2025 brings new opportunities to discover future advancements in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology and connect with other professionals and opportunities. Here are some of the key events and conferences being held this year.
35th Annual European Pharma Congress
📍 Location: Rome, Italy
🗓️ Dates: Mar 10 - 11, 2025
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What can you expect?
The focus of the 35th Annual European Pharma Congress this year is “Discover the Future: The Next Era of Pharma Awaits.” The conference offers exciting opportunities to network and discuss the future of pharmaceutical product development with leading professionals in the field. The event includes presentations by keynote speakers, symposia, workshops, poster displays, and exhibitions.
This conference will host academics, students, researchers, corporate professionals, and manufacturers, bringing together experts from different aspects of pharmaceuticals to create a unique opportunity to learn and present evidence-based approaches in pharma.
Pharma 2025
📍 Location: CCIB, Barcelona
🗓️ Dates: April 9-11, 2025
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The pharmaceutical industry has never been more at the precipice of massive changes. The latest innovation, biotech, and changing protocols and norms are reshaping the landscape. At Pharma 2025, event academics, professionals, and innovators are coming togather to meet new challenges and address the following question: how do we find the balance between innovation and demand?
While advancements like AI-driven research, new drug development, custom-designed medicine, and wearable biotech are emerging, the demand for affordable medicine and creative solutions to long-standing problems like cancer management is also rising.
As part of this conference, guests will present their solutions, and case studies, and hold interactive sessions on purpose-driven innovation sessions. This is an annual event, with 1000+ industry experts and like-minded individuals, collaborating to find actionable strategies and solutions for the next 12 months to work towards a brighter year for the pharmaceutical industry.
The National MedTech & Biotech Summit
📍 Location: RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin, Ireland
🗓️ Dates: May 28-29, 2025
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The National MedTech & Biotech Summit, held in Dublin, will feature an impressive gathering of innovators and leaders of the biotech and medtech industries. This year, the focus will be on growth opportunities worldwide and digital health. The event will showcase cutting-edge innovations, developments, and current trends in digital health.
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about sustainability, advanced manufacturing, technological solutions, and strategies regarding complex regulatory landscapes. The summit is designed for professionals from all over the world and 750 companies working in biotech and MedTech in Ireland.
CPHI
📍 Location: Messe Frankfurt, Germany
🗓️ Dates: October 28 - 30, 2025
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CPHI Worldwide is considered the go-to event for any pharmaceutical professional. With 62,000 professionals in attendance and 2,400 exhibiting companies showcasing cutting-edge solutions, CHPI stands as one of the industry's largest and most impactful events year after year. This impressive event will host more than 180 speakers from all over the world and will have over a hundred sessions.
The event will also cover an impressive range of pharmaceutical and biotech industries, including machinery & equipment, packaging & drug delivery, API, etc. One of the major focus of the event this year is sustainability. With the entire pharmaceutical industry present across the supply chain, this is the best place to source, connect, and learn how to grow in the business.
BioFIT 2025
📍 Location: Strasbourg, France
🗓️ Dates: November 25-26, 2025
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BioFIT boosts academia and industry collaborations. It is one of the leading European organizations organizing early-stage investments in life science research that aims to empower tech transfer from public research institutions, academic spin-offs, and emerging biotech companies.
BioFIT provides a platform to build partnerships for all public and private actors and is considered a marketplace for pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments in life sciences. Given its impressive record of building 1300+ deals out of 1,150 attendees, it is a popular destination for academics and investors. They arrange one-to-one meetings with investors, pitch sessions, and conferences to allow attendees to get the maximum benefit from the 2-day event.
The International Conference on Future Pharma and Innovations
📍 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
🗓️ Dates: September 23-24, 2025
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The FUTURE PHARMA 2025 conference spans two days and offers integrative sessions, panel discussions, lectures by international experts, bill sessions, and more. The event presents a unique chance to learn, network, and enjoy interactions with colleagues worldwide. Among the lively discussions and debates, a variety of topics including the future of pharma, drug development, drug stores, biotech financial outlook, and drug delivery will be covered.
World Nanotechnology Conference
📍 Location: Rome, Italy
🗓️ Dates: March 10 -12, 2025
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Focusing on nanotech and pharmaceutical nanotechnology, the World Nanotechnology Conference discusses the not-so-tiny areas of interest: nano pharmaceuticals, nano drug delivery, pharmaceutical nanoparticle synthesis, clinical testing, etc. The conference also invites companies to showcase their services and products, exploring cutting-edge research in pharmaceutical nanotechnology and nanomedicine.
Academics, industry experts, and manufacturers are invited to this interdisciplinary gathering, which fosters discussions on recent innovations, trends, and challenges in nanomedicine and drug delivery, offering valuable insights for the pharmaceutical and healthcare community.
