SAM MAWN-MAHLAU MODERATES PANEL AT TIECOM EAST ANNUAL CONFERENCE

On May 3, 2013, Davis Malm attorney Sam A. Mawn-Mahlau served as a moderator at the 15th annual TiECON East Conference organized by TiE Boston and sponsored by Davis Malm & D’Agostine, P.C. The panel titled “Personalized Medicine” was chaired by Mr. Mawn-Mahlau and focused on recent advances in technology allowing the identification of specific disease related elements in a patient’s genome. The panel discussed how to develop, finance and commercialize technologies which tailor patient treatments, and some of the barriers faced by the early participants in this potentially transformative area. The two-day annual conference brought together established and startup entrepreneurs from several sectors such as technology, life sciences, education, and clean tech.