge technologies. Poster application is now
open - email yours today to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><a href="mailto:mitbioinnovationsposter@mit.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span>mitbioinnovationsposter@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">to
win a free conference ticket and prizes!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Conference Details:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Time: Friday, February 28, 2014, 8:00am – 5:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Location: Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel, Kendall Square, Cambridge MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Website:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.web.mit.edu/sloanhcc/bioinnovations/2014/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.web.mit.edu/sloanhcc/bioinnovations/2014/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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