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A pioneer of CAR-T therapy
Co-inventor of Kymriah · University of Pennsylvania

The UK’s medicines regulator
CEO · MHRA

Europe’s medicines agency
Chief Medical Officer · European Medicines Agency

The next generation of gene editing
CEO · Arbor Biotechnologies

Bruce Levine, interview 1 of 4

Dear readers,
As a doctor, I want to understand the future of care for every patient I treat.
At Onyx, we travel the world interviewing biotech CEOs to share the discoveries shaping tomorrow’s medicines. Our journalism and events explain the cutting edge of biotechnology and connect the people behind it.
I’m excited for Cell & Gene Live to bring hundreds of cell and gene therapy executives, academics, regulators and investors to London, where I moved after leaving home, trained in medicine and first worked in a hospital.
Yours faithfully,

Co-founder
On the ground in London.
From street-side interviews to evening gatherings, a few moments from Onyx’s coverage of the week.



Onyx Live
Meet the new generation of medicine makers.
Conversations with medicine makers, regulators, investors and academics.

CEO
AviadoBio

Professor of Cancer Gene Therapy
University of Pennsylvania

Chief Medical Officer
European Medicines Agency

Co-founder
Allogene Therapeutics


Managing Partner
i5 BioPartners


CEO
MHRA

CEO
Kiji Therapeutics


CEO
Kyverna Therapeutics


CEO
Arbor Biotechnologies


Founder & CEO
Nuvation Bio


CFO
Circio

Chief Technology Officer
BioLife Solutions

Assistant Professor
University of Miami

Head of Global Business Development
Cellular Origins


CEO
Trenchant BioSystems


Partner
Saisei Ventures


CEO
Lindville Bio


Co-founder & CBO
MPC Therapeutics


Chief Technology Officer
Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

CEO
Compass Biomedical


Co-founder & CSO
Syenex

Founder & CEO
Luminary Therapeutics


CBO / CFO
Cellbox Solutions

Co-founder & CEO
Cellares
Roles and organisations at the time of interview.
Photography credits
Photographs on this site include Onyx imagery, the official London Life Sciences Week 2025 gallery (MedCity / London & Partners), Creative Commons–licensed and public-domain images. Full sources and rights are listed below. Onyx and official-gallery photography is all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
- Onyx team portraits, Onyx Live interview photography and Adil Ali’s signature - Onyx Newsroom.
- A look back at London Life Sciences Week 2025, alongside Onyx interviews and events. Source: LLSW 2025 gallery · Onyx.
- Conversations on stage, on the streets and after hours. Images from LLSW 2025 and Onyx’s archive. Source: LLSW 2025 gallery · Onyx.
- Inside the main hall at London Life Sciences Week 2025. Source: MedCity / London & Partners.
- Conversations at the London Life Sciences Week 2025 opening reception. Source: MedCity / London & Partners.
- Delegate lanyards at London Life Sciences Week 2025. Each event has its own registration arrangements. Source: MedCity / London & Partners.
- Outside the Waldorf Hilton during Jefferies 2025. Source: Onyx archive.
- On location in London: an Onyx interview beside the city’s familiar red phone boxes. Source: Onyx Newsroom.
- Lubor Gaal in conversation with Onyx on a London street. Source: Onyx Newsroom.
- An evening at Somerset House, from Onyx’s London Life Sciences Week coverage. Source: Onyx Newsroom.
- The Shard at London Bridge, home of Cell & Gene Leaders Live on Sunday 15 November. Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The Shard from Southwark Bridge. Lewis Hulbert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Palm Court at the Waldorf Hilton, the Jefferies conference venue. Delaina Haslam, CC BY 2.0.
- The Waldorf Hilton on Aldwych, in the Strand cluster. Bjørn Erik Pedersen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Inside ExCeL London - the concourse runs the length of the venue. mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ExCeL London on Royal Victoria Dock. N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 11 Cavendish Square, the King's Fund headquarters on the west side of the square. JasonFrazerPHIN, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 11-13 Cavendish Square, home of the King's Fund. Chris Denny, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- The Great Hall at Lincoln's Inn, on the eastern edge of the Strand cluster. Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, King's Cross. The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Inside the Francis Crick Institute at King's Cross. The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Somerset House courtyard - home of the Courtauld Gallery, in the Strand cluster. Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Old Billingsgate on the Thames, photographed from the river. Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 24 King William Street, above Monument station at the Cannon Street junction. Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Wood Street in the City; 125 Wood Street is the stone block on the right, photographed as it neared completion in 2014. Robert Lamb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Aldersgate Street; 160 Aldersgate (DLA Piper) is the stone-and-glass block on the left. N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Armoury House on City Road, headquarters of the Honourable Artillery Company. Helen Steed, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- The Palace of Westminster from Westminster Bridge; the House of Lords sits at the southern end. Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The 180 Strand block in 2014, before its refurbishment into 180 Studios and the surrounding workspaces. sludgegulper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Savoy Court, the Savoy's entrance off the Strand - the only street in Britain where traffic drives on the right. Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0.
