Financing Best Practices from Seed Round to IPO from the 2025 Mayer Brown Utah Life Sciences Summit was presented in Salt Lake City on November 12, 2025. Speakers included Sam Gardiner, Mayer Brown LLP, Partner, and Liz Walsh, Mayer Brown, Counsel. Successfully taking a life sciences company from seed stage to IPO requires knowledge and […]
Natural and Artificial Innovation: Evolving IP Issues in the Life Sciences was presented on November 12, 2025, in Salt Lake City at the 2025 Mayer Brown Utah Life Sciences Summit. Speakers included Spencer Glende, Mayer Brown, Partner, and Mat Gordon, Myriad Genetics. The world of Intellectual Property (IP) continues to evolve. This session explored how […]
Molecule to Market: The Process of Taking an Idea from the Operating Room to the Board Room was presented on November 12, 2025, at the 2025 Mayer Brown Utah Life Sciences Summit in Salt Lake City. Speakers included Jeffrey Lawson, M.D., Ph.D., Duke University, Surgeon, Scientist, Innovator; and Neela Pack, Mayer Brown LLP, Senior Associate. […]
Building a Life Sciences Company in Utah: Tips from the Trenches was presented on November 12, 2025, in Salt Lake City at the 2025 Mayer Brown Utah Life Sciences Summit. Moderated by Mayer Brown’s Scott Young, panelists included Curtis Anderson, Nursa; Jake Fackrell, Savvos; Rachel Garlick, Eris Biotech, and Greg Larson, Ortho Development. The panel […]
Immigration Challenges & Impacts on the Life Sciences Workforce was presented by Kathleen Weron, attorney at Olgetree Deakins, and Amanda Mullane, shareholder at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., at the 2025 Mayer Brown Utah Life Sciences Summit in Salt Lake City on November 12, 2025. Changes in immigration and visa policies, including H-1B […]
National and Local Workforce Perspectives: The 2025 TEConomy Report was presented by Ryan Helwig, principal and senior director at TEConomy Partners on November 12, 2025 at the 2025 Mayer Brown Utah Life Sciences Summit in Salt Lake City. The 2025 National Life Sciences Workforce Trends Report, developed by TEConomy Partners and the Life Sciences Workforce […]
The Utah Talent Hub: A New Tool for Recruiting Interns was presented by Jimmy McDonough, assistant commissioner, higher education workforce programs at Utah Systems of Higher Education and Bryce Nelson, cooperative education program manager at Talent Ready Utah, at the 2025 Mayer Brown Utah Life Sciences Summit in Salt Lake City on November 12, 2025. […]
Utah’s Talent Advantage: Upskilling and Elevating the Leaders of Tomorrow was presented at the 2025 Mayer Brown Utah Life Sciences Summit in Salt Lake City on November 12, 2025. Moderated by Seat 1A Advisors’ Brooke Clark, panelists included Rachel Jones, chief product officer at VedaBio; Charitha Tillekeratne, CTO, surgical innovations at GE Healthcare; and Lacey […]
Hurry Up! FDA’s Quality System Harmonization with ISO 13485 by Markus Gee, director of Life Sciences Division, Axeon, was given on November 12, 2025, in Salt Lake City at the 2025 May Brown Utah Life Sciences Summit presented by BioUtah. For years, the medical device industry has been closely watching to see when harmonization between […]
Clinical Trials Evolving Landscape – A CRO Perspective from the 2025 Mayer Brown Utah Life Sciences Summit, presented by BioUtah, was recorded on November 12, 2025, in Salt Lake City. Moderated by Curavit president and co-founder Dave Hanaman, panelists included Amy Goodman, University of Utah, Sr. Director, Research & Strategic Partnerships – Utah Data Coordinating […]