11 - 22 October, 2021, Virtual
Board level executives from Novartis, Bayer and Boehringer Ingelheim, amongst many more, will showcase their long-term visions for healthcare as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, by joining the speaker faculty at Reuters Events Pharma Europe 2021.

As new COVID-19 variants begin to throw vaccine efficacy in question, two leading scientists are calling for health agencies to invest in the development of vaccines that would be broadly effective against many different variants and strains of potential pandemic viruses.

In a commentary article published in the journal Nature, Dennis Burton, PhD, and Eric Topol, MD, of Scripps Research call for governments to provide significant funding support for rational vaccine design based on broadly neutralizing antibodies.

31 August - 2 September 2021, Milan, Italy.
CPhI Worldwide will be held next year in Milan (Fiera Milano) for the first time in over a decade - following its postponement in 2020. The event returns at an apt moment, as the pharma industry in Italy is anticipated to be one of the main beneficiaries of geo-diverse sourcing strategies.

2 November 2020, Virtual Event, USA.
Join 2500+ gene and cell therapy leaders for this (free to attend) conference brough to you by Reuters Events.

The race to commercialize cell & gene therapies (CGT) is heating up. Almost all of top 20 pharma have dedicated strategies, while US policy makers and the FDA are facilitating innovation and accelerating pathways to market.

19 - 20 November, 2020. Digital Forum, #REhealthcare.
The stage is set for a paradigm shift in healthcare. The opportunity exists to redefine healthcare in a way that transforms patient outcomes, drives efficiency and changes lives.

Reuters Events Total Health will unite CEOs, innovators, disruptors and policy makers from across the healthcare ecosystem to seize upon this critical moment.

15 September, 2020. London, UK.
OKRA has announced a new, free webinar called 'Why Next Best Action is not enough', a panel will discuss the urgent need to move beyond the current trend of adding simplistic or 'dumb' AI tools to sales force dashboards.

These AI tools make sense for managers - they are very easy to apply, inexpensive, and give reps an enhanced view of the market - but in the medium-to-long term will likely cause more harm than good.

The experimental vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 that was the first to enter human trials in the United States has been shown to elicit neutralizing antibodies and a helpful T-cell response with the aid of a carefully engineered spike protein that mimics the infection-spreading part of the virus.