Personalized medicine and cellular therapeutics could open new doors to safe and effective therapies. Research institutions, pharmaceutical companies and investors are looking to new avenues in which to advance the discovery of medicine tailored to fit the individual patient. On the renewed vitality of the stem cell are the hopes of millions of patients coping with diseases that may now become treatable. Dr. Ralph Garippa, Research Leader at Roche, Department of Discovery Technologies, will address the potential impact of cellular therapeutics on diagnostic medicine and personalized therapeutics within the pharmaceutical industry. He will address the impact these technologies may have both in the U.S. and abroad with respect to R&D and viable opportunities that may exist for life science companies and investors alike.