PROGRAMME 2026
The programme of the Dutch Medicines Days offers high-level plenary lectures, various parallel sessions where the different member organisations present their research.
Below is the preliminary programme overview of Dutch Medicines Days 2026 that take place on 7-8 October 2026 in Leiden.
Preliminary Programme Day 1 - 7 October 2026
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome & Coffee | ||||
| 09:30 - 10:45 | Plenary Opening Programme - Plenary Room Opening by Prof Laura Heitman (Chair of DMD2026) and Prof Klaas Poelstra (Chair of FIGON) Welcome Speech by Esther Peters, Director of Leiden Bio Science Park Keynote Presentation by Karla van Rooijen, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport Keynote Presentation by Prof. Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, Leiden University - "Developing a personalized antisense oligonucleotide: It takes more than an ASO" | ||||
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break | ||||
| Plenary Room | Room 1 | Room 2 | Penthouse | Room 4 | |
11:15 - 12:30 | Session 3 11:15 - 12:30 | Scaling Cell Therapy in Europe by Bristol Myers Squibb Netherlands ---- From Early Discovery to Commercialization by Anacura ---- Use of AI in Clinical Trial Design and Optimization by NLO 11:15 - 12:30 | |||
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Break & Poster Presentations | ||||
| Plenary Room | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 4 | Penthouse | |
| PhD Student Competition I 13:30 - 14:45 | Next Generation Preclinical Science: AI and Beyond 13:30 - 14:45 | Lipids and Lipoproteins in Drug Discovery and Therapeutic Innovation 13:30 - 14:45 | 13:30 - 14:45 | The Closer, The Better: ChemoGell™ by OncoLize --- From scientific innovation to patient impact by Pharming Group 13:30 - 14:45 | |
| 14:45 - 14:55 | Short Break | ||||
| Plenary Room | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 4 | Penthouse | |
| PhD Student Competition II 14:55 - 16:10 | Session 10 14:55 - 16:10 | Industry Innovation Slots 14:55 - 16:10 | |||
| 16:10- 16:30 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 16:30 - 17:45 | Plenary Closing Programme - Plenary Room Keynote Presentation by Adam Stoten, Evotec Keynote Presentation Conny Helder, Health Holland & FAST FIGON Douwe D. Breimer Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award | ||||
| 17:45 - 18:45 | Networking Drinks | ||||
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Conference Walking Dinner | ||||
Preliminary Programme Day 2 - 8 October 2026
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Welcome & Coffee | |||||||
| 09:00 - 10:15 | Plenary Opening Programme Opening by Prof Laura Heitman (Chair of DMD2026), Prof Klaas Poelstra (Chair of FIGON) and Prof dr Marlies Reinders (on behalf of LDDC) Keynote Presentation by Prof. Luc Brunsveld, TU Eindhoven - "Drugging intrinsically disordered proteins – from Molecular Glues for the 14-3-3 interactome to biomolecular condensates" Keynote Presentation by Audrey Derobertmasure, Paris Cité University - "Pharmacology Beyond Earth: From Spaceflight Challenges to Pharmaceutical Innovation" | |||||||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee Break | |||||||
| Plenary Room | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 4 | Penthouse | ||||
| Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Dutch Sectorplan Bèta-II: Status and Future Perspectives Session 11 10:45 – 12:00 | Translational Innovation with Industry: From Mechanism to Medicine Session 15 10:45 – 12:00 | |||||||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break & Poster Presentations | |||||||
| Plenary Room | Room 1 | Room 4 | Penthouse | |||||
| Innovation and Affordability Hand in Hand 13:00 - 14:15 | 13:00 - 14:15 | Oligonucleotides as Treatment Strategy Session 19 13:00 - 14:15 | ||||||
| Plenary Room | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 4 | Penthouse | ||||
| Session 20 14:30 - 15:45 | 14:30 - 15:45 | 14:30 - 15:45 | Powered by Johnson & Johnson Session 24 14:30 - 16:00 | |||||
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break Talent & Carrière Programma Laboratorium Techniek 16:00 - 16:25 | ||||||
| 16:15 - 17:30 | Plenary Closing Programme - Plenary Room Panel Discussion led by Hans Schikan, Chairman, Board member, TopTeam Life Sciences & Health, with:
Poster Award Ceremony | Talent & Carrière Programma Laboratorium Techniek - deel 2 Powered by Johnson & Johnson Session 24 16:25 - 17:30 | ||||||
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Networking Drinks | |||||||
For most of the subsessions, we have space to include 1 or 2 oral presentations submitted by our delegates.
Would you like to participate in the DMD 2026 programme?
An Industry Innovation Slot gives your company a dedicated 20-minute presentation within the conference programme to showcase innovations, highlight your contribution to the future of drug development, and engage directly with a highly relevant audience of pharmaceutical, life sciences, academic, and regulatory experts.
Participation also includes a complimentary article on BiotechNews (value €975) for additional visibility.
A limited number of slots are available. Contact dmd@hyphenprojects.nl for more information.
Download the DMD2026 conference brochure!
Explore the FIGON-LDDC Dutch Medicines Days 2026 conference brochure to discover all the highlights from the last edition.
Dutch Medicines Days brings together professionals from academia, industry, and policy to discuss the latest developments in drug innovation and healthcare.
The event offers a platform for sharing scientific findings, fostering collaborations, and addressing challenges in the pharmaceutical sciences sector.
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