Global Summit on Drug Discovery, Development and Precision Medicine

Advancing patient-centred discovery through AI-enabled development, immune innovation and precision therapeutics

Without a doubt, recent advances in drug delivery have revolutionized numerous fields, including my field of nanomedicine. But how did this occur? Was your research part of these advancements? Have we innovated and commercialized such research enough? Are companies paying attention to this wonderful research? Are Universities helping you? And, most importantly, are you in the right environment to innovate and commercialize your research?

In my own experience, above all else, it takes a supportive environment! Find the right community. Find this conference.

I left a very negative, ultra-competitive, stifling university in Boston (USA) over 7 years ago. I have never seen such negative, cut-throat, and miserable people in my over 30-year academic career! Only after I moved did I find a truly supportive environment that allowed me to form over a dozen companies, and yes, I found truly supportive people who value me and my contributions. Because I left, I have since commercialized my research into medical devices now in over 45,000 patients with no failures, only success!

So, I encourage everyone to find that right environment. Make that move. And attend the right conferences: DrugDiscoveryX-2027 is such a conference where you will meet the right people! And be inspired, not discouraged like I was at a university for far too long! I, and the tens-of-thousands of patients I have helped return mobility to, wish we could get all of those years back!

It will change your life once you make the commitment to surround yourself with positive people. I know, because I lived it.