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17.04.2025
The Leading Minds Network held an exclusive US seminar, From Lab to Launch: De Risking the Biologic Cold Chain June 9–10 in San Diego. Designed for professionals across pharma, biotech, life science, healthcare and logistics industries, the program brought together senior level experts to examine the rapidly evolving challenges and breakthrough solutions shaping biologics and radiopharmaceutical supply chains.
Impressions from Leading Minds Seminar in San Diego 2026
Featured Panel Discussions & Presentations
Industry Update: US Pharmacopeia (USP)
Chris Anderson, Director of Quality Management, Cardinal Health
Fireside Chat: Cold Chain Readiness in the Era of Biologics and Advanced Therapies
Chris Armstrong, Vice President and General Manager, McKesson Third Party Logistics; Derek Truninger, General Manager, San Diego Clinical Services, PCI Pharma Services; Henry Moran, Director & COO, ASC Associates
Panel Discussion: Real Time Control Towers and Exception Management
Ryan Oppel, Chief Commercial Officer, Life Science Logistics; Jeff Lander, Director Global Logistics Engineering, Moderna; Kunal Punjabi, Director Pharma & Healthcare, DSV; Juan Howlet, Logistics Specialist, Direct Relief
Panel Discussion: Navigating Complex Logistics in Radiopharmaceutical Supply Chains
Leila Safavi, Founder & CEO, Purist Inc.; Jessica Cravens, Senior Director, Supply Chain & Planning, Eli Lilly; Nancy Young, Vice President Commercialization Services, Cencora; Drew Ciembronowicz, Vice President, Life Couriers
Roundtable Discussions: Regulators & Risk Leaders: What FDA Looks for in 2026
Kevin Hickman, Former Director Global Logistics Mirati Therapeutics (BMS)
Fireside Chat: Direct‑to‑Patient Logistics: Opportunities & Risk Matrix
K. Nicole Harter, Senior Director, CT Materials Supply & Centralized Services, Eli Lilly; Nora Crivello, President and CEO, WESTPAK, Inc.; Henry Moran, Director & COO, ASC Associates
Panel Discussion: Ultra Cold & Cryogenic Transport: Lessons from Cell & Gene Programs
Craig Vermeyen, Packaging & Labeling Director, Kite; Luis Hernandez, Logistics Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Trevor McCormick, Sr. Manager Global Packaging & Technical Operations, Marken; Kathay Tousant, Director of Commercial Operations, QuickSTAT
Day Two: Technical Site Visit
On June 10, attendees joined an optional on-site tour of Cold Chain Technologies’ San Diego hub, including facility walkthroughs and demonstrations followed by a networking luncheon.
Who Attends
The Leading Minds Seminar series has served the industry for over a decade and is attended by leading global professionals from Amgen, AbbVie, Biogen, Pfizer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Kite/Gilead, Lilly, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, Bluebird Bio, GSK, Bristol Myers Squibb, PCI Pharma, Illumina, Genentech, Bayer, Merck/MSD, Roche, Lundbeck, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Catalent, and many more.
About the Leading Minds Network
The Leading Minds Network brings together experts across pharma, life science, biotech, logistics, and quality to advance best practices in temperature control, product integrity, and end to end supply chain excellence. Through seminars, workshops, and peer driven knowledge exchange, the network fosters collaboration that accelerates innovation and strengthens operational resilience.
Expert Industry Presenters and Panelists:
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For over three decades, ELPRO is a Swiss-based, global manufacturer of innovative environmental monitoring solutions for the pharmaceutical, life science, biotech and healthcare and logistics industries. ELPRO offers leading edge data logger hardware, software and monitoring as-a-service platforms including data analytics, and GxP experts to support the system integration into your business processes. Sales and technical support offices are located in Switzerland, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, the Nordics, Benelux, Hungary, Japan and Singapore. ELPRO is part of Bosch Service Solutions. Visit ELPRO.com for more information
Cold Chain Technologies (CCT) is a leading global provider of thermal packaging and digital solutions for the shipment of temperature-sensitive material, principally serving the life sciences industry. With more than 50 years of proven product assurance in transit, CCT has built a reputation as the life sciences industry’s most innovative and dependable provider. Visit www.coldchaintech.com for more information
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