Wed, Nov 12, 2025

11:30 AM – 1 PM EST (GMT-5)

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E62-450

100 Main Street, Cambridge, MA United States

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MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative - Lunch Series with Tim Sun and Harison Hong
AI Agents: Accelerants for drug Discovery & Commercialization

Wednesday November 12 
Location: E62-450
Time: 11:30am - 1pm
Lunch will be provided in person.

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This session will explore how AI agents are impacting the pharmaceutical landscape from initial drug discovery to successful commercialization. Attendees will gain insights into the practical applications of these intelligent systems and their potential to overcome long-standing challenges in bringing novel therapies to patients faster.

Harison Hong is a physician-executive with over 10 years of biopharma leadership experience across global and US commercial strategy and drug launches. He has led multiple successful launches, including Dupixent ($14Bn) and Nemluvio, and currently serves as Executive Director, Brand Lead for navenibart at Astria Therapeutics. A board-certified physician and 2014 Sloan MBA graduate, he is particularly interested in how AI is transforming drug commercialization and accelerating patient access. He is also passionate about traveling and soccer and he lives with his wife and son in Newton.

Tim Sun has 10+ years of experience at Google bringing AI technologies to market. He currently works on the Cloud Go-to-Market team, partnering with leading Biotech companies on using AI to accelerate drug discovery and commercialization. Tim graduated from Sloan with an MBA in 2014. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two kids.

Food Provided (Email Lisa Maloney lmaloney@mit.edu with any dietary concerns.)

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Tim Sun, MBA

Cloud AI Go-to-Market

Google

https://www.linkedin.com/in/timsun1/

Tim has 10+ years of experience at Google bringing AI technologies to market. He currently works on the Cloud Go-to-Market team, partnering with leading Biotech companies on using AI to accelerate drug discovery and commercialization. Tim graduated from Sloan with an MBA in 2014. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two kids.


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Harison Hong, MD, MBA

Executive Director, Brand Lead - navenibart

Astria Therapeutics, Inc.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/harison-c-hong/

Harison Hong is a physician-executive with over 10 years of biopharma leadership experience across global and US commercial strategy and drug launches. He has led multiple successful launches, including Dupixent ($14Bn) and Nemluvio, and currently serves as Executive Director, Brand Lead for navenibart at Astria Therapeutics. A board-certified physician and 2014 Sloan MBA graduate, he is particularly interested in how AI is transforming drug commercialization and accelerating patient access. He is also passionate about traveling and soccer and he lives with his wife and son in Newton.


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"Ana" Anne Quaadgras

Director

MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-quaadgras-6208778/

Is the Director of the MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative and a Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan.

Her work focuses on health systems transformation, and the role of information technology in supporting that change.


Prior to her doctoral work, Anne was a management consultant for fifteen years, specializing in improving decision-making and investment processes in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and financial services industries.

She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in chemical engineering from MIT. Anne earned her doctorate in information systems at Boston University, where her dissertation research explored how globally distributed groups of experts recognize and respond to operational problems.


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