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AI-enabled precision medicine at World CDx 2026
Oct 5–8, 2026 Boston, MA ~900 attendees Website
36 organizations at World CDx 2026 present work in multimodal & ai-enabled precision medicine: 23 technology and service providers, 9 drug developers and 4 academic, government and non-profit bodies. Between them they bring 52 presentations to the program. Most represented: Bristol Myers Squibb (3 on the program), GSK (3 on the program), AstraZeneca (2 on the program). As of Oct 8, 2026.
| Organization | World CDx 2026 Attendance |
|---|---|
Bristol Myers Squibb Princeton, NJ | |
Global pharmaceutical company with medicines in oncology, hematology, immunology and cardiovascular disease. | Panel Tue Oct 6 6:10pm Strengthening Tumor‑Informed MRD Assays with Standardized Analytical Validation to Ensure Reliable Detection & Confident Clinical Interpretation Liquid biopsy & MRDClinical & companion diagnostic development Panel Wed Oct 7 2:10pm Beyond IHC Scoring: Unlocking Next-Generation Clinical Biomarkers through AI-Powered Computational Pathology Digital pathology & spatial biomarkersMultimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine Panel Wed Oct 7 3:10pm Bolstering Scalable Commercial Drug-Diagnostic Strategies to Ensure Equitable Solutions for Global Precision Oncology Applications Drug–diagnostic commercialization & access Panel Thu Oct 8 9:00am Mobilizing Precision Cancer Care Through the Precision Cancer Consortium to Standardize Testing Pathways & Reduce Access Barriers Drug–diagnostic commercialization & access |
GSK London, UK | |
Global biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines and specialty medicines in infectious disease, HIV, respiratory, immunology and oncology. | Panel Tue Oct 6 6:10pm Strengthening Tumor‑Informed MRD Assays with Standardized Analytical Validation to Ensure Reliable Detection & Confident Clinical Interpretation Liquid biopsy & MRDClinical & companion diagnostic development Panel Wed Oct 7 9:00am Applying AI & Advanced Data Analytics to Transform Biomarker Discovery & Clinical Trial Strategy for Improved Precision Medicine Programs Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicineBiomarker discovery & translation Panel Wed Oct 7 12:10pm Building the Clinical & Commercial Ecosystem for AI-Enabled Precision Pathology Digital pathology & spatial biomarkersDrug–diagnostic commercialization & access Talk Thu Oct 8 9:50am When a Drug Program Expects Multiple Global Dx Partners: Considerations for Master CDx Agreements Clinical & companion diagnostic developmentDrug–diagnostic commercialization & access |
AstraZeneca Cambridge, UK | |
Global pharmaceutical company with a large oncology portfolio, including targeted therapies and antibody-drug conjugates that rely on biomarker testing. | Talk Tue Oct 6 8:15am Enabling Access to Novel Computational Biomarkers: From Innovation to Impact Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicineDrug–diagnostic commercialization & access Talk Wed Oct 7 11:50am Combining Foundation & Mathematical Models for Biomarker Discovery Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicineBiomarker discovery & translation Panel Wed Oct 7 3:10pm Realizing the Promise, Gaps & Platform Innovation for Precision Medicine at Scale from Global Technology Leaders Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine Panel Thu Oct 8 9:00am Mobilizing Precision Cancer Care Through the Precision Cancer Consortium to Standardize Testing Pathways & Reduce Access Barriers Drug–diagnostic commercialization & access |
Microsoft Redmond, WA | |
Technology company whose cloud, data and AI services are used by healthcare and life science organizations. | Talk Wed Oct 7 11:50am Advancing Pharma Agentic R&D at Scale Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine Panel Wed Oct 7 12:50pm Embed, Don’t Disrupt: AI Diagnostics That Scale Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicineDrug–diagnostic commercialization & access Panel Wed Oct 7 3:10pm Realizing the Promise, Gaps & Platform Innovation for Precision Medicine at Scale from Global Technology Leaders Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine |
Caris Life Sciences Irving, TX | ◇Expertise Partner |
Molecular profiling company using whole-exome and whole-transcriptome sequencing plus AI on a large clinico-genomic database for therapy selection and drug development. | Panel Tue Oct 6 5:10pm The Role of AI in the Future of Companion Diagnostics Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicineClinical & companion diagnostic development Panel Wed Oct 7 11:20am Beyond the Slide: Tissue AI as the Anchor for Multimodal Biomarker Discovery & Global Deployment Digital pathology & spatial biomarkersMultimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine |
