Healthcare & Medical

US Pharma and Biotech Summit 2026

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he US Pharma and Biotech Summit 2026, organized by FT Live in collaboration with Endpoints News, brings together top executives, investors, and experts to share insights about the future of life sciences in America and worldwide. The event addresses challenges in drug development, policy, regulation, and investment, offering in-person and digital experience…

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49Voices
5Underwriters
0Exhibitors
20On the bill · sessions
44Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at US, in alphabetical order.
Alice Chen
Associate Professor and Vice Dean for Research · USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Ashish Pal
Executive Lead, Global Commercial Strategy Realization, Human Health · Merck
Ashoka Madduri
Global Head of Strategy and Intelligence, mRNA Center of Excellence · Sanofi
Caitlin Frazer
Executive Director · National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
Calum MacRae
Professor · Harvard Medical School
Catherine Owen Adams
CEO · Acadia Pharmaceuticals
Clive Meanwell
Chairman and Partner · Population Health Partners
David Benshoof Klein
CEO · Click
Dr. Alok Patel
Pediatrician, Medical Journalist, On Camera News Expert · Stanford Children's Health
Drew Armstrong
Executive Editor · Endpoints News
Elizabeth Naldi-Jacob
Vice President, Business Development & Licensing, Head, HQ Transactions & Corporate Development · Merck
Eric Tokat
Co-President of Investment Banking · Centerview Partners
Fiona Marshall
President, Biomedical Research · Novartis
Geoff Cook
CEO · Noom
Gillian Woollett
Vice President, Head of Regulatory Strategy and Policy · Samsung Bioepis
Graham Robinson
M&A partner · Kirkland & Ellis
Greg Meyers
Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Technology Officer · Bristol Myers Squibb
Jennifer Restivo
Senior Vice President and Head of Market Access · Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Jerry Avorn
Professor of Medicine · Harvard Medical School
Jerry McLaughlin
CEO · Life Biosciences
Jon Mahrt
Chief Executive Officer · Optum Rx
Kathleen Jordan
Chief Medical Officer · Midi Health

— and 27 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Associate SponsorAssociate Sponsor
Global Knowledge PartnerGlobal Knowledge Partner
Lead SponsorLead Sponsor
Strategic PartnerStrategic Partner
Supporting PartnerSupporting Partner
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The Programme

Selected from 20 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM EDT(25 min)

    Dialogue: Vaccines and public health policy in a world of split perspectives

    The pre-Covid consensus around vaccines and many long-held public health priorities has been shattered. Government authorities, healthcare companies and experts are being forced to…

    Track 1: The Forum
  • 10:25 AM - 10:45 AM EDT(20 min)

    Keynote interview: Building a patient-first culture in clinical development

    Track 1: The Forum
  • 11:05 AM - 11:40 AM EDT(35 min)

    Panel: From pharma to patient – Supporting the shift towards direct access

    The sky-high demand for weight loss drugs has provided momentum to start-ups offering products directly to consumers, pushed big pharma companies to create their own consumer acces…

    Track 2: East Hub
  • 11:05 AM - 11:40 AM EDT(35 min)

    Panel: US biotech’s next 50 years – a new phase of innovation and enterprise

    The 1975 Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA marked the start of the modern biotechnology era. Half a century later, medicine has been transformed by biotech breakthroughs. Now,…

    Track 1: The Forum
  • 11:40 AM - 12:15 PM EDT(35 min)

    Dealmakers’ dialogue: Value and volume in biopharma M&A, IPOs and alliances

    Biopharma dealmaking is showing signs of renewed momentum, with factors such as the looming patent cliff helping to drive targeted M&A activity. Increasing the volume of larger acq…

    Track 1: The Forum
  • 11:40 AM - 12:15 PM EDT(35 min)

    Wearables, apps and the surge of health data

    Consumer technology is bleeding into healthcare. Wearable devices that monitor biometrics and apps that claim to treat and track health conditions are growing in popularity. But he…

    Track 2: East Hub
  • 12:15 PM - 12:55 PM EDT(40 min)

    Panel: Building interconnected biopharma operating models

    Business processes are evolving as new tools and technologies make seamless integration across departments more achievable. Yet overcoming structural barriers and fragmented workfl…

    Track 1: The Forum
  • 12:15 PM - 12:55 PM EDT(40 min)

    Panel: Longevity medicine – New frontiers in wellness and prevention

    Longevity medicine is a big umbrella with growing demand for innovation. Investing in efforts to live longer could mean cutting-edge cellular rejuvenation, microdosing GLP-1s, or e…

    Track 2: East Hub
  • 12:55 PM - 1:15 PM EDT(20 min)

    Keynote interview: China and the future of biopharma: competition, collaboration and strategic reality

    Track 1: The Forum
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 44 companies, parsed from the program.

44 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
5Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
39Companies Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

67% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1837%
  • Founder / Owner612%
  • VP-level510%
  • Director / Head of48%
  • Manager / Lead12%
  • Other roles1531%

Of 49 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Endpoints News4V
  2. 02Financial Times4V
  3. 03Associate SponsorSp·A
  4. 04Global Knowledge PartnerSp·G
  5. 05Lead SponsorSp·L
  6. 06Strategic PartnerSp·S
  7. 07Supporting PartnerSp·S
  8. 08Harvard Medical School2V
  9. 09McKinsey & Company2V
  10. 10Merck2V
  11. 11Parexel2V
  12. 12Acadia Pharmaceuticals1V
  13. 13Bayer Pharmaceuticals1V
  14. 14Benchling1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
associate sponsor1
20% of 5
global knowledge partner1
20% of 5
lead sponsor1
20% of 5
strategic partner1
20% of 5
supporting partner1
20% of 5