- Equip teams with AI tools that capture process knowledge and simulate scale-up scenarios, reducing tech transfer timelines and improving first-batch success rates - critical for aligning R&D, MSAT, and manufacturing expectations early.
- Explore how ML-enabled real-time control systems and continuous process verification improve yield predictability, reduce rework, and enable faster release - offering a direct line of sight to cost savings and product quality gains.
Preeya Boppana
Director of MS&T Analytics
AstraZeneca
Victoria Nichols
Senior Project Director, Free the Pill
Ibis Reproductive Health
- Discussing the financial burden associated with contraception, gaps in coverage, and how this influences retail access.
- Sharing commercial opportunities by making low-cost contraception more available through ecosystem partnerships.
- How can the industry operationalize OTC coverage and distribution of contraception and other women’s health medications.
Consumer Health
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes
Victoria Nichols
Senior Project Director, Free the Pill
Ibis Reproductive Health
Flavia Mason
Global Vice President, Women's Health
Perrigo
Shelley Alpern
Associate Vice President & Director of Corporate Engagement
Rhia Ventures
Jessica Foster
President & Chief Operating Officer
Upstream
Nisha Parikh
System Director, Women’s Heart Program
Northwell Health
- Perimenopause and menopause affect more than half of the world population, yet persistent gaps in clinical knowledge, access to care, and insurance designs have left women without support.
- This "midlife health desert" demands more than awareness and it calls for solutions, sharing the drivers of this model.
- Learn how Oscar Health is partnering with Elektra Health to bridge these gaps with HelloMeno, the first-ever dedicated perimenopause and menopause plan in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace.
Cardiovascular Health
Janet Liang
EVP, President of Oscar Insurance
Oscar Health
Jannine Versi
CEO
Elektra Health
- Understanding FDA approval pathways for women's health drugs and devices.
- Addressing regulatory gaps and challenges in clinical trial design and data collection.
- Strategies for working with regulators to accelerate innovation and ensure patient safety.
Drug Development
Med Device
Rachel Robinson
Chief Operating Officer
MassMedic
- Examining the growing uptake in menopause treatments that cater specific stages and symptoms of menopause.
- Ensuring that personalized menopause treatments are accessible to all women, including socio-economic, cultural, and healthcare system barriers.
- Analyzing trends in provider menopause education & support and payer coverage for holistic menopause care.
Menopause and Longevity
Claire Gill
Founder and President
National Menopause Foundation
Carol Huffman
Vice President, Clinical Innovation & Implementation
MVP Health Care
Jannine Versi
CEO
Elektra Health
Kristie Baisden
Medical Director, Women’s Healthcare
Bayer
Christine Metz
OBGYN & Lab Head, Medicinal Biochemistry
Northwell Health, Feinstein Institutes of Medical Research
Antonio Gargiulo
Medical Director of Advanced Reproductive Surgery
Fertility Centers of New England