- One Aldwych, the wedge-shaped Edwardian building where Aldwych meets Waterloo Bridge. APK, CC BY 4.0.
- The NoMad London hotel on Bow Street, in the former magistrates' court. David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Africa House, 70 Kingsway. Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0.
- Freemasons' Hall, 60 Great Queen Street. Bjørn Erik Pedersen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 117-119 Piccadilly, opposite Green Park. No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The King's Building, King's College London Strand Campus - home of the Great Hall. KiloCharlieLima, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Senate House, Malet Street, in the Bloomsbury cluster. Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0.
- Victoria House on Bloomsbury Square. Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The Royal College of Surgeons of England on Lincoln's Inn Fields; The View is its top-floor events space. Jonas Magnus Lystad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 3 Pancras Square (HKX), home of HAVAS Village London, seen from Goods Way as construction finished in 2015. Philafrenzy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Southbank Place on York Road, the development where IBM's London office sits, beneath the Shell Centre tower. Bob Jenkin, CC BY 2.0.
- Oxo Tower Wharf on the South Bank; OXO2 is its second-floor events space. King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The Wellcome Building, 183 Euston Road - home of Wellcome Collection. ell brown, CC BY 2.0.
- The Shard and the City from Greenwich. The week's venues sit between the Strand, Bloomsbury, King's Cross and the City. Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The City of London, the week's eastern cluster. QuintusPetillius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The Thames before sunrise, between London Bridge and Tower Bridge. Aleem Yousaf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- The London skyline from the Horniman gardens in November light. Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- St Pancras - the arrival point for Eurostar and East Midlands trains, five minutes from the King's Cross cluster. Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Dawn from Tower Bridge: the Shard, the City cluster and the Tower of London along the Thames. Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- The Thames from Waterloo Bridge at dusk, towards St Paul's and the City. Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The Millennium Bridge, linking Bankside to St Paul's. Brett Jordan, CC BY 4.0.
- A Eurostar under Barlow's trainshed at St Pancras International. Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- A District line train at Temple, the Underground stop for the Strand venues. Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- A Routemaster on heritage route 15, which runs between Tower Hill and Trafalgar Square along the Strand. R. M. Calamar from Brooklyn, New York, USA (original file), cropped by User:Ultra7, CC BY 2.0.
- A black cab - everywhere in central London, and rank outside every mainline station. Arvydas Venckus arwiz, CC0 1.0.
- Russell Square in autumn, in the heart of the Bloomsbury cluster. Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Bedford Square, the best-preserved Georgian square in Bloomsbury. Paul The Archivist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Gordon Square, one of Bloomsbury's garden squares. Paul the Archivist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- St James's Park in October, twenty minutes' walk from the Strand venues. Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Regent's Park in November. Bikeboy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- The City cluster from City Hall - the Gherkin, Cheesegrater and Walkie-Talkie above the Tower of London. User:Colin and Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Leadenhall Market, the City's Victorian arcade. Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Granary Square, the heart of the King's Cross cluster. Bex Walton, CC BY 4.0.
- Coal Drops Yard, just north of the King's Cross venues. Andy Li, CC0 1.0.
- The Queen's Walk on the South Bank, between the London Eye and the Oxo Tower. Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- The South Bank walkway beside the National Theatre. Txllxt TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Alexander Fleming in his laboratory at St Mary's, Paddington, where he discovered penicillin. Official photographer, Public domain.
- An Onyx audience at The Shard, the City behind them. Onyx, © Onyx.
- A talk in progress at an Onyx event. Onyx, © Onyx.