May
Medicinal Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry&
Drug Discovery Biology
Drug Discovery BiologyStrategy Meeting West Coast USA 2026
Hard Rock Hotel San DiegoWhat 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.
Bishnu Nayak
Senior Director/Site Head Neologics Bio
David Bredt
Founder, Chief Scientific Officer Rapport Therapeutics
David Weitz
Chief Executive Officer and Founder Syrna Therapeutics
Devin Swanson
Principal Scientist External Innovation Janssen
Igor O. Nasonkin
CEO Phythera Therapeutics
Leo Kirkovsky
Director, Clinical Assay Group Pfizer
Mark Nelson
Vice President, Chemistry and Co-Founder Neumedics
Mehran Moghaddam
CEO OROX Biosciences, Inc.
Neil Raheja
Founder, President, and COO Venquis Therapeutics
Sampath Kumar Anandan
Vice President of Discovery Inipharm
Sanjeev Thohan
Scientific Advisory Board Member Cogentis Therapeutics/ Phoenix Molecular Designs
Sean Sullivan
Vice President Arcturus Therapeutics
Shicheng Guo
Senior Director of Translational Genetics and Data Science Arrowhead PharmaceuticalsOur Past Facilitators
Andrea Small-Howard
President GB Sciences
Bill Jackson, Ph.D
Founder & CEO Base Pair Biotechnologies, Inc.
Bishnu Nayak
Senior Director/Site Head Neologics Bio
Bruce Kovacs
Afecta Pharmaceuticals
Elliott J. Brecht
Director of Business Development SAI Life
Fernando Aleman
Founder and CSO Navega Therapeutics
Igor O. Nasonkin
CEO Phythera Therapeutics
Jian Zuo
Co-founder and CEO Ting Therapeutics
Klaus Simonsen
Vice President, Head of External Research & Innovation Lundbeck
Mehran Moghaddam
CEO OROX Biosciences, Inc.
Moorthy Palanki
Program Director / Professor, Biotechnology California State University San Marcos
Sang Van
CEO Paramita Therapeutics, Inc.
Sudar Alagarsamy
Executive Director Program Management Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Tal Teitz
Co-founder Ting Therapeutics
Yoshi Satoh
Vice President of Chemistry Rev Therapeutics
Zev Wisotsky
Director, Drug Discovery New Modality Solutions Revvity Signals
Zhiyong Wang
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer Venquis TherapeuticsOUR AGENDA
See Which Topics Are Up For Discussion
Roundtable Tracks
1AI-Driven Design for Challenging Modalities & “Hard” Targets (e.g. Kinases, Allosteric Sites, Undruggables, Protein Degraders)
-Sanjeev Thohan
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Cogentis Therapeutics/ Phoenix Molecular Designs
DMPK / ADME & Toxicology
End‑to‑End Small Molecule Drug Development via Integrated Discovery, DMPK, and Manufacture
Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation & Undruggables
The Future of Undruggables: Integrating AI, Chemoproteomics, and Targeted Degradation
Target Identification/ Lead Optimization
Structure Enabled Design Transforming Early Discovery and Fast Tracking Lead Optimization
-David Bredt
Founder, Chief Scientific Officer
Rapport Therapeutics
Integrated Drug Discovery
Integrated Drug Discovery to API Synthesis
-Mark Nelson
Vice President, Chemistry and Co-Founder
Neumedics
Private Equity, Venture Capital & Strategic Partnerships In Drug Discovery
Partnering to Shorten the Discovery and Development Timeline (Topic TBC)
-Devin Swanson
Principal Scientist External Innovation
Janssen
Roundtable Tracks
2Converging Data, Science, and Automation: How Unified Digital Frameworks Accelerate Multi-Modal Drug Discovery
SPONSOR
DMPK / ADME & ToxicologyBreaking Bottlenecks in Preclinical Development: Integrated ADME, Safety and Bioanalysis Solutions for Novel Modalities
SPONSOR
Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation & UndruggablesThe Next Generation of Degrader Architectures Reshaping Undruggable Targets in 2026 – Beyond PROTACs 2.0
SPONSOR
Target Identification/ Lead OptimizationStreamlining Chemistry, Biology, and Analytics: Integrated Platforms for Faster Hit-to‑Lead and Lead-to‑Preclinical Transitions
SPONSOR
Integrated Drug DiscoveryHolistic Risk Management: From Early‑Stage Discovery to Preclinical Development — Minimizing Failures through Integrated Workflows
Revvity Signals
Private Equity, Venture Capital & Strategic Partnerships In Drug DiscoveryThe Role of Machine Learning and AI-Powered Data Platforms in Shaping Future Investment Decisions and Portfolio Strategy
SPONSOR
Roundtable Tracks
3AI-Enabled Design for Complex Biology: CNS Targets, RNA Therapeutics, Multi-modal / Multitarget Drugs, Personalized Medicine (Topic TBC)
-Shicheng Guo
Senior Director of Translational Genetics and Data Science
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
DMPK / ADME & Toxicology
Optimizing Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics at Scale: Modern DMPK Capabilities for Predictive Preclinical Development
Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation & Undruggables
Targeting the Undruggable at Scale Integrating Chemical Biology Deep Learning and Next-Gen Screening
Target Identification/ Lead Optimization
The New Frontier of Hit Identification: High-Dimension Screens, DNA Encoded Libraries & Virtual Exploration
Integrated Drug Discovery
Integrating Novel Modalities Into End to End Drug Discovery Pipelines(Topic TBC)
-Sampath Kumar Anandan
Vice President of Discovery
Inipharm
Private Equity, Venture Capital & Strategic Partnerships In Drug Discovery
Partnering Science and Strategy: Translating Integrated Discovery Pipelines into Value for Investors, Collaborators, and Patients
Roundtable Tracks
4The Autonomous Chemist: Large Chemical Models and Self-Driving Optimization Loops
DMPK / ADME & Toxicology
ADME & Safety for RNA, Oligonucleotides, and LNP Platforms: What Chemists Must Know
Chemical Biology, Targeted Protein Degradation & Undruggables
Hit-to-Lead Strategies for PROTACs, Molecular Glues & Targeted Protein Degradation
Target Identification/ Lead Optimization
Discovery in RNA & Oligonucleotide Therapeutics
Integrated Drug Discovery
From Target to Tablet: End‑to‑End Small Molecule Drug Development via Integrated Discovery, DMPK, and Manufacture (Topic TBC)
-Igor Nasonkin
Co-founder & CEO
Phythera Therapeutics
Private Equity, Venture Capital & Strategic Partnerships In Drug Discovery
Enabling Biotech and Virtual Pharma — Outsourced R&D, Manufacturing, and Testing for Lean, High‑Velocity Drug Developers
-Mehran Moghaddam
CEO
OROX Biosciences, Inc.
Aligning Capital, Capability, and Curiosity: The Future of Venture and Partnership in Drug Discovery
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 drink – however you choose to make those important connections, our Strategy Meetings have the solution.
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