CPhI Milan

Running from October 8 to October 10 at Fiera Milano, Italy, CPhI Milan will connect thousands of pharma industry professionals. With 1,400 exhibitors and more than 100 presentations and learning sessions, the organizers are expecting around 62,000 attendees.

This will be the 35th edition of CPhI. Get ready to engage in keynote sessions on manufacturing, sustainability, packaging, and global trends, and to explore new machinery and equipment, packaging solutions, finished dosage innovations, and more! The agenda is packed with learning opportunities!

Here at The Medicine Maker, we’ve got plenty of events filling up our diaries – but what are you most excited about? Are you looking to broaden your network, peruse new products, or build on your industry knowledge? Let us know your plans!

11:00 - 11:30 CET: Keynote: Advancing Immunisation: Next-Gen mRNA Vaccines (Hall 3 - 3F97)

Moderna’s vice president of medical affairs, EMEAC, Cesar Sanz Rodriguez discusses the future of vaccination technology and the potential of mRNA vaccines. A great opportunity to stay up-to-date with mRNA innovations and their performance in disease – and pandemic – prevention.

11:35 - 12:30 CET: Panel: Safeguarding the Future of Medicine (Hall 22 - 22F50)

A panel of policy makers and industry giants explain the role of the Critical Medicines Alliance (CMA) consultative initiative established by the European Commission. Speakers include Olivier Girard, Head of Unit Medical Counter-Measures, European Commission; Markus Sieger, CEO, Polpharma Group; Philippe Drechsle, Vice President EU Portfolio, Teva; and Rebecca Guntern, Head of Europe, Sandoz.

15:15 - 15:40 CET: From the Rainforest to the Clinic. Turning a High-Potency Rare Natural Product Into an Anticancer API (Hall 5 - 5B49)

R&D Process Director at Indena Federico Peterlongo shares his knowledge of natural products and how they can be characterized by complex structure, limited availability, and exceptional potency. While these combinations make it challenging to develop them as APIs, expertise along a sustainable supply chain make them possible.

And of course…

18:00 CET: The CPHI Celebration Awards and Networking Party (Hall 24 24A101)

Mix it up with the big hitters, award winners, and decision makers after a long day of eventing! (pre-registered guests only)

11:00 - 11:30 CET: Leveraging AI for Knowledge Management in Pharmaceutical Development: The iQNow Experience at Boehringer Ingelheim (Hall 5 - 5B49)

Michael Schorpp, Head of Knowledge Management & AI Development, Biologicals, Boehringer Ingelheim, discusses the challenges of accessibility when it comes to documents, data, and knowledge, and how AI is now being developed to put all that at the tips of your fingers.

13:10 - 13:40 CET: Solutions to Sustainable Manufacturing – Circular Carbon for Fossil Free Raw Materials and Manufacturing (Hall 6 - 6A28)

Join Martin Held, Lecturer at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, as he tries to get you to think of carbon as a resource rather than a problem. If plastic packaging can enter a circular economy, why not carbon too?

15:15 - 15:40 CET: Optimizing Prefillable Polymer Syringe Nest Design for Enhanced Fill-And-Finish (Hall 20 - 20C33)

Nina Krautwurst, Global Product Manager, Schott Pharma, explains how to maximize conveyor space utilization, streamline production processes, and support sustainability objectives by minimizing material and energy consumption, and how this can lead to improved efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and environmental responsibility.

11:00 - 11:30 CET: Awards Winners (Various locations)

Spend time with the awards winners from Day 1 as thy showcase their expertise in innovation (Hall 3), sustainability (Hall 6), packaging (Hall 20), supply chain excellence (Hall 22), or manufacturing (Hall 5)

11:35 - 12:30 CET: Leading with Diversity: The CEO Journey (Hall 6 - 6A28)

A host of industry leaders share their experiences and successes garnered by fostering an open and inclusive culture, featuring Emma Banks, CEO, ramarketing; Maximilian Jakobs, CEO and Co-Founder, DeepMirror; Mahmoud Assy, CEO, Eufonía Diversity; Christina Smolke, CEO and co-founder, Antheia; Federica Fraschetti, Associate Director - ExM Large Molecules Tech Ops, MSD; and Hanns-Christian Mahler, CEO, ten23 health.

13:45 - 14:10 CET: Novel Chromatography for Antibody Variants and Recombinant Proteins (Hall 3 - 3F97)

Gaetan Combaud Barbier, BP Resins Sales Specialist, Cytiva, covers the intricacies of designing a purification process for bispecific antibodies, and a novel affinity chromatography technology for the purification of recombinant protein.