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Women's Health

From Intractable
To Investable

Employing strategies from established therapeutic
areas to unlock successful development for
new therapies in Women’s Health

11 JUNE 2026

Women’s health is one of the largest underdeveloped opportunities in life sciences and the scientific, clinical and commercial infrastructure supporting innovation in this space has historically lagged disease burden. Therapeutic areas such as obesity and oncology, fields once considered scientifically complex or commercially uncertain, have become established areas of investment once biological understanding, clinical development strategy, and regulatory pathways mature. Women’s health is now approaching a similar inflection point.

 

Weatherden is bringing together investors, leaders from biotech, pharma and academia to explore how smarter clinical development and regulatory strategy can unlock the next wave of innovation in Women’s Health.

Through expert panels and interactive roundtables, we’ll tackle critical challenges:

◐ Defining the right patient populations
◐ Generating regulatory‑ready evidence
◐ Evaluating risk-benefit specifically for women



 

Focused panels


Defining the right patient: From syndromic labels to investable subgroups
 

How do we define meaningful subtypes in women’s health diseases and what data is needed to support these groups?

Agnès Arbot, Founder and CEO of Oxolife

Agnès
Arbot

Founder & CEO

Oxolife

Beth Fisher, Head of Imaging at Fides

Beth
Fisher

Head of Imaging

Fides

Daniel Sieiro, Senior Associate at Sofinnova

Daniel
Sieiro

Senior Associate Sofinnova

Graham Dixon, CEO of Estetra and Hirundo Biosciences

Graham
Dixon

CEO, Estetra & Hirundo Biosciences

Head of R&D Women's Health, Gedeon Richter

Andy Richards, Investor at Cambridge Angels

Andy
Richards

Investor

Cambridge Angels

Carmen Walbert, CMO at Theramex

Carmen
Walbert

CMO

Theramex

Lisa Campbell, Director of Regulatory Strategy at Richmond Pharmacology

Lisa
Campbell

Director of Regulatory Strategy

Richmond Pharmacology

ackie Mulryne, Partner at Morgan Lewis

Jackie
Mulryne

Partner

Morgan Lewis

Establishing credible signals: Building regulatory-ready evidence in emerging indications

Are current trial endpoints adequately capturing meaningful outcomes for patients in women’s health?

Colleen Acosta, CEO of Freya Biosciences

Colleen
Acosta

CEO

Freya Biosciences

Lawrence Tallon, CEO of MHRA

Lawrence Tallon

CEO

MHRA

Marie Teil, Head of Women of Childbearing Age Program at UCB

Marie
Teil

Head of Women of Childbearing Age Program, UCB

Ollie Hardick, Investment Director at M Ventures

Ollie
Hardick

Investment Director

M Ventures

From approval to adoption: Defining risk-benefit in women’s health

How can trials demonstrate differentiation, long-term safety and superiority in Women's Health conditions?

Keynote Speaker

Keynote
Speaker

Mary Kerr, Founder and CEO of Rathlin Therapeutics

Mary Kerr

Founder, Chair & CEO

Rathlin Therapeutics

Sponsors & Partners

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