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SUMMARY:2025 BioNJ Patient Advocacy Summit
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed for this event. We look forward to seeing confirmed registrants on Monday at Bristol Myers Squibb. Please contact Randi Bromberg at RBromberg@BioNJ.org with questions or to be added to the wait list. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of the Patient’s Voice\n\n\n\nMonday\, November 17\, 2025 • 8:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Bristol Myers Squibb\, 3401 Princeton Pike\, Lawrence Township\n\n\n\nAttendance is only open and free to ALL Patient Advocacy Organizations and R&D company Patient advocacy and government affairs professionals.  \n\n\n\n\nBecome a Sponsor\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for BioNJ’s 10th Annual Patient Advocacy Summit — a dynamic\, educational gathering designed to leave you with new tools to make a meaningful difference on behalf of Patients. This empowering day will bring together Patients\, Advocacy Groups\, Care Partners\, Clinicians\, Policymakers and R&D Professionals to connect\, share and collaborate around advancing Patient-centered care. \n\n\n\nWhy Attend?\n\n\n\n\nGain Tools You Can Use — whether you’re helping someone navigate coverage\, understand a diagnosis or access treatment.\n\n\n\nMake Your Voice Heard — join the conversation with healthcare leaders\, researchers and policymakers to help shape the future of care from a Patient-first perspective. \n\n\n\nBuild Your Network — find community among others who truly understand the challenges and rewards of this work. \n\n\n\nBe Inspired — through powerful stories of resilience\, innovation and progress you’ll leave empowered and ready to take action.\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing topics requested by the Patient advocacy community and a diverse roster of speakers\, we hope you join us for this important conversation! \n\n\n\nHot Topics on the Agenda:\n\n\n\n\nHealth Literacy― Helping Patients Understand and Engage in Their Care\n\n\n\nRegulatory Process ― What Does the FDA Look Like\n\n\n\nMedicaid in Motion ― Understanding & Managing Evolving Requirements\n\n\n\n340B at a Crossroad ― Reform\, Transparency & Accountability \n\n\n\nResilience\, Reinvention & Relentless Advocacy ― Keynote by Rob Long\, Executive Director of Uplifting Athletes\n\n\n\n\n                \n                \n                            \n                            \n                    \n            \n    \n    \n    \n\n\n\n\n\nHear from Experts Driving These Conversations: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCommissioner Sarah AdelmanNew Jersey Department of Human Services \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRuth P. Brogden\, MPHCare Partner & DirectorPublic Health Programs & Grants Center for Asian Health & Liver CenterCooperman Barnabas Medical Center \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael CalvoVice PresidentFederal Government AffairsBristol Myers Squibb \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKim Czubaruk\, JDVice President\, PolicyCancerCare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJayne GershkowitzChief Patient Advocate EmeritaAmicus Therapeutics \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristopher Gilligan\, M.D.Chief Medical & Quality OfficerRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDebbie HartPresident & CEOBioNJ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nErika Kerber\, Esq.President & Executive DirectorCommunity Health Law Project \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob LongExecutive DirectorUplifting Athletes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIan McLaughlin\, Ph.D.Senior Vice PresidentGovernment Affairs & PolicyBioNJ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatina O’Leary\, Ph.D.President & CEOHealth Literacy Media \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulie RaskinCo-founder & CEOCongenital Hyperinsulinism International (CHI) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJudy SaydahCare Partner for a Child with Rett Syndrome \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWilliam S. Smith\, Ph.D.Senior Fellow & DirectorLife Sciences InitiativeThe Pioneer Institute \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulie TierneyFormer\, Deputy Director\, FDACenter for Biologics Evaluation & Research PrincipalLeavitt Partners \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReverend Kimberly L. WilliamsPresident & CEOChoose Healthy Life \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nAttendance is open and free to ALL Patient Advocacy Groups and R&D company Patient advocacy and government affairs professionals.  \n\n\n\nThank You to Our Sponsors
URL:https://bionj.org/event/2025-bionj-patient-advocacy-summit/
LOCATION:Bristol Myers Squibb\, 3401 Princeton Pike\, Lawrence Township\, NJ\, 08648\, United States
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