Natera Austin, TX | ◇Expertise Partner |
Cell-free DNA testing company whose Signatera test tracks molecular residual disease, with a real-world data platform for drug developers. | Talk Tue Oct 6 8:35am What Becomes Possible Combing MRD, Multi-Omics & RWD Insights Liquid biopsy & MRDMultimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine Talk Thu Oct 8 11:00am Accelerate Early Phase Drug Development with MIIRA, Natera’s Longitudinal ctDNA & Multi-Modal Real-World Data Platform Liquid biopsy & MRDMultimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine |
Pfizer New York, NY | |
Global pharmaceutical company with medicines and vaccines across many areas, including oncology drugs such as antibody-drug conjugates. | Panel Wed Oct 7 2:10pm Beyond IHC Scoring: Unlocking Next-Generation Clinical Biomarkers through AI-Powered Computational Pathology Digital pathology & spatial biomarkersMultimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine Panel Wed Oct 7 3:10pm Innovating Global Rx-Dx Trial Pathways Through Strategic & Compliant Co-Development Partnerships to Deliver Harmonized Precision Medicine Solutions Clinical & companion diagnostic developmentDrug–diagnostic commercialization & access |
CellCarta Montreal, Canada | ◇Program Partner |
Specialty laboratory CRO offering immunology, histopathology, proteomics and genomics testing and sample management for biomarker work in global clinical trials. | Chair Tue Oct 6 2:00pm Chair’s Opening Afternoon Remarks Panel Wed Oct 7 11:20am Beyond the Slide: Tissue AI as the Anchor for Multimodal Biomarker Discovery & Global Deployment Digital pathology & spatial biomarkersMultimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine Talk Wed Oct 7 12:10pm The CDx Model Needs to Change – What China Taught Us About Breaking Silos, Moving Faster, & Going Global Clinical & companion diagnostic developmentDrug–diagnostic commercialization & access Talk Thu Oct 8 11:00am Can AI Predict ADC Response? Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicineBiomarker discovery & translation |
Gilead Sciences Foster City, CA | |
Biopharmaceutical company with marketed medicines in HIV, liver disease, oncology and inflammation, including antibody-drug conjugates and CAR T therapies. | Panel Wed Oct 7 11:20am Beyond the Slide: Tissue AI as the Anchor for Multimodal Biomarker Discovery & Global Deployment Digital pathology & spatial biomarkersMultimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine Panel Wed Oct 7 2:10pm Beyond IHC Scoring: Unlocking Next-Generation Clinical Biomarkers through AI-Powered Computational Pathology Digital pathology & spatial biomarkersMultimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine Talk Wed Oct 7 2:40pm Promise & Pitfalls of Tumor Target Quantification in Antibody-Drug Conjugate & Immune Cell Engager Drug Development Biomarker discovery & translationDigital pathology & spatial biomarkers |
Sanofi Paris, France | |
French pharmaceutical company developing medicines and vaccines in immunology, rare diseases, neurology and oncology. | Talk Wed Oct 7 8:10am Accelerating Target Discovery & Precision Medicine Through AI-Enabled Integration of Human Genetics & Multimodal Data Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicineBiomarker discovery & translation Panel Wed Oct 7 9:00am Applying AI & Advanced Data Analytics to Transform Biomarker Discovery & Clinical Trial Strategy for Improved Precision Medicine Programs Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicineBiomarker discovery & translation |
Bioptimus Paris, France | ◇Program Partner |
Builds AI foundation models of biology, including H-Optimus for histology images and the multimodal M-Optimus model, used in research and drug discovery. | Talk Wed Oct 7 2:10pm From Spatial Atlases to Predictive Insights: Scaling Precision Medicine with the M-Optimus World Model Digital pathology & spatial biomarkersMultimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine |
Imagene AI Tel Aviv, Israel | ◇Panel Partner |
Builds AI pathology models and real-world data tools that predict cancer biomarkers from tissue images, including the LungOI lung cancer test. | Panel Wed Oct 7 3:10pm Realizing the Promise, Gaps & Platform Innovation for Precision Medicine at Scale from Global Technology Leaders Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicine |
Lunit Seoul, South Korea | ◇Program Partner |
South Korean medical AI company with software for cancer screening images and AI analysis of tumor tissue biomarkers. | Talk Thu Oct 8 11:00am Can AI Predict ADC Response? Multimodal & AI-enabled precision medicineBiomarker discovery & translation |
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