Discovery on Target 2026 has ended. This guide stays up as the record of who was there. Next: Discovery on Target 2027, Oct 18–21, 2027 in Boston

CROs and CDMOs at Discovery on Target 2026

Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2026 Boston, MA ~1.1k attendees Website

85 CROs and CDMOs are at Discovery on Target 2026 — 20 presentations on the program and 26 with a booth in the exhibit hall. Most represented: Perceptive (3 on the program), HitGen (2 on the program), WuXi AppTec (2 on the program). 29 of them have their own page in this guide. As of Oct 8, 2026.

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Organization	Discovery on Target 2026 Attendance
Perceptive Burlington, MA
perceptive.com CROs & CDMOs Provides preclinical imaging, radiochemistry and radioligand assays, plus clinical trial imaging and trial-supply technology.	Chair Wed Sep 30 9:00am–9:05am Chairperson's Remarks Radioligand Therapies Talk Wed Sep 30 11:50am–12:20pm Advances and Standardizations in Preclinical Radiopharmaceutical Discovery Radioligand Therapies Chair Wed Sep 30 2:00pm–2:05pm Chairperson's Remarks Radioligand Therapies Panel Wed Sep 30 3:05pm–4:05pm From Target to Therapy: Science, Strategy, and Scalability Radioligand Therapies · with Curium, AstraZeneca, Mariana Oncology +1 more
HitGen Chengdu, China	◆Premier Sponsor
hitgen.com/en CROs & CDMOsPremier Sponsor Drug discovery company offering DNA-encoded library screening, medicinal chemistry and integrated discovery partnerships.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 310 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm Talk Tue Sep 29 3:20pm–3:50pm Leveraging DNA-Encoded Libraries to Identify a Cyclic Peptidomimetic Compound for Fibroblast Activation Protein Emerging Drug Targets Talk Thu Oct 1 10:35am–11:05am DEL Platforms at HitGen: New Developments and Applications to Small Molecule Drug Discovery Lead Generation Strategies
WuXi AppTec Shanghai, China	◆Premier Sponsor
wuxiapptec.com CROs & CDMOsPremier Sponsor Chinese contract research, development and manufacturing group covering chemistry, biology, DNA-encoded library screening, testing and production for drug developers.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 403 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm Talk Tue Sep 29 3:20pm–3:50pm Exploration of Novel E3 Ligase to Support Targeted Protein Degradation Drug Discovery Novel Drug Modalities Talk Thu Oct 1 1:00pm–1:30pm Accelerating the Discovery of Next-Gen Oligonucleotide Conjugates: From Hit Identification to CMC Readiness Next-Generation Conjugates
X-Chem Waltham, MA	◆Corporate Sponsor
x-chemrx.com CROs & CDMOsCorporate Sponsor Runs DNA-encoded library screening for drug developers, adding machine learning and medicinal chemistry to turn hits into leads.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 304 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm Talk Tue Sep 29 12:05pm–12:35pm The Levels of DEL: How Library Chemistry Leads to Clinical Candidates Lead Generation Strategies Talk Wed Sep 30 10:35am–11:05am Chemomics-Driven Drug Discovery with ML and DEL Innovative Discovery Technologies
Domainex Cambridge, UK	◆Corporate Sponsor
domainex.co.uk CROs & CDMOsCorporate Sponsor UK contract research organisation providing integrated drug discovery: medicinal chemistry, protein science, assays and direct-to-biology screening.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 503 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm Talk Tue Sep 29 3:35pm–3:50pm Cutting out the Middleman: Accelerating Drug Discovery with Direct-to-Biology Lead Generation Strategies Talk Wed Sep 30 3:35pm–3:50pm PureDisc: Unlocking Membrane Proteins for Structural Biology and Biophysics Utilizing Native Membrane Polymer Nanodiscs Antibodies Against Challenging Targets
Ginkgo Bioworks Boston, MA
