Pharma Matchmaking Tables: Introductions to Pharma

8:30 am - Tuesday 28th April 2026

What is this session?

  • With a high concentration of relevant companies in one place, the pharma icebreaker tables offer a guaranteed opportunity for face-to-face interactions. Whether you’re connected on the one-to-one partnering system or not, this is a protected opportunity to introduce yourself and your organization

How is this organized?

  • Two weeks out from the conference, pharma will review attending biotech and biotech will review attending pharma, with both making selections to meet with companies they haven’t scheduled meetings with yet and are working in areas of strategic interest
  • With these selections, we will build a schedule of company rotations through each pharma’s table, across 90 minutes

Speakers:

Api Development Head
Biogen
Neuroscience Search and Evaluation Lead
Takeda
External Innovation
Biogen
Senior Director, Neuroscience
Eli Lilly
Associate Director, Business Development Search & Evaluation
Otsuka
Director, Search & Evaluation, Rare & Neurological Disorders
Sanofi
Senior Director, Neuroscience Search & Evaluation
Takeda
Head of Search & Evaluation Neuroscience
Novartis
Director, Neuroscience External Innovation
Ipsen
Executive Director, BI Venture Fund
Boehringer Ingelheim