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Physician, Scientist and Writer Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee speaks onstage at the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2016 - How Bristol Myers Squibb Is Advancing Cancer Care at Civic Hall on November 1, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images