Large pharma companies at ESGCT 2026

Oct 27–30, 2026 Hamburg, Germany ~2.5k attendees Website

11 large pharma companies are at ESGCT 2026 — 23 presentations on the program. Most represented: AstraZeneca (7 on the program), Roche (3 on the program), Boehringer Ingelheim (2 on the program). 6 of them have their own page in this guide. As of Oct 16, 2026.

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OrganizationESGCT 2026 Attendance
AstraZeneca
Cambridge, UK
Large pharma
Global pharmaceutical company whose genetic medicines work includes lipid nanoparticle delivery of mRNA for gene editing.
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Improving prime editing with chemically modified pegRNAs
Gene Editing
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Precise genome editing to enable next-generation T cell therapies
Gene Editing
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
THOR: A CRISPR–Cas9 System for Precise Templated Editing without Exogenous Polymerases
Gene Editing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
AAV8-mediated human ANGPTL3 expression enables rapid in vivo screening of CRISPR guide RNAs without transgenic mice
Gene Editing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Precise Correction of the Sickle Cell Disease Mutation by DNA Repair Manipulation and Genome Editing in Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Gene Editing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Therapeutic Genome Editing of Cystic Fibrosis using PRINS
Gene Editing
Talk
Thu Oct 29
5:00pm–6:00pm
Development and CMC of Lipid Nanoparticles for Non‑Viral mRNA Delivery in Gene Editing
SESSION 9d: Manufacturing
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)Manufacturing, CMC and access
Roche
Basel, Switzerland
Large pharma
Global pharmaceutical and diagnostics group whose gene therapy research includes AAV capsids that reach the brain and drug-controlled transgene switches.
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Tunable gene control via RNA splicing with a clinically approved small molecule
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Inducible gene expression switch for precise therapeutic transgene control using a clinically approved small molecule
Gene Editing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Retargeting Genetically Modified AAV Capsids to the Blood-Brain Barrier
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Boehringer Ingelheim
Ingelheim, Germany
Large pharma
Family-owned pharmaceutical company whose Viral Therapeutics Center develops oncolytic viruses and other virus-based therapies.
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Adenoviral E1 is required for efficient AAV genome replication independently of viral promoter activation
Manufacturing
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Split-intein selectable markers enable efficient multi-gene engineering of HEK293 suspension cells for viral vector production
Manufacturing
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Large pharma
Pharmaceutical business of Johnson & Johnson, formerly Janssen, with medicines in oncology, immunology and neuroscience, including the CAR-T therapy Carvykti.
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
From Guideline to Practice: Temperature Excursion Management
Manufacturing
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Assessment of shear stress induced saRNA–LNP instability for process development
Non viral delivery
Novartis
Basel, Switzerland
Large pharma
Global pharmaceutical company whose marketed products include the gene therapy Zolgensma and the CAR-T therapy Kymriah.
Talk
Tue Oct 27
5:30pm–7:30pm
Long-read TES to study rAAV integration: from benchmarking in clonal systems to insights in primary human hepatocytes
SESSION 2a: AAVs/Non integrative vectors I - Basic
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Systemic immune responses in patients administered a single subretinal injection of an AAV2-based gene therapy
Immune responses to GT
Sanofi
Paris, France
Large pharma
Global pharmaceutical company with programmes in rare diseases and genomic medicine.
Talk
Wed Oct 28
9:30am–10:30am
MADCAP: Unearthing Metagenomic AAV Caches with Deep Petascale Mining
SESSION 3a: AAVs/non integrative vectors II - Technology
Vectors and delivery (AAV, lentiviral, LNP)
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Custom single cell RNA sequencing approach for adeno-associated virus screening to advance gene therapy using organoids and droplet microfluidics
AAVs / non integrative vectors
CSL
Melbourne, Australia
Large pharma
Global biotherapeutics company whose CSL Behring unit markets Hemgenix, an AAV5 gene therapy for hemophilia B.
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
An AAV5-hFIX-Padua single dose study of 14 month-old NHP with 2 year LTFU supports dosing of HEMGENIX® in juvenile Hemophilia B patients
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Fresenius
Bad Homburg, Germany
Large pharma
Healthcare group whose Fresenius Kabi business makes biopharmaceuticals, infusion therapies and cell-processing systems used in cell and gene therapy manufacturing.
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
EASYGEN: Developing a Scalable Framework for Hospital-Based Decentralized CAR-T Manufacturing
Manufacturing
JCR Pharmaceuticals
Ashiya, Japan
Large pharma
Biopharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, developing transferrin receptor-targeted enzymes and AAV vectors that cross the blood-brain barrier.
Poster
Wed Oct 28
1:30pm–3:30pm
Enhanced CNS gene delivery by a transferrin receptor–targeted AAV for CLN1
AAVs / non integrative vectors
Regeneron
Tarrytown, NY
Large pharma
US biopharmaceutical company making antibody medicines and developing genetic medicines, including CRISPR-based gene insertion for hemophilia B.
Talk
Fri Oct 30
9:45am–10:30am
Targeted Gene Insertion of Factor 9 as a Potential Durable Treatment for Hemophilia B
SESSION 11b: Bleeding disorders
Gene and epigenome editingRare and inherited disease
UCB
Brussels, Belgium
Large pharma
Global biopharmaceutical company focused on neurology and immunology; its gene therapy CMC teams develop AAV production processes.
Poster
Thu Oct 29
2:00pm–4:00pm
Optimizing transient transfection at high cell density for cost‑efficient, high‑quality rAAV production
Manufacturing

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