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World Orphan Drug Congress USA 2027

World Orphan Drug Congress USA is the leading rare disease event advancing orphan drug development, clinical trials, regulatory strategy, market access, and patient advocacy. Join biotechs, pharma, payers, and regulators to

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56Speakers
0Sponsors
34Sessions
47Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at World, in alphabetical order.

Adrian Haigh
Senior Vice President and General Manager Emea and Asia Pacific Region · PTC Therapeutics
Alessandra Ferlini
Director of the Medical Genetics Section & Unit · University of Ferrara
Alexander Natz
Secretary General · EUCOPE - European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs
Alexion Pharma Netherlands B.V.
Alicia Be
Senior Account Manager · FIPRA International
Alicia Granados
Global Head Scientific Advocacy and Insights · Sanofi
Anouk Neven
Biostatistician · EMA
Ashley Hudson
Assoc. Director · Syntis Bio
Claudia Roca Herms
Corporate Director Patient Advocacy & Public Affairs · Ferrer
Daria Julkowska
Head of Strategy & Partnerships in Health, ERDERA - INSERM · ERDERA - INSERM
Dorota Zgodka
Steering Committee member, HTAi Rare Disease Interest Group · HTAi
Enrico Costa
Head of International Affairs Office & Italian Delegate at the COMP · Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA)
Eugenio Rizzello
Director · Staatz Consulting
Fabienne Bartoli
Inspector General · French National Authority for Health
Gulcin Gumus
Research and Policy Senior Manager · EURORDIS
Jana Benesh
Director of Therapeutic Expertise · ICON Centre for Rare Diseases
Jennifer Verde
Associate Director, Clinical Data Operations · Rezolute Bio
Jonathan Bracey
Founder · MVA Society
Kaja Kantorska
Health and Food Safety Directorate General · European Commission
Karen Facey
Senior HTA Advisor · University of Edinburgh
Kristina Larsson
Head of Orphan Medicines, Division for Human Medicines Evidence Generation · EMA
László Schiller-Tamás
Solution Delivery Lead · Genontech Digital Health Solutions Ltd.

Agenda

Selected from 34 sessions.

  • Oct 26 10:00

    AI for Rare Diseases: From Promise to Practice

    This interactive workshop will bring together leaders from research, biotech, pharmaceutical industry, investment and the patient community to explore how AI is already transformin…

    Workshops
  • Oct 26 10:00

    Building a unified voice in Rare Diseases: Lessons from the Rare Liver Community

    People affected by rare liver diseases face recurring challenges across diagnosis, specialist care, evidence generation and access. Yet action is often organised disease by disease…

    Ipsen Workshop
  • Oct 26 10:00

    ERDERA: AI for Rare Diseases: From Promise to Practice

    Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming an integral part of the rare disease ecosystem, supporting scientific discovery, therapeutic development and strategic decision-making. …

    Workshops
  • Oct 26 14:00

    Early Diagnosis – What’s Needed to Make Change Happen?

    Moving beyond isolated advocacy to accelerate diagnosis, this workshop will holistically explore how early diagnosis fits within the rare disease ecosystem from development of diag…

    Sanofi Workshop
  • Oct 26 14:00

    HTAi: Implementing HTA recommendations, Evidence assessment, economic modelling, and how legislation drives HTA change

    HTAi Workshop
  • Oct 26 14:00

    Implementing HTA recommendations, Evidence assessment, economic modelling, and how legislation drives HTA change

    HTAi Workshop
  • Oct 26 15:30

    From EU Approval to Patient Availability: Rethinking the Path for Orphan Drugs in The Netherlands

    A medicine may be approved in Europe and still remain out of reach for patients in the Netherlands. Why? Three patient organisations will bring the access challenge to life through…

    Alexion Workshop
  • Oct 26 15:30

    How can we improve access to orphan drugs in the Netherlands? - Title TBC

    - The need for a separate approval pathway for Orphan Drugs - How will new Reimbursement models help Pharmaceutical companies navigate Orphan Drug development?

    Alexion Workshop
  • Oct 26 17:00

    A Rare Networking Opportunity - Offsite Networking Drinks

    A Rare Networking Opportunity brings together rare disease patient advocates and professionals working towards rare disease therapies - not to pitch or present, but to genuinely co…

    Alexion Workshop
Company intelligence

An audience of 47 companies, parsed from the program.

47 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
47Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

55% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite713%
  • Founder / Owner35%
  • VP-level35%
  • Director / Head of1832%
  • Manager / Lead47%
  • Engineer · IC35%
  • Research / Science12%
  • Advisor / Investor24%
  • Other roles1527%

Of 56 speakers · classified by free-text title

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