Federation for Innovative Drug Research Netherlands

Dutch Medicines Days 2026 Date: 7–8 October 2026 Location: CORPUS Congress Centre, Leiden

The Dutch Medicines Days bring together professionals who are involved in pharmaceutical sciences in order to exchange the latest scientific results, experiences, and information and to build and strengthen collaboration at regional and international level.
The Dutch Medicines Days is the conference where partners from industry, scientific and professional associations, universities, business and government can present their findings, share new scientific content and strengthen their network.

The programme of the DMD offers inspiring presentations and lectures that provide insight into the future of drug discovery, translational research, and healthcare solutions, all aligned with the theme of 2026 edition: Innovate. Translate. Cure.

The next edition will take place on 7-8 October 2026 at CORPUS Congress Centre in Leiden, organised by FIGON, in conjunction with Leiden Drug Development Conference.


Dutch Medicines Days 2026 Preliminary Programme – Day 1 (7 October 2026)

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome & Coffee
09:30 – 10:45 Plenary Opening Programme
Opening by Prof Laura Heitman (Chair of DMD2026) and Prof Klaas Poelstra (Chair of FIGON)
Welcome Speech
TBA
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:30
  • Session 1: The Netherlands as a Hotspot for Clinical Research? From International Positioning to Local Feasibility
  • Session 2: From Structural Insight to Therapeutic Design
  • Session 3: Pharmacological Regeneration of Tissues
  • Session 4: From Mechanism to First-in-Human: Immunopharmacology Today
  • Industry Innovation Slots
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:45 PhD Student Competition I

  • Session 5: Next Generation Preclinical Science: AI and Beyond
  • Session 6: Lipids and Lipoproteins in Drug Discovery and Therapeutic Innovation
  • Session 7: Human Diversity in Drug Responses: From Insight to Precision Medicine
  • Industry Innovation Slots
14:45 – 14:55 Short Break
14:55 – 16:10 PhD Student Competition II

  • Session 8: Career Session
  • Session 9: From Data to Decisions: Leveraging ePI, RWD, AI and Beyond!
  • Session 10: Becoming Funding-Ready
  • Industry Innovation Slots
16:10 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:45 Plenary Closing Programme
FIGON Douwe Breimer Award 2026
TBA
17:45 – 18:45 Networking Drinks
19:00 – 21:00 Conference Walking Dinner


Dutch Medicines Days 2026 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) and Prof Klaas Poelstra (Chair of FIGON)
TBA
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00
  • Session 11: Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Dutch Sectorplan Bèta-II: Status and Future Perspectives
  • Session 12: Building Future Pharma
  • Session 13: Innovate: Organoid Technologies in Precision Treatment Optimization
  • LDDC Track: TNO Session
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:15
  • Session 14: Innovation and Affordability Hand in Hand
  • Session 15: LED3: From Collaborative Discovery to Novel Therapeutic Candidates at Leiden University
  • Session 16: Translate: From Research to Improved Patient Care
  • Session 17: Why Great Science Rarely Reaches Patients, and What It Takes to Change That
  • LDDC Track: Oligonucleotides as Treatment Strategy
14:30 – 15:45
  • Session 18: Lifelong Learning in the Pharma & Biotech Sector
  • Session 19: Medicine Shortages
  • Session 20: Innovation in Pharmaceutical Patient Care
  • Session 21: Accelerating Academic Therapy Development for Rare Diseases
  • LDDC Track: Johnson & Johnson Talent and Career Session
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:30 Plenary Closing Programme
PhD Student Competition & Award Ceremony – Top 3 Pitches
Poster Award Ceremony
TBA
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.

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