CMC and manufacturing strategy at BPI 2026

71 organizations at BPI 2026 present work in CMC & manufacturing strategy: 45 suppliers and service providers, 19 drug developers and 7 academic, government and non-profit bodies. Between them they bring 142 presentations to the program. Most represented: Merck (9 on the program), AstraZeneca (6 on the program), MilliporeSigma (5 on the program). 58 of them have their own page in this guide.

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Organization	BPI 2026 Attendance
Merck Rahway, New Jersey	5 Senior Scientist · 2 Associate Principal Scientist · 1 Director · 1 R&D Information Architect and Data Strategy
merck.com Large pharma Global pharmaceutical company (Merck & Co., known as MSD outside the US and Canada) developing and manufacturing medicines, vaccines and biologics.	Chair Tue Sep 22 8:50am–9:00am Extended Chairperson’s Workshop Opening Symposia 2: Intensified & Continuous Manufacturing Talk Tue Sep 22 1:00pm–1:30pm Development and Optimization of a Hollow Fiber-Based Countercurrent Diafiltration Process for Continuous Manufacturing of Monoclonal Antibodies Symposia 2: Intensified & Continuous Manufacturing Talk Wed Sep 23 11:45am–12:15pm Doing More with Less: Statistically Validating Smaller Clone Screening Panels for Cell Line Development for Complex Molecules Cell Line Development & Engineering Talk Wed Sep 23 2:30pm–3:00pm Evaluation of a High-Throughput Convective Chromatography Technology for Developing mRNA Affinity Purification Downstream Processing Chair Thu Sep 24 11:25am–11:30am Chairperson Remarks Downstream Processing Chair Thu Sep 24 2:10pm–2:15pm Chairperson's Remarks Downstream Processing Talk Thu Sep 24 4:30pm–5:00pm AI-assisted foam control in benchtop bioreactors Cell Culture & Upstream Processing Talk Fri Sep 25 11:15am–11:45am Upstream Matters for ADCs: Locking High-Performance Upstream to Simplify Downstream Cell Culture & Upstream Processing Panel Fri Sep 25 11:45am–12:15pm How should we begin to approach fully Digital Tech Transfer CDMO Partnering & External Manufacturing · with Dassault Systèmes Talk Fri Sep 25 2:30pm–3:30pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Shared Pain Points Between Upstream and Downstream Processes Cell Culture & Upstream Processing · with AstraZeneca, LumaCyte, CUVIA +2 more Talk Fri Sep 25 2:30pm–3:30pm Room 312: PANEL DISCUSSION: Shared Pain Points Between Upstream and Downstream Processes Downstream Processing · with AstraZeneca, LumaCyte, CUVIA +2 more
AstraZeneca Cambridge, United Kingdom	2 Senior Scientist · 1 Director Manufacturing Science & Technology · 1 Executive Director of Bioprocess Technology and Engineering · 1 Director · 1 other speaker
astrazeneca.com Large pharma Global pharmaceutical company developing and manufacturing biologics, including antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates.	Panel Tue Sep 22 11:30am–12:00pm Accelerating Chemically Defined Media and Feed Optimization via Integrated High Throughput Screening Methodologies Symposia 2: Intensified & Continuous Manufacturing Keynote Wed Sep 23 9:00am–9:30am KEYNOTE: Transforming Biologics Manufacturing: Leveraging Predictive Analytics and Advanced Process Control for Next-Generation Operations Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations Keynote Wed Sep 23 5:00pm–5:45pm PLENARY KEYNOTE: Integrated and Continuous Bioprocessing: what’s holding us back, and where do we go from here? BPI Plenary Keynote - Room 312 Upstream & Cell CultureDownstream Processing Talk Thu Sep 24 12:00pm–12:30pm Predicting the impact of diversions in a dynamic continuous process Cell Culture & Upstream Processing Talk Fri Sep 25 11:15am–11:45am Tech Transfer Strategies for DS PPQ delivery at CMO Partners CDMO Partnering & External Manufacturing Talk Fri Sep 25 2:00pm–2:30pm From Capping to Conjugation: Cell Culture Levers That Shape Cysteine Availability and ADC DAR Cell Culture & Upstream Processing Talk Fri Sep 25 2:30pm–3:30pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Shared Pain Points Between Upstream and Downstream Processes Cell Culture & Upstream Processing · with Merck, LumaCyte, CUVIA +2 more Talk Fri Sep 25 2:30pm–3:30pm Room 312: PANEL DISCUSSION: Shared Pain Points Between Upstream and Downstream Processes Downstream Processing · with Merck, LumaCyte, CUVIA +2 more
MilliporeSigma Burlington, Massachusetts	1 Director of Raw Material & Manufacturing Innovation R&D · 1 Strategic Implementation Manager · 1 R&D Manager · 1 Principal Engineer · 1 other speaker