ginkgobioworks.com CROs & CDMOs Synthetic biology company offering cell engineering, lab automation and, through Ginkgo Datapoints, large-scale biological data generation for AI.	Talk Mon Sep 28 11:30am–11:45am AI Won’t Change Drug Discovery Unless We Change Drug Discovery For AI Symposium: Generative AI/Machine Learning-Driven Drug Design Panel Mon Sep 28 5:00pm–6:00pm Where and How Can Open Source AI/ML Learning Impact Drug Development? Symposium: Generative AI/Machine Learning-Driven Drug Design · with PsiThera, Eli Lilly, Inductive Bio +3 more
GBI Biomanufacturing Plantation, FL
gbibio.com CROs & CDMOs Contract development and manufacturing organization producing antibodies, bioconjugates and radioimmunoconjugates for early clinical studies.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 209 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm Talk Tue Sep 29 3:20pm–3:35pm Expediting Radioimmune Conjugates (RICs) for First-In-Human Phase 0 (Zero) Proof-of-Concept Human Studies from Stable Pool Radioligand Therapies
HitChem	◆Corporate Sponsor
hit-chem.com CROs & CDMOsCorporate Sponsor Drug discovery services company offering hit finding, hit-to-lead and lead optimization chemistry, plus custom screening libraries including molecular glues.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 313 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm Talk Tue Sep 29 3:20pm–3:35pm From Design to Application: A CRBN Molecular Glue Library Derived from In-House and Literature-Validated CRBN Binders Lead Generation Strategies
Pharmaron Beijing, China	◆Corporate Sponsor
pharmaron.com CROs & CDMOsCorporate Sponsor Global CRO and CDMO providing integrated discovery chemistry, biology, structural biology, DMPK, development and manufacturing services.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 314 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm Talk Tue Sep 29 12:45pm–1:15pm From Target Selection to Rapid DMTA: Structural Biology and D2B in Proximity Drug Discovery Novel Drug Modalities · with Biortus
B Biortus Jiangyin, China
CROs & CDMOs Structural biology contract research company, part of Pharmaron, offering protein production, crystallography and cryo-EM.	Talk Tue Sep 29 12:45pm–1:15pm From Target Selection to Rapid DMTA: Structural Biology and D2B in Proximity Drug Discovery Novel Drug Modalities · with Pharmaron
Cell Origins
cellorigins.com CROs & CDMOs Small contract research firm running phage display discovery of peptides and antibodies, including affinity selections and screening.	Talk Thu Oct 1 3:35pm–4:05pm Biologically Driven Peptide Discovery for Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals Radioligand Therapies
SEEDSUPPLY Fujisawa, Japan
seedsupply.co.jp CROs & CDMOs Japanese drug discovery company screening compounds against membrane proteins in native conditions by affinity-selection mass spectrometry, with its own pipeline.	Talk Wed Sep 30 9:05am–9:35am Native-State Affinity Measurements across the Membrane Proteins: Experimental Ground Truth for Calibrating AI-Driven Drug Discovery Innovative Discovery Technologies
Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services San Diego, CA	◆Corporate Sponsor
ajibio-pharma.com CROs & CDMOsCorporate Sponsor Contract development and manufacturing organization for small molecules, oligonucleotides, peptides, biologics and antibody–drug conjugates.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 311 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm
Apeloa Pharma Solutions	◆Corporate Sponsor
apeloa.com CROs & CDMOsCorporate Sponsor Contract development and manufacturing arm of Chinese drugmaker Apeloa, serving innovative small-molecule drug programs.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 511 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm
Aragen Hyderabad, India	◆Corporate Sponsor
aragen.com CROs & CDMOsCorporate Sponsor Contract research, development and manufacturing organization covering discovery chemistry and biology, biologics and manufacturing.	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 422 Tue, Sep 293:50pm–7:00pmWed, Sep 3011:05am–4:50pmThu, Oct 111:05am–2:15pm