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Babson College will hold its 6th annual Bio-Industry Conference on Friday, April 3, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. in Olin Hall.

Keynote speaker isDeborah Dunsire, CEO of Millennium Pharmaceuticals, whose mission is to deliver extraordinary medicines to patients with cancer worldwide through science, innovation and passion. Dr. Dunsire joined Millennium from Novartis, where she helped increase the North American oncology revenues to over $2.1 billion from approximately $50 million in 10 years.

She sits on several Boards including the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Allergan, Inc., Museum of Science (Boston), CancerCare (New York) and the G&P Foundation for Cancer Research. Dunsire earned a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Witwatersand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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