OMAHA, Neb. (July 1, 2019)—The second MidWest Drug Development Conference will feature around 16 institutions from 12 states, condensing an area of 780,000 square miles into one location.
Included among the participants are such notable medical research institutions as Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Kansas State University, Mayo Clinic, the Ohio State University, Purdue University, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Iowa, University of Kansas, University of Kentucky, University of Missouri, University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Notre Dame, University of Oklahoma, University of South Dakota, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation or WARF.
UNeMed and the University of Nebraska Medical Center are the primary sponsors of the event.
The event will highlight new therapeutics being developed at each participating institution. All told, about 50 therapeutics will be highlighted during 10-minute presentations at the two-day conference. Another key feature of the conference are the one-on-one partnering meetings.
Learn more and register at the MidWest Drug Development conference website: https://www.mwdrugdevelopment.com.
The conference begins on Monday, Sept. 30, and concludes the following day, Tuesday, Oct. 1. It will be held at the Capital District Marriott in downtown Omaha. A special, discounted room rate at the Marriott is available to guests who register before Aug. 30. A link to the discounted room rate can be found on the conference website.
Cost is $500 per ticket, but a limited number of registration fees will be waived for those who represent pharmaceutical and biotech companies and investment groups. Contact conference organizers to learn how to receive a waiver code.
According to the most recent data available, 2019’s participating institutions collectively spent more than $6.6 billion in research, created 2,764 new inventions, secured 745 new U.S. patents, and launched 117 new startups in 2017 alone, according to the Association of University Technology Managers.
At the inaugural conference last year, 113 people attended the conference, including representatives from 24 companies and investment groups. About 146 one-on-one partnering meetings were scheduled over the two day conference.
