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Merck at World CDx 2026

Oct 5–8, 2026 Boston, MA ~900 attendees Website

Merck takes part in 6 sessions at World CDx 2026 in Boston. Its sessions cover developing companion diagnostics alongside drugs, from biomarker discovery and regulation to global launch, plus standards for digital pathology and liquid biopsy in trials. Most distinctive is a single-cell platform that links CRISPR-edited gene variants to the changes they cause in gene activity.

OrganizationWorld CDx 2026 Attendance
Merck
Rahway, NJ
Large pharma
US pharmaceutical company, known as MSD outside the US and Canada, with oncology medicines including pembrolizumab.
Panel
Tue Oct 6
12:30pm
Companion Diagnostics from Biomarker Discovery to Global Launch: Building Better Partnerships Across Science, Regulation, & Commercialization
with Agilent, Tango Therapeutics
Clinical & companion diagnostic developmentDrug–diagnostic commercialization & access
Talk
Tue Oct 6
2:30pm
Integrating Science & Strategy to Advance Companion Diagnostic Development for Optimal Patient Treatment
Clinical & companion diagnostic development
Panel
Wed Oct 7
12:50pm
Transforming Patient Enrolment & Monitoring Through Innovation in Liquid Biopsy Analytes, Detection Sensitivity & Data Interpretation
with Eikon Therapeutics, Compass Therapeutics, EMD Serono
Liquid biopsy & MRD
Panel
Wed Oct 7
3:10pm
Advancing Regulatory Frameworks & Standards for Compliant Digital Pathology Co-Development
with Elevation Strategic Development
Digital pathology & spatial biomarkersClinical & companion diagnostic development
Talk
Thu Oct 8
12:20pm
A Single-Cell Platform for Linking CRISPR-Edited Variants to Transcriptional Outcomes
Biomarker discovery & translation
Talk
Thu Oct 8
12:20pm
Drug Diagnostic Co-Development: Overlooked Challenges & Mitigations
Clinical & companion diagnostic development

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