Nancy Simonian to Speak at St. James Men’s Club

Nancy Simonian to Speak at St. James Men’s Club

By Contributor on August 30, 2014

WATERTOWN, Mass.–On Mon., Sept. 8, Nancy Simonian, M.D., the CEO of
Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc., will speak at the St. James Armenian
Church Men’s Club Dinner Meeting on the “Long and Winding Road:
Building Great Biotech Companies.”

Nancy Simonian

Simonian is the founding CEO of Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a
privately held life science company focused on recent breakthroughs in
gene control to revolutionize the treatment of cancer and other
diseases. Through her proprietary platform in mapping gene regulatory
pathways in human disease tissue, novel approaches for treating
disease are being pursued. Simonian has an established track record of
value creation in biotechnology, most recently as chief medical
officer at Millennium Pharmaceuticals and, previously, as vice
president of Clinical Development at Biogen. Under her leadership at
Millennium, VELCADE(R) became a mainstay of treatment for multiple
myeloma, and a billion dollar commercial blockbuster. Simonian also
built and advanced Millennium’s promising pipeline of clinical stage
drugs for cancer and Entyvio for inflammatory bowel disease. At
Biogen, she played a central role in developing and commercializing
AVONEX(R), and in developing TYSABRI(R), Biogen’s blockbuster products for
multiple sclerosis.

Nancy Simonian started her career as a member of the faculty at
Harvard Medical School and neurology staff at Massachusetts General
Hospital (MGH). She trained in neurology and internal medicine at MGH,
received her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated
with a degree in biology from Princeton. She is a member of the board
of directors of Seattle Genetics, Inc.

The social hour begins at 6:15 p.m., followed by a complete kheyma and
losh kebab dinner at 7 p.m., for $14 per person. The dinner meeting
will be held at the St. James Armenian Church, Charles Mosesian
Cultural and Youth Center-Keljik Hall, at 465 Mount Auburn St., in
Watertown, MA. The event is open to the public; ladies are welcome.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress