Panel: Why Manufacturing Readiness Is Now a Leadership Issue

Session details:

Manufacturing readiness is no longer a downstream operational concern; it is a core leadership decision that directly impacts development timelines, capital efficiency, and regulatory confidence. As programs move faster and investors demand earlier proof, CMC and supply chain strategy increasingly determine which assets advance and which stall. This panel explores how senior leaders are pulling manufacturing considerations upstream and treating CMC as a strategic enabler, not a back-end function. 
 
Key discussion points 
• Why manufacturing readiness is now gating development speed and value inflection points 
• How leaders are making earlier scale, modality, and platform tradeoffs 
• Where supply chain fragility is influencing portfolio and modality strategy 
• Governing CDMO partnerships in a constrained, volatile capacity environment 
• Aligning CMC, regulatory, and corporate strategy to reduce late-stage risk