Investigate Alternative Autoimmune & Inflammatory Models & Elucidate, Regulatory Requirements to Better Recapitulate the Human Immune System & De Risk the Move to the Clinic

Welcome to the Autoimmune & Inflammatory Models Summit

Unlocking the Power of Model Translatability for Successful Clinical Trials & Innovative Drug Discovery

In 2025, investment in autoimmune and inflammatory disease R&D is surging, yet 90% of therapies still fail in the clinic due to poor model translatability.

Breakthroughs demand better preclinical tools to predict efficacy, de-risk pipelines, and meet FDA expectations.

Enter: the Autoimmune & Inflammatory Models Summit, the only industry-led meeting uniting pharma and biotech to share cutting-edge case studies on progressing better translatable autoimmune and inflammation models.

Explore how leaders like AbbVie, Pfizer, and Seismic Therapeutics are advancing complex models for target discovery, biomarker validation, and IND success, turning scientific insights into clinical wins.

Meet Our World-Class Speaker Faculty:

Alison Lawton

CEO

Kaleido Biosciences

Bernat Olle

CEO

Vedanta Biosciences

Cathryn Nagler

Bunning Food Allergy Professor

University of Chicago

Eric Shaff

CEO

Seres Therapeutics

Esi Lamouse-Smith

Director - Early Development Translational Medicine in Immunology

Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Ken Blount

CSO

Rebiotix

Mike Romanos

CEO

Microbiotica

Ulrich Thienel

Chief Medical Officer

Finch Therapeutics Group

Today’s breakthrough therapies for autoimmune disease will not come from yesterday’s methodology. I am thrilled to attend a summit where drug discovery experts discuss the latest advances and case studies that exemplify cutting edge translational model systems.

Mark Panzenbeck, Senior Scientist, In Vivo Pharmacology, Bristol Myers Squibb, Expert Speaker