Top North America-Based Pharma Events and Biotech Conferences to Attend in 2025
PharmSci 360
📍 Location: San Antonio, Texas
🗓️ Dates: November 9-12, 2025
📍 Location: New Orleans, LA
🗓️ Dates: October 25-28, 2026
📍 Location: Anaheim, CA
🗓️ Dates: November 13-17, 2027
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PharmSci 360 is one of the largest pharma conferences in the USA. Held annually, this conference boasts intimacies of small niche meetings while hosting a large number of attendees. Established in 1986, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) is a professional scientific organization made up of around 7,000 individual members and over 10,000 active stakeholders. They design the programs in five tracks, like bioanalytics or basic research tracks, allowing attendees to follow particular tracks related to their interests or join all of them.
2025 ISPE Facilities of the Future Conference
📍 Location: San Fransisco, CA, USA, and Virtual
🗓️ Dates: 27 - 28 Jan 2025
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With impressive attendees and speakers from renowned organizations like the FDA, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Pfizer, and many more, the 2025 ISPE Facilities of the Future Conference is a must-attend for any pharma professional. It is particularly interesting to those planning, designing, constructing, manufacturing, supplying, and evaluating “next-generation” cutting-edge facilities and engineering innovations.
This event will explore technology and new developments, sustainable manufacturing practices, and workforce strategies. There will be discussions on leveraging existing facilities, design trends, and adding new facilities. Through dynamic presentations, case studies, and panel discussions, participants will gain valuable insights from industry and regulatory leaders actively planning, constructing, and approving the "facilities of the future."
World Vaccine Conference
📍 Location: Washington DC, USA
🗓️ Dates: April 21-24, 2025
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World Vaccine Conference 2025 is a gathering of vaccine and immunology experts worldwide to discuss research, development, and strategy. The conference is held in two parts; on April 21st, the workshops will be arranged, and on 22-24th April, the rest of the conference will take place. The World Vaccine Conference will host over 500 speakers and 300 companies showcasing their products. It is a reunion of diverse professional groups working with vaccines from inception to delivery, discussing healthy and safe vaccine development and the challenges of the current landscape.
International Conference on Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
📍 Location: Vancouver, Canada
🗓️ Dates: June 10 - 11 2025
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The International Conference on Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2025 is being held in Canada this year on June 10th and 11th. With the theme “Explore the Future of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Science,” the conference invites pharmaceutical industry experts and professionals to participate in lively discussions and seminars on diverse pharmacy and medicine topics.
The conference will host a total of 17 subject tracks and sessions during the two-day conference. The scientific program encompasses keynote and plenary talks, video and poster presentations, and e-posters. The organizers aim to establish this meeting as a scientifically exceptional event, appealing to both industrial and academic professionals in drug discovery and designing chemistry, as well as related scientific fields.
Pharmaceutical Development and Technology
📍 Location: Vancouver, Canada
🗓️ Dates: June 10-11, 2025
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The "7th International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutical Development and Technology" will be held on June 10th and 11th in Canada in 2025. This year's theme is "Innovations & Reforms in the Pharmaceutical & Pharma Industry." The conference will have workshops, oral and poster presentations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities. With hundreds of attendees, this is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of the next generation of pharma tech.
Top Asia-Based Pharma Events and Biotech Conferences to Attend in 2025
WPC 2025
📍 Location: Singapore
🗓️ Dates: 21-23 April 2025
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The World Pharma Conference invites renowned global scientific experts specializing in pharma, pharmaceutical practice, and pharmaceutical sciences to speak, teach in workshops, and take part in interactive sessions and presentations. International leading authorities will present and discuss their latest data and achievements, enriching this year's program with insights from the foremost faculty in the field. WPC 2025 serves as a premier platform for world-class pharmaceutical professionals worldwide, facilitating knowledge sharing, brand promotion, and networking opportunities.
Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design
📍 Location: Bangkok, Thailand
🗓️ Dates: January 27-28, 2025
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The 25th International Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design Conference will be held in Bangkok from January 27 to 28. This year's theme is “Collaborate and Innovate: Shape the Future of Drug Discovery.” The conference in 2025 will host lectures and presentations from renowned academics worldwide on advanced medicinal chemistry, including computer-aided drug design, innovative drug development, advanced steroids, cancer therapy, and more. The event is set to serve as a global forum for researchers in chemistry, pharmacy, and medicinal chemistry.
Asia Pacific Biotechnology Congress
📍 Location: Dubai, UAE
🗓️ Dates: April 10-11, 2025
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This is one of the largest biotechnical conferences in Asia. The theme of this year's Asia Pacific Biotech Conference is “Emphasizing the Advancements and Applications of Biotechnology for the Future.” The conference will gather directors, scientists, professors, industry leaders, and researchers, during which attendees will have exciting opportunities to join workshops, presentations, and integrative sessions. This year, the event will host programs in 15 specialized tracks in biotech and pharma.
Conclusion
With so many conferences this year, this will be an exciting year for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. So what are you waiting for? Now is the time to fill the in-person networking gaps from the previous year!
