
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 & CEO
Oxolife

Beth
Fisher
Head of Imaging
Fides

Daniel
Sieiro
Senior Associate Sofinnova

Graham
Dixon
CEO, Estetra & Hirundo Biosciences
Head of R&D Women's Health, Gedeon Richter

Andy
Richards
Investor
Cambridge Angels

Carmen
Walbert
CMO
Theramex

Lisa
Campbell
Director of Regulatory Strategy
Richmond Pharmacology

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
Freya Biosciences

Lawrence Tallon
CEO
MHRA

Marie
Teil
Head of Women of Childbearing Age Program, UCB

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, Chair & CEO
Rathlin Therapeutics