milliporesigma.com Equipment & consumablesEvent partner US and Canada life science business of Merck KGaA, supplying single-use systems, filtration and purification technologies, process analytics, software and raw materials.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 319 Wed, Sep 233:30pm–7:00pmThu, Sep 248:15am–5:00pmFri, Sep 259:00am–1:50pm Talk Wed Sep 23 10:00am–10:30am Trace Element Prediction - Data-Driven Understanding and Control of Impurities in Cell Culture Media CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance Talk Wed Sep 23 11:15am–11:45am Building Robust Chemically Defined Media Processes: A QbD Framework for Critical Material Attribute Risk Management Cell Culture & Upstream Processing · with Amgen Talk Wed Sep 23 2:00pm–2:30pm Advancing Development of Complex Molecules: Industry Survey Insights on Readiness, Risk, and CMC Decision‑Making CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance Talk Wed Sep 23 3:00pm–3:30pm Bridging the Gap Between Upstream and Downstream Process Automation by Integrating an Autosampling Solution and the Connected Lab Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations · with Regeneron Talk Wed Sep 23 4:20pm–4:40pm Evaluating Alternative Approaches for AAV Capsid Quantification Across Serotypes Innovation and Community Stage (Exhibit Hall) Cell & Gene Therapy Talk Thu Sep 24 1:40pm–1:50pm Live Lab: Millipore Sigma Sponsored session · Live Labs in Exhibit Hall Talk Thu Sep 24 6:00pm–9:30pm Biotech Week Boston Festival Party @ The Museum of Science Sponsored session · Break Talk Fri Sep 25 1:10pm–1:20pm Live Lab Millipore Sigma Sponsored session · Live Labs in Exhibit Hall
AbbVie North Chicago, Illinois	1 Principal AI Engineer · 1 Senior Scientist II · 1 Principal Research Scientist, · 1 Principal Scientist · 1 other speaker
abbvie.com Large pharma Global pharmaceutical company developing and manufacturing biologics, including antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates.	Chair Wed Sep 23 8:55am–9:00am Chairperson's Opening Remarks Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations Talk Wed Sep 23 11:15am–11:45am Advancing Raman chemometric models: A path to scalable and reliable bioprocess real-time monitoring and control Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations Chair Wed Sep 23 1:55pm–2:00pm Chairperson Remarks Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations Panel Wed Sep 23 2:30pm–3:00pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Sensors for Robust Upstream Processes – When Sensors Help and When To Stop Cell Culture & Upstream Processing · with Bristol Myers Squibb, Hamilton Company, HINA Bioventures Talk Thu Sep 24 4:30pm–5:00pm Developing a Robust Lyophilization Process for Manufacturing a Bispecific Antibody Drug Product CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance Talk Fri Sep 25 11:45am–12:15pm Agility and Robustness by Design: Rethinking the Process Validation Lifecycle CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance Talk Fri Sep 25 2:00pm–2:30pm Genetic Characterization in Cell Line Development: What Matters Most in Practice Today Cell Line Development & Engineering
Cytiva Marlborough, Massachusetts	1 Distinguished Fellow, Technology Strategy and Innovation, CTO · 1 Chief Scientific Officer · 1 Senior Global Product Manager · 1 Principal Scientist · 1 other speaker
cytivalifesciences.com Equipment & consumablesEvent partner Supplier of bioprocess equipment and consumables, including bioreactors, chromatography systems and resins, filtration, single-use technologies and cell culture media.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 215 Wed, Sep 233:30pm–7:00pmThu, Sep 248:15am–5:00pmFri, Sep 259:00am–1:50pm Keynote Wed Sep 23 8:15am–8:55am PLENARY KEYNOTE: Reshaping Regulatory Frameworks for a Multi-Modality Manufacturing World BPI Plenary Keynote - Room 312 · with BioPhorum, SK pharmteco CMC & Manufacturing Strategy Talk Wed Sep 23 10:00am–10:30am Economic impact of process intensification strategies in biopharmaceutical manufacturing Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations Talk Wed Sep 23 1:00pm–1:45pm Reimagining Single-Use Chromatography: Simplicity, Consistency, and Control Scientific Lunch Presentation 1 Downstream Processing Talk Thu Sep 24 12:30pm–1:00pm Democratizing Gene Therapy: Upstream Innovations to Streamline CMC and Reduce Cost per Dose Gene Therapy Manufacturing & Analytics Talk Thu Sep 24 12:30pm–1:00pm Designing process intensification in the mAb capture step for the MSAT handoff—not just PD success Downstream Processing
Takeda Tokyo, Japan	1 Senior Staff Engineer · 1 Principal QC Scientist · 1 Director, External Manufacturing and Testing · 1 Sr. Staff Engineer, Process Development · 1 other speaker
takeda.com Large pharma Global pharmaceutical company developing and manufacturing biologics, plasma-derived therapies and small molecules.	Talk Wed Sep 23 12:15pm–12:45pm Downstream Process Adaptations for Molecules Beyond Platform Fit CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance Talk Thu Sep 24 5:00pm–5:30pm A Systematic Approach to Responding to Microbial Contamination Events in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing CMC Strategy & Manufacturing Performance Talk Fri Sep 25 9:30am–10:00am Strategies for harmonizing vendor operational models and improving efficiency between internal R&D organizations and external partners CDMO Partnering & External Manufacturing Talk Fri Sep 25 2:00pm–2:30pm Guiding Robocolumn Use in Process Development: FAQs, Limitations, and Fit-for-Purpose Scope Downstream Processing Panel Fri Sep 25 2:30pm–3:30pm PANEL DISCUSSION: The Future of Facilities: Enabling Autonomous Bioprocessing Digital Biomanufacturing and Data Driven Operations · with Bristol Myers Squibb, Biopharma Consulting Solutions, LabScale AI +3 more