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Strategy Meeting East Coast USA 2025
The premier meeting for all East Coast USA CMC professionals
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What makes our strategy meetings unique?

Roundtable Discussions
Intimate discussions led by renowned industry experts. Have your voice heard and debate alongside like-minded life science executives.

Unrivalled Networking
With senior delegation from big pharma and innovative biotech from across the East Coast, you can network with peers from different locations, all in one place.

Personalised Agenda
Choose the topics that matter to you. Reserve your place at the roundtable discussions and ensure your whole day delivers the insights you need to hear.

Solutions to your Problems
We've partnered with the best solution providers to solve your biggest challenges. Engage in pre-arranged, private meetings to address your specific needs and find a tangible solution.

Industry Researched Topics
We guarantee our agenda is up-to-date and mission critical because its designed by you. We speak to our extended network of senior decision makers to ensure the most important topics are discussed.

Senior Decision Makers
The entire strategy meeting is specifically tailored to the needs and challenges of senior life science professionals. Discover how your peers are dealing with the same challenges as you.
Meet Our Facilitators
Our panel of facilitators plays a key role in shaping the agenda for the day. Whilst we're busy connecting with the best industry experts, take a look at our facilitators.

Caitlyn Harvey
Vice President, Head of CMC Convergent Therapeutics, Inc.
Daniel Peng
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs CMC Checkpoint Therapeutics
Debasis Patra
Vice President, Head of CMC OliX Pharmaceuticals
Erin O’Brien
Head, Process Chemistry, Synthetic Molecule Process Development Takeda
Fabien Bonhoure
Global Business Project Director SEQENS
Fue Vang
Director, Analytical Development Candel Therapeutics
Gopi Vudathala
Global Head, Regulatory Affairs CMC Incyte Corporation
Gregory Papastoitsis
Chief Process and Manufacturing Officer Ankyra Therapeutics
Johan Evenäs
Chief Executive Officer RG Discovery
Kwame Nti-Addae
Executive Director, Head of CMC Frontier Medicines
Mahesh Padval
Chief Pharmaceutical Development Officer Relay Therapeutics
Matt Barrows
Senior Vice President, CMC & Technical Operations Aviceda Therapeutics
Niels Svenstrup
Senior Vice President, Chemistry & Manufacturing PepGen
Paul Peng
Vice President, CMC City Therapeutics
Robert Gabriel
Board Member, Managing Partner Ashur Capital
Stephan Krause
Executive Director, Cell Therapy Global Quality Bristol Myers Squibb
Suresh Tipparaju
Director, Product Development and Clinical Supply Alexion-AstraZeneca Rare Disease
Vikram Sadineni
Vice President, Technical Development & Manufacturing Generate:Biomedicines
Yumiko Mizuno
Head, Plasma-Derived Therapies (PDT) Drug Product Development Takeda
Yu Qian
Director, Head of Analytical Project Leads, Cell Therapies NovartisReasons To Attend Our Strategy Meetings

Fully Interactive Format
There's only so much you can learn from presentations and lectures. Instead our interactive Roundtable Discussions let you debate the topics that really matter

Senior Decision Makers
All our Strategy Meetings are aimed at director level and above. Discover how your peers are tackling the industries biggest challenges and have your thoughts heard

Personalised Agendas
Pick the roundtable discussions that you want to be part of. Simply choose your sessions and we'll create a personalised agenda just for you

