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New York Medical College Celebrates 160th Graduating Class

Leading Biotech Innovator to Address the Class of 2019

Date: May 21, 2019
George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., Co-founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron
George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., Co-founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron
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Valhalla, N.Y. – Internationally recognized leader in biotech innovation, George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., will deliver the Commencement address to the New York Medical College (NYMC) Class of 2019 at New York Medical College's 160th Commencement exercises on May 22 at 5:00 p.m. at Carnegie Hall in New York City. NYMC will award 414 degrees in total including 200 doctor of medicine (M.D.) degrees, 42 doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.) degrees, eight doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees, 74 master of science (M.S.) degrees, 84 master of public health (M.P.H.) degrees and 6 doctor of public health (Dr.P.H.) degrees to the Class of 2019.

Dr. Yancopoulos is the co-founder, president and chief scientific officer of Regeneron. Over the last 30 years, he has worked to build Regeneron into a leading science-driven biotech company that invented and developed seven FDA-approved medicines for serious diseases including cancer, vision-threatening eye diseases, heart disease, atopic dermatitis, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. Today, along with key members of his team, Dr. Yancopoulous continues to lead in biotech innovation, including the Regeneron Genetics Center, a world-leading effort that has already sequenced the exomes of more than 500,000 people.

Driven to inspire our nation’s young talent to pursue scientific careers through numerous STEM and internship programs, under Dr. Yancopoulos’ leadership, Regeneron has taken on sponsorship of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious high school science competition, formerly sponsored by Westinghouse and Intel, and now known as the Regeneron Science Talent Search.

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