Photo, left to right:
Glenn Miller, Strategic Innovation Leader; Erin McKenna, Program Director, Brigham Ignite; and panelists Joseph Smith, MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, BD; Christine Jost, PhD, Director, External Research, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research; and Julie DiPaolo, Senior Director, External Scientific Innovation, Immunology Lead, Johnson & Johnson

Innovators and innovators-to-be attended Brigham Ignite’s in-person Ignitable Ideas event on Wednesday, April 12 at the Brigham to learn from industry members about the commercialization journey: when to work with industry to advance their innovations, why they should engage with industry, and how they should. A question-and-answer session with panelists and a networking opportunity followed the discussion. Glenn Miller delivered introductory remarks, and Erin McKenna moderated the discussion.

Brigham Ignite is the early-stage innovation acceleration program that advances discoveries with clinical and commercial potential by guiding Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers through the development process.