Fireside Chat with Peter Kolchinsky

Join us for a conversation with a Titan of Biotech Investing 

Peter Kolchinsky is the founder and Managing Partner of RA Capital Management, one of the most influential investment firms in biotechnology and the life sciences, with more than $14 billion in assets under management. A scientist long before an investor, he earned his PhD in virology from Harvard, and he has spent his career backing the companies that turn cutting-edge science into medicines that actually reach patients. He is also the author of The Great American Drug Deal and the founder of No Patient Left Behind, where he champions what he calls the biotech social contract, the idea that society should reward innovation while ensuring medicines become affordable to all once their patents expire.

In this fireside chat, Peter Kolchinsky will share what a career at the intersection of science and capital has taught him: how to tell a true breakthrough from a dead end, what it really takes to fund the medicines of the future, and how to balance bold innovation with the promise that progress reaches the people who need it. Whether you are drawn to science, medicine, finance, or entrepreneurship, this is a rare chance to learn from one of the sharpest minds in biotech.