Part 1: May 12, 2025 (co-located with Excipient World Conference & Expo, National Harbor, MD)

Part 2: July 14, 2025 (co-located with CRS Annual Meeting & Expo, Philadelphia, PA)

Background

The mission of the Biologics Summit is to bring stakeholders together around a scientific challenge/unmet need via a forum that lends itself to equal participation from academia and industry.

The Biologics Summit is a Controlled Release Society (CRS) and IPEC-Americas collaboration. CRS is the home for experts dedicated to delivery science, including delivery scientists, engineers, clinicians, and technical professionals. CRS members are creating the future of delivery science and technology through fundamental delivery research, development, regulatory science, and clinical translation. IPEC-Americas is a non-profit 501 (c) (6) organization whose members are finished drug manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, distributors, and industry consultants.

Program Schedule (Part 1, May 12)

9 – 9.10 am Introductions and Objectives
Nigel Langley PhD
Global Technical Director, Gaylord Life Sciences
Immediate Past Chair, IPEC- Americas

9.10 – 9.45 am Introduction to Cell and Gene Therapy
Basak Clements PhD
biomatria

9.45 – 10.20 am The Critical Excipients used in Cell Culture and Cryoprotection 
Professor Sarah Poynter PhD
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

10.20 – 10.40 am Coffee and Networking Break

10.40 – 11.15 am Lipid Nanoparticle Drug Delivery for Vaccines and Therapeutics of the Future
Magali Hickey on behalf of Örn Almarsson PhD
CEO and Co-Founder, Axelyf

11.15 – 11.30 am Update on New USP Monographs for Lipids used in Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery
Catherine Sheehan DRSc, MS
Senior Director of Science – Excipients and Foods, US Pharmacopeia (USP)

11. 30 – 12.00 Noon  Panel Q & A
Basak Clements, Sarah Poynter, Magali Hickey & Catherine Sheehan