Analytics and characterization at Cell 2026

Nov 12–13, 2026 London, UK ~800 attendees Website

26 organizations at Cell 2026 present work in analytics and characterization: 18 suppliers and service providers, 5 drug developers and 3 academic, government and non-profit bodies. Between them they bring 35 presentations to the program. Most represented: Bristol Myers Squibb (5 on the program), Autolus (2 on the program), Quell Therapeutics (2 on the program). As of Oct 8, 2026.

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Top represented
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OrganizationCell 2026 Attendance
Bristol Myers Squibb
Princeton, New Jersey
Large pharma
Global drugmaker with marketed CAR-T cell therapies alongside medicines for cancer, immunology and cardiovascular disease.
Talk
Thu Nov 12
9:25am–9:50am
Advanced Technologies Driving The Next Wave Of Gene Therapy
Cell and gene therapy
Talk
Thu Nov 12
10:15am–10:40am
Phase Appropriate Analytical Strategies Including Comparability
Analytics and characterizationManufacturing and CMC
Panel
Thu Nov 12
2:40pm–3:05pm
Quality Control Strategies In Advanced CGTs
with Quell Therapeutics, University of Liverpool
Cell and gene therapyAnalytics and characterization
Panel
Thu Nov 12
2:40pm–3:05pm
Where Does Big Pharma Stand In CGTs – And What Comes Next?
with Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca
Cell and gene therapy
Talk
Thu Nov 12
5:20pm–5:45pm
One Lot, One Life: Scaling Hope for Patients with Autologous CART Treatments
Cell and gene therapyManufacturing and CMC
Talk
Fri Nov 13
1:55pm–2:20pm
Designing An End-To-End Supply Chain For CGTs
Cell and gene therapyManufacturing and CMC
Autolus
London, UK
Biotech
Develops and markets CAR-T cell therapies, including an approved treatment for adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Talk
Thu Nov 12
3:05pm–3:30pm
Harnessing Digital PCR For Rapid Sterility Testing
Analytics and characterization
Panel
Thu Nov 12
5:20pm–5:45pm
Overcoming Sterility Testing Challenges In CGT Analytical Development
Analytics and characterizationCell and gene therapy
Talk
Fri Nov 13
5:05pm–5:30pm
Developing Cutting-Edge Flow-Based Assays For Critical CMC Applications
Analytics and characterizationManufacturing and CMC
Biotech
Develops engineered regulatory T-cell therapies for immune-mediated diseases and transplant rejection.
Panel
Thu Nov 12
2:40pm–3:05pm
Quality Control Strategies In Advanced CGTs
with Bristol Myers Squibb, University of Liverpool
Cell and gene therapyAnalytics and characterization
Talk
Thu Nov 12
5:20pm–5:45pm
Panel
Fri Nov 13
1:55pm–2:20pm
Closing The Gap: Connecting Upstream And Downstream Bioprocessing In Cell-Based Therapies
with Technical University of Denmark, INmune Bio
Cell culture and upstream processingCell and gene therapy
NextCell Pharma
Huddinge, Sweden
Biotech
Swedish company developing ProTrans, an umbilical cord stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes, and running a cord blood bank.
Talk
Thu Nov 12
9:25am–9:50am
Developing A QC Strategy
Analytics and characterizationManufacturing and CMC
Panel
Thu Nov 12
3:05pm–3:30pm
Where Advanced Therapies Will Be In 2030: Scientific, Clinical, Regulatory & Economic Futures
with Axovia Therapeutics, BioNTech
Cell and gene therapy
Academic
Research university with work on quality control and potency testing for cell therapies.
Panel
Thu Nov 12
2:40pm–3:05pm
Quality Control Strategies In Advanced CGTs
with Quell Therapeutics, Bristol Myers Squibb
Cell and gene therapyAnalytics and characterization
Talk
Thu Nov 12
5:45pm–6:10pm
Choice Of Potency Assays For Vascular Cell Therapies
Analytics and characterizationCell and gene therapy
Abselion
Cambridge, UK
◇Bronze Sponsor
Analytics & instrumentsBronze Sponsor
Makes Amperia, a benchtop electrochemical instrument that measures antibody, viral vector and host cell protein levels in unpurified samples.
Talk
Fri Nov 13
11:40am–12:05pm
◇Bronze Sponsor
Equipment & consumablesBronze Sponsor
Supplies laboratory instruments, reagents, consumables and software, plus pharmaceutical development and manufacturing services, for research, diagnostics and drug production.
Talk
Fri Nov 13
2:20pm–2:45pm
Waters
Milford, MA
Presentation & exhibition package
Analytics & instrumentsPresentation & exhibition package
Makes liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry instruments and software used to characterize biologics, gene therapy vectors and other biopharmaceuticals.
Talk
Fri Nov 13
2:20pm–2:45pm
BlueRock Therapeutics
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Biotech
Bayer subsidiary developing cell therapies made from pluripotent stem cells, starting with Parkinson's disease.
Talk
Thu Nov 12
3:05pm–3:30pm
Uncovering the Analytical Iceberg: From Early Uncertainty to Commercial Readiness for Cell Therapy
Analytics and characterizationCell and gene therapy
M
MHRA
London, UK
Gov/NGO
UK regulator of medicines, medical devices and blood products, which also sets biological reference standards.
Talk
Fri Nov 13
5:30pm–5:55pm
Development Of A WHO Approved Phenotypic Flow Standard For Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Analytics and characterizationStem cells, organoids and cell models
Academic
NHS hospital trust in north London whose cell, gene and tissue therapeutics centre manufactures early-phase advanced therapies.
Talk
Fri Nov 13
2:45pm–3:10pm
From First-in-GMP to 300+ Releases: Building QC into Early Phase ATMP Manufacture
Cell and gene therapyAnalytics and characterization
ACROBiosystems
Beijing, China
○Network & Programme Sponsor
Equipment & consumablesNetwork & Programme Sponsor
Supplies recombinant proteins, antibodies and assay kits, including GMP-grade reagents, for work from discovery to clinical manufacturing.
Workshop
Fri Nov 13
11:15am–12:55pm
Alphalyse
Odense, Denmark
◇Silver Sponsor
CDMO & CROSilver Sponsor
Contract lab that analyses proteins by mass spectrometry, including host cell protein testing and characterisation of biologics.
Talk
Thu Nov 12
9:50am–10:15am
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
Indianapolis, Indiana
◇Silver Sponsor
Analytics & instrumentsSilver Sponsor
Makes flow cytometers, cell counters, particle analysers, centrifuges, liquid handlers and genomics tools for research and bioprocess labs.
Bio-Rad
Hercules, California
◇Silver Sponsor
Analytics & instrumentsSilver Sponsor
Makes life science research and clinical diagnostic products, including Droplet Digital PCR systems for absolute quantification of DNA and RNA.
Talk
Thu Nov 12
12:00pm–12:25pm
bioMérieux
Marcy-l'Étoile, France
◇Silver Sponsor
Analytics & instrumentsSilver Sponsor
Makes microbiology quality control tests for cell therapy sites, including rapid sterility, one-hour mycoplasma and endotoxin testing.
Talk
Thu Nov 12
12:00pm–12:25pm

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