About the event
Over 300 delegates from leading and upcoming drug discovery and technology companies from the UK, Nordic and many other European regions, plus investment firms throughout Europe, get together in London on 23 April, 2026 for the 22nd Annual Anglonordic Life Science Conference.
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Available to Investors with funds, R&D Companies, Sponsors, Media Partners and Exhibitors.
Over 300 delegates from leading and upcoming drug discovery and technology companies from the UK, Nordic and many other European regions, plus investment firms throughout Europe, get together in London on 23 April, 2026 for the 22nd Annual Anglonordic Life Science Conference.
The Reception, our must-attend networking event, will take place, as always, the evening before the conference at a prestigious London venue.
The conference Programme features on-point panel discussions around European investment and technologies, with 36 funding pitches presented by cutting-edge biomedical and healthcare startups, and 1:1 partnering throughout the day. 94 high quality investor firms have registered to attend and meet companies.
With the support of M Ventures as lead and founding sponsor, and rich, engaging content devised and coordinated by Optimum Strategic Communications, Anglonordic is a top networking and partnering event in the life sciences calendar, and the unique R&D-to-investor conference in the UK.
Keynote Speaker
Laura Matz, Merck KGaA
Dr. Laura Matz is the Chief Science and Technology Officer at Merck KGaA, where she drives innovation and digitalization across Life Sciences, Healthcare, and Electronics.
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As Executive Vice President, she oversees corporate innovation teams, including new business models. Until early 2025, Laura was also the CEO of Athinia®, a data-sharing platform that enables secure data sharing within the semiconductor ecosystem. Prior to this, she was a Senior Vice President at EMD Electronics (formerly Versum Materials and Air Products Electronics division). She has been a key contributor to semiconductor materials growth, driving strong R&D to enable business success.
Swedish Ambassador’s Residence
22 April, 2026 | 6pm – 8:30pm
We are delighted that the Swedish Ambassador to the UK and Northern Ireland, H.E. Mr. Stefan Gullgren, has kindly invited registered Anglonordic Life Science Conference attendees to a reception at the Ambassador’s Residence in London.
The Reception is now at capacity, kindly do not apply to attend.
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Dress code: Lounge suit.
Keynote Speaker: Laura Matz, Merck KGaA
Dr. Laura Matz is the Chief Science and Technology Officer at Merck KGaA, where she drives innovation and digitalization across Life Sciences, Healthcare, and Electronics. As Executive Vice President, she oversees corporate innovation teams, including new business models. Until early 2025, Laura was also the CEO of Athinia®, a data-sharing platform that enables secure data sharing within the semiconductor ecosystem. Prior to this, she was a Senior Vice President at ENormally I can help with things like this, but I don't seem to have access to that content. You can try again or ask me for something else.
The Reception
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Swedish Ambassador’s Residence
22 April, 2026 | 6pm – 8:30pm
We are delighted that the Swedish Ambassador to the UK and Northern Ireland, H.E. Mr. Stefan Gullgren, has kindly invited registered Anglonordic Life Science Conference attendees to a reception at the Ambassador’s Residence in London.
The Reception is now at capacity, kindly do not apply to attend.
Dress code: Lounge suit.
Charity of the Year
“We are delighted to have been chosen as charity of the year for the 2026 Anglonordic Life Science conference. Barts Charity exists to support healthier, longer lives in East London, where our patients face some of the greatest health inequalities in the UK. Healthcare innovation is urgently needed, and this opportunity will help us build relationships with leading drug discovery and technology companies across the UK, Nordic and European regions, collaborating to accelerate discoveries and improved patient care.”
– Fiona Miller-Smith, CEO at Barts Charity
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“We are delighted to have been chosen as charity of the year for the 2026 Anglonordic Life Science conference. Barts Charity exists to support healthier, longer lives in East London, where our patients face some of the greatest health inequalities in the UK. Healthcare innovation is urgently needed, and this opportunity will help us build relationships with leading drug discovery and technology companies across the UK, Nordic and European regions, collaborating to accelerate discoveries and improved patient care.”
– Fiona Miller-Smith, CEO at Barts Charity
350+ Attendees
Exclusively selected attendees represent the following key drivers of the European life sciences growth sector:
- CEOs, CSOs and Heads of Business Development from Emerging Life Science Companies in the Anglo-Nordic regions and Continental Europe
- Decision-makers from Europe’s key Investor firms and Pharma companies
- Key Supporters of the Life Science Ecosystem in Europe
- Country delegations: hand-picked growth companies from global life science clusters
Anglonordic celebrates a 22-year tradition of attracting leading life science investment firms with funds.
94 investment firms have regsitered to attend and meet companies. Based across Europe, these funders have interests in a wide variety of technologies from small molecule discovery through protein technologies to AI applications and healthcare devices.
View the list of investors already signed up.
80+ Investor Firms
36 Startup Pitches
High quality, investor-selected growth companies
- Company pitches are selected by our investor panel from a broad set of applicants
- We encourage biotech, medtech and technology startups to apply
- Developing ground-breaking technologies, these companies will be seeking funding and/or collaborations
Networking and 1:1 meetings
Networking is high on the priority list for Anglonordic delegates. Business discussions start well ahead of the conference, via our networking and 1:1 meeting scheduling platform. The platform features rich company/investor profiling plus instant messaging. Over 2,000 meeting requests and 5,000 messages have been sent.
300+ Partnering Meetings
ORGANISING COMMITEE
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Founding sponsor
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EVENT SPONSORS
MEDIA PARTNERS
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Conference Organiser
Founding Sponsor
Event Programmer
FOUNDING SPONSOR
CLINICAL TRIALS PANEL SPONSOR
THE RECEPTION SPONSOR
PARTNERING SPONSOR
NETWORKING LUNCH HOST
AFTERNOON DRINKS HOST
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
MEDIA PARTNERS
Join us at County Hall in London
Across the River Thames from the Houses of Parliament. etc.venues – (3rd floor)
Belvedere Road
London SE1 7PB
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