Private and Intimate Networking
Small group discussions, private meetings, networking drinks - however you choose to make those important connections our Strategy Meetings have the solution
Our Agenda
See Which Topics Are Up For Discussion
Roundtable Tracks
1The Role of Intermediates in API Synthesis and Their Impact on CMC Regulatory Submissions (Topic TBC)
-Niels Svenstrup
Senior Vice President, Chemistry & Manufacturing
PepGen
Technology Transfer Analytical
Key CMC Considerations for Effective Planning and Collaboration in Complex Site Transfers (Topic TBC)
-Paul Peng
Vice President, CMC
City Therapeutics
Outsourcing / Process Research & Scale Up
Global Outsourcing: Navigating Regulatory Differences (Topic TBC)
-Matt Barrows
Senior Vice President, CMC & Technical Operations
Aviceda Therapeutics
Integrated Drug Development
Developing Robust Analytical Methods for Integrated CMC
-Fue Vang
Director, Analytical Development
Candel Therapeutics
Emerging / New Modalities
Navigating CMC for Biologic/Small Molecule Hybrid Therapies
-Caitlyn Harvey
Vice President, Head of CMC
Convergent Therapeutics, Inc.
Drug Substance, Drug Product, Drug Delivery
Enhancing Drug Solubility, Stability, and Drug Delivery
-Mahesh Padval
Chief Pharmaceutical Development Officer
Relay Therapeutics
Roundtable Tracks
2De-Risking Small Molecule Development: Strategies to Maximize Success and Boost Your Company’s Value
-Fabien Bonhoure
Global Business Project Director
SEQENS
SEQENS
Technology Transfer AnalyticalSeamless Technology and Knowledge Transfer From The Bench To The Plant
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Outsourcing / Process Research & Scale UpEffective Strategies for Managing Impurities during API production of peptides and macrocycles
-Johan Evenäs
Chief Executive Officer
RG Discovery
RG Discovery
Integrated Drug DevelopmentAccelerating Time To Market Through Integrated Services
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Emerging / New ModalitiesExploring Emerging Oligonucleotide Modalities and Their Implications for Therapeutic Development
-Debasis Patra
Vice President, Head of CMC
OliX Pharmaceuticals
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Drug Substance, Drug Product, Drug DeliveryUnderstanding the Growing Role of Drug-Device Combination Products and Delivery Systems
-Vikram Sadineni
Vice President, Technical Development & Manufacturing
Generate:Biomedicines
Roundtable Tracks
3Implementing Robust Strategies to Mitigate Risks in the Supply Chain
-Erin O’Brien
Head, Process Chemistry, Synthetic Molecule Process Development
Takeda
Technology Transfer Analytical
Identifying Key Success Factors for Effective Biologics Technology Transfer
-Gopi Vudathala
Global Head, Regulatory Affairs CMC
Incyte Corporation
Outsourcing / Process Research & Scale Up
Evaluating the Pros and Cons of Outsourcing CMC Activities
-Gregory Papastoitsis
Chief Process and Manufacturing Officer
Ankyra Therapeutics
Integrated Drug Development
Collaboration Between CMC and Clinical Teams for Seamless Development
-Daniel Peng
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs CMC
Checkpoint Therapeutics
Emerging / New Modalities
Cell and Gene Therapies: CMC Challenges and Potential Solutions
-Yu Qian
Director, Head of Analytical Project Leads, Cell Therapies
Novartis
Drug Substance, Drug Product, Drug Delivery
CMC for Oral Drug Delivery: Navigating the Challenges of Bioavailability and Controlled Release
-Suresh Tipparaju
Director, Product Development and Clinical Supply
Alexion-AstraZeneca Rare Disease
Roundtable Tracks
4Building a Successful Overall Development Plan for Producing Sufficiently Formulated API
-Suresh Tipparaju
Director, Product Development and Clinical Supply
Alexion-AstraZeneca Rare Disease
Technology Transfer Analytical
Best Industry Practice for Late-Stage and Commercial Analytical Method Transfer (AMT)
-Stephan Krause
Executive Director, Cell Therapy Global Quality
Bristol Myers Squibb
Outsourcing / Process Research & Scale Up
Optimizing Process Research & Scale-Up in CMC: From Early-Stage Development to Commercial Production
-Vikram Sadineni
Vice President, Technical Development & Manufacturing
Generate:Biomedicines
Integrated Drug Development
Digital Transformation in CMC: Revolutionizing Drug Development & Manufacturing
-Kwame Nti-Addae
Executive Director, Head of CMC
Frontier Medicines
Emerging / New Modalities
Drug Substance, Drug Product, Drug Delivery
CMC Strategies to Reduce Dosing Frequency: Overcoming Challenges in Drug Substance Formulation and Delivery
-Yumiko Mizuno
Head, Plasma-Derived Therapies (PDT) Drug Product Development
Takeda
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