Microneedle & Transdermal Delivery Forum 2026

Advanced Design, Development & Delivery of Skin-mediated Therapies and Vaccines

August 27-28, Providence, RI Marriott Downtown

Meet Our 2026 Speakers​

James Birchall
James Birchall
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cardiff University
Tycho Speaker
Tycho Speaker
President & CEO/Sr. Principal Scientist
Capsulent/AbbVie
Mark Prausnitz
Mark Prausnitz
Regents’ Professor & Chair in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Nahid Kamal
Nahid Kamal
Research Pharmacologist and CMC Assessor
FDA - CDER
Ryan Donnelly
Ryan Donnelly
Professor & Chair, Pharmaceutical Technology
Queen’s University Belfast
Alexander Josowitz
Alexander Josowitz
Principal Scientist, Drug Product Development & Technology
Regeneron
Jessica Mistillis
Jessica Mistillis
Leader, Medical Devices & Health Technologies
PATH
Waleed Faisal
Waleed Faisal
Co-founder & CEO
ArrayPatch, Ltd.
Harsha Jain
Harsha Jain
Postdoc Researcher
University of Iowa
Thanh Duc Nguyen
Thanh Duc Nguyen
Associate Professor, Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering
University of Connecticut
Sebastien Henry
Sebastien Henry
EVP & Co-founder
Micron Biomedical, Inc.
Elke Lipka
Elke Lipka
President & CEO
TSRL, Ltd.
Muhammet Avcil
Muhammet Avcil
Founder
Imperial BioScience
Audra Stinchcomb
Audra Stinchcomb
Professor, School of Pharmacy
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Lakshmi Raghavan
Lakshmi Raghavan
Founder & CEO
Healios Labs, LLC
Tim Peterson
Tim Peterson
Scientific Director
Kindeva Drug Delivery
Akiko Pawlak
Akiko Pawlak
Assistant General Manager
Nihon Bioresearch Inc.
Shogo Horiuchi
Shogo Horiuchi
Research Scientist
Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
Jim Scull
Jim Scull
CSO—E&L and Chemistry
BA Sciences
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Microneedle & Transdermal Delivery Forum 2026

August 27 August 28

“What a great Conference This Always Is!”

~ Director, Drug Delivery & Biomaterials, AbbVie

“I was genuinely impressed. The conference struck a perfect balance – intimate enough to spark real, candid conversations with innovators and leaders working on emerging technologies and novel delivery platforms.”

~ Business Development—New Ventures, Schott Pharma

Event Summary

The growing interest in alternative routes of drug and vaccine administration has experts predicting that the market for microneedle drug/vaccine delivery systems could exceed $30 billion by 2030. The industry is on the threshold of bringing into commercial production a new generation of transformative skin-mediated delivery systems. That is why you cannot afford to miss Pharma Ed’s Microneedle & Transdermal Delivery Forum 2026. This two-day conference brings together leading researchers in the field to share the most recent advances in the design, formulation, and delivery of skin-mediated therapies and vaccines.

Event Pricing

Super Early Bird Discount: Register Before June 1st for only $1,295, a $400 savings off the Standard Rate!

Sponsorships 

Set your brand apart by sponsoring Microneedle & Transdermal Delivery Forum 2026! 

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217-721-5774 

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Why Attend:

  • Two full days of presentations, panel discussions, and networking
  • The industry’s top experts share their knowledge and lessons learned
  • Gain critical insight into meeting regulatory expectations for Microneedle & Transdermal products, delivery platforms, and packaging
  • Learn how to overcome challenges to scale up in manufacturing 
  • Discover the critical quality, materials & design attributes for MN arrays 
  • Learn how to overcome challenges to delivering poorly soluble compounds through the skin

What People Are Saying about Pharma Ed’s Annual Microneedle & Transdermal Drug Delivery Forum!

“What a great conference this always is! Pretty much the ideal blend of industry

And academia and the intersection of very established contributors to this area 

With the latest cutting-edge info in the field. This is a favorite of mine year after year.”

~ Director, AbbVie

“Very useful conference for us. Learned a lot from all the presentations.”

~ Scientist I, Amneal Pharmaceuticals

“What an excellent conference! I enjoyed it very much and I think I gained

A wealth of information that I’m going to apply to my organization. I’ll definitely

Recommend this conference to colleagues.”

~ Director, QA, Exelixis

“The presentations and experience of the presenters was 

instructive & very helpful in building my own programs.”

~ Corporate Director, Medicago, Inc.

Super Early Bird Discount: Register Before May 1st for only $1,295, a $400 savings off the Standard Rate!

Pharma-Ed’s Microneedle & Transdermal Delivery Forum 2026 is Sponsored by:

Silver Sponsors

Media Partners

Ondrug Delivery
DDD

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