Pharma Icebreaker Panel Discussion:

7:45 am - Wednesday 9th September 2026

  • What new capabilities are pharma looking for from a partnership? Are platform deals of interest?
  • Glues, bifunctionals, antibody-degrader conjugates: what are the considerations when discussing these technologies? What evidence would make a DAC asset “partnerable”?
  • Are there unique challenges when discussing degradation within large pharma that you don’t see when modalities have more clinical validation?

Speakers:

Senior Director External Innovation
Johnson & Johnson
Chief Business Officer
Foghorn Therapeutics
Director Search & Evaluation
Daiichi Sankyo
Executive Director Search and Evaluation - Oncology
Novartis