November
Medicinal Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry&
Drug Discovery Biology
Drug Discovery BiologyStrategy Meeting West Coast USA 2025
Reinvigorating Productivity in Pharma & Biotech R&D Through Advanced Technologies and Innovative Techniques that Interrogate Activity and Mechanisms
Hard Rock Hotel San Diegodays
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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 West 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.
Our Facilitators
Our panel of facilitators play a key role in shaping the agenda for the day. See who will be bringing their expertise to the table at Medicinal Chemistry Strategy Meeting.
Andrea Small-Howard
President GB Sciences
Bishnu Nayak
Senior Director/Site Head Neologics Bio
Igor Nasonkin
Co-founder & CEO Phythera Therapeutics
Jian Zuo
Co-founder and CEO Ting Therapeutics
Jun Yin
CTO BrainStorm Therapeutics
Klaus Simonsen
VP, Divisional Director Chemistry Lundbeck
Leo Kirkovsky
Senior Director Exelixis
Maya Gosztyla
Co-Founder, Lead Scientist, & COO Brainstorm Therapeutics
Mehran Moghaddam
CEO OROX Biosciences, Inc.
Robert T. Fremeau, Jr.
Founder, CEO/CSO, President Brainstorm Therapeutics, Inc.
Sudar Alagarsamy
Executive Director Program Management Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Tal Teitz
Co-founder Ting Therapeutics
Yoshi Satoh
Vice President of Chemistry Rev TherapeuticsOUR AGENDA
See Which Topics Are Up For Discussion
Roundtable Tracks
1Generative Chemistry in Action: Applications, Challenges, and Breakthroughs (Topic TBC)
-Andrea Small-Howard
President
GB Sciences
DMPK / ADME & Toxicology
Optimizing ADME: Bridging the Gap Between Drug Discovery and Clinical Success (Topic TBC)
-Igor Nasonkin
Co-founder & CEO
Phythera Therapeutics
-Leo Kirkovsky
Senior Director
Exelixis
Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation & Undruggables
Beyond the Degradation Mechanism: Addressing Safety and Formulation in Targeted Therapeutics (Topic TBC)
-Yoshi Satoh
Vice President of Chemistry
Rev Therapeutics
Target Identification/ Lead Optimization
Fragment Based Drug Discovery (Topic TBC)
-Bishnu Nayak
Senior Director/Site Head
Neologics Bio
Strategic Partnerships In Drug Discovery
Collaborative Chemistry: The Business of Partnerships in Drug Innovation (Topic TBC)
-Klaus Simonsen
VP, Divisional Director Chemistry
Lundbeck
Integrated Drug Discovery
From Hit to Lead: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Cutting-Edge Chemistry and Innovative Screening Strategies (Topic TBC)
-Sudar Alagarsamy
Executive Director Program Management
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Roundtable Tracks
2Emerging Challenges in Machine Learning (ML) -Driven Molecular Property Predictions
Sponsor
DMPK / ADME & ToxicologyNext-Generation Bioanalytical Approaches for DMPK: Improving Sensitivity and Throughput
Sponsor
Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation & UndruggablesChemoproteomics: Probing Small Molecules’ Interactions with Complex Biological Systems
Revvity Signals
Target Identification/ Lead OptimizationFragment Based Drug Discovery in the Spotlight: Emerging Trends in Hit Identification and Lead Optimization
Sponsor
Strategic Partnerships In Drug DiscoveryHow Strategic Partnerships Revolutionize Pharma R&D
Sponsor
Integrated Drug DiscoveryAI/ML Integration in the Discovery and Development of Next-Generation Therapeutics
Sponsor
Roundtable Tracks
3The Evolution of AI: Looking Back at the Past 10 years and Projecting the Future 10 (Topic TBC)
-Jun Yin
CTO
BrainStorm Therapeutics
DMPK / ADME & Toxicology
Integrating Computational DMPK Tools for Faster and More Accurate Drug Profiling (Topic TBC)
-Mehran Moghaddam
CEO
OROX Biosciences, Inc.
Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation & Undruggables
Emerging “Undruggable” Targets in Targeted Protein Degradation
Target Identification/ Lead Optimization
Drugging Protein:Protein Interactions: Best practices in hit identification and lead optimization of undruggable complexes
Strategic Partnerships In Drug Discovery
Strategic Alliances and Investment Strategies: Fueling the Future of Drug Discovery
Integrated Drug Discovery
Transforming RNA Biology into Drug Discovery with AI: From Complex Datasets to Targetable Insights
-Robert T. Fremeau, Jr.
Founder, CEO/CSO, President
Brainstorm Therapeutics, Inc.
-Maya Gosztyla
Co-Founder, Lead Scientist, & COO
Brainstorm Therapeutics
Roundtable Tracks
4Explainable AI (XAI) and ML/AL as assistive intelligence to support rational lead optimization of small molecules
DMPK / ADME & Toxicology
Overcoming ADME Challenges in Small Molecule and Biologic Drug Discovery
Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation & Undruggables
From Discovery to Application: Challenges in Using Chemical Probes for Degrader Development
Target Identification/ Lead Optimization
AI-Driven Drug Discovery: Transforming Hit Identification and Lead Optimization
Strategic Partnerships In Drug Discovery
The Role of Venture Partnerships in Drug Discovery
Integrated Drug Discovery
Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration in Drug Discovery - Challenges, Innovations, and Future Directions
Reasons 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
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