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Wednesday, September 16
 

1:00pm EDT

Why China Demands a Different Competitive Intelligence Playbook
Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
In recent years, China has become a global leader in oncology and immunology innovation and a key player in the commercial market for multinational pharma, yet it remains a persistent CI blind spot. Secondary data can be hard to access, as early clinical signals are often buried in China-based platforms and investigator-led trials. Robust primary intelligence can be challenging to gather due to language and cultural barriers. This leaves many Western CI teams exposed to delayed insights and reactive decision-making...even if your organization has a presence in China. 
 
Standard global frameworks fail to capture the realities of the China market, including unique access dynamics, rapid regulatory evolution and an intensifying Western race to license or acquire breakthrough assets, all set against shifting geopolitical pressures. 
 
This session sets out a practical framework to move China from a regional afterthought to a central pillar of global CI capability, actively driving insights and strategic decisions.
 

 


Speakers
avatar for Bharat Jain

Bharat Jain

Senior Principal, Prescient Healthcare Group

avatar for Jatin Gupta

Jatin Gupta

Client Partner, Prescient Healthcare Group
Jatin is a Client Partner at Prescient and has been with the company since 2014. He holds a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from the University of Manchester and has worked in the pharmaceutical analysis divisions of several major organizations, including Bloomberg. At Prescient... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Junior Ballroom D

1:35pm EDT

Presentation
Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:35pm - 2:05pm EDT

 


Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:35pm - 2:05pm EDT
Junior Ballroom D

2:10pm EDT

Specialist Intelligence for Portfolio Strategy: Expert-Network-Backed Hypotheses, Tested Against Market Signals
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:10pm - 2:40pm EDT
Every portfolio decision rests on a hypothesis about how the market will behave — and most go untested until the numbers land eighteen months later.
This session pairs the two halves of the answer. GOLF, GRG Health's KOL intelligence platform generates the hypothesis from independently moderated expert sessions with no sponsor in the room. With a verified 500K+ HCP network across 56+ countries, GOLF transforms expert oncology discussions into precise, actionable commercial insights — from signal to strategy, in real time.
AlfaKinetic, the real-time competitive intelligence platform from Anervea, a GRG Health company. 100+ sources monitored continuously, indication-first collection so day one is never empty, every signal scored against your own assets, and every decision tracked with a named owner.
Run a specialist-generated hypothesis against live signal and it resolves into one of four outcomes: confirmed, contradicted, early, or noise. Knowing which one you are in is the portfolio decision — demonstrated through a worked oncology case where belief and behaviour sat 67 points apart.
Bring the hypothesis your team is least certain about. We will show you which quadrant it falls in — and both of us will be on the floor for the duration.

Speakers
avatar for Rich Sommerkorn

Rich Sommerkorn

Associate Vice President - Business Development, GRG Health
Rich Sommerkorn leads direct-to-pharma partnerships at GRG Health, working with insights, commercial, brand and medical affairs teams on primary research and KOL intelligence programmes. Rich brings over 12 years in healthcare and insights, combining firsthand clinical experience... Read More →
avatar for Sanika Bhide, Ph.D.

Sanika Bhide, Ph.D.

Vice President - Enterprise Partnerships, Anervea
Sanika Bhide leads Anervea's agentic intelligence portfolio, working with competitive intelligence, commercial and medical affairs teams at Global Pharma accounts on AlfaKinetic deployments. She specialises in turning primary expert research into structured, testable market signal... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:10pm - 2:40pm EDT
Junior Ballroom D

3:25pm EDT

From Benchmark to Battleground: A Competitive Intelligence Lens on Pharma Productivity
Wednesday September 16, 2026 3:25pm - 3:55pm EDT
  • Reframing headline R&D metrics as competitor signals, from early-stage selectivity to development discipline 
  • What recent rank shifts among the top 25 tell us about which strategies are working 
  • Turning pipeline-to-patient benchmarks into an early-warning system for competitor strategy 

Speakers
avatar for Kelly Chamberlain, Ph.D.

Kelly Chamberlain, Ph.D.

Partner, Market Intelligence, Norstella / Evaluate
As a neuroscientist, consultant and commercial leader, Kelly brings more than 16 years of experience in the life sciences sector. She partners with insights, analytics, and commercial strategy teams to transform how pharmaceutical organizations capture and operationalize market intelligence... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 3:25pm - 3:55pm EDT
Junior Ballroom D

4:00pm EDT

From Data Overload to Decision Confidence: AI-Driven Competitive Intelligence in Pharma
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Life sciences CI teams are navigating an explosion of data, from clinical trials and regulatory updates to patents, publications, and market activity. The challenge is no longer finding information; it is turning fragmented signals into timely, decision-ready intelligence the whole business can trust. 
 
This session explores how AI-driven competitive intelligence is changing that. As general AI puts fast answers in everyone's hands, the differentiator for CI is no longer speed alone but trust: intelligence you can act on because you can prove where it came from. We will look at how conversational, AI-driven approaches let teams ask questions in plain language and get sourced, decision-ready answers, and how that democratizes intelligence across R&D, commercial, and executive stakeholders without sacrificing rigor or governance. 
Attendees will leave with a practical model for evolving their function from reactive reporting to proactive strategic partnership, and a framework for evaluating AI-driven CI in an era where the source of an answer matters as much as the answer itself. 
 
Key takeaways 
 
  • How to turn fragmented signals into decision-ready intelligence teams can act on and defend 
  • Why trust, source traceability, and governance are becoming the real differentiators for AI-driven CI 
  • How conversational, self-serve intelligence democratizes CI across the organization 
  • A maturity model for moving from reactive reporting to proactive strategic partnership 
 

Speakers
avatar for Sheri Larsen

Sheri Larsen

Chief Product Officer, Northern Light
Sheri Larsen converts market opportunity into product momentum, orchestrating engineering, content, and security teams so every release accelerates decision-making. A Northern Light original, she built the firm’s product-management discipline to ensure innovation lands with measurable... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Junior Ballroom D

4:30pm EDT

Panel: Beyond the Brand: How Enterprise Competitive Intelligence Shapes Strategic Decisions
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:15pm EDT
What should Enterprise CI actually be responsible for? 
 


  • Define how enterprise competitive intelligence differs from brand-, asset-, and therapeutic area-focused intelligence—and where each creates the greatest value 

  • Examine how macro trends, disruptive technologies, policy changes, and competitive shifts are reshaping long-term portfolio and enterprise strategy 

  • Explore how enterprise intelligence partners with commercial, R&D, portfolio strategy, business development, and executive leadership to connect insights across the organization 

  • Identify which strategic questions are best answered by enterprise intelligence versus brand- and asset-level teams 
Moderators
avatar for Veronica Granatiero, PharmD, Ph.D.

Veronica Granatiero, PharmD, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Oncology Competitive Intelligence, BMS

Speakers
avatar for Olesya Levsh	​​​​

Olesya Levsh ​​​​

Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence, Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc.

avatar for Hezekiah Blake

Hezekiah Blake

Senior Director, Competitive Intelligence, Amgen

avatar for Jordan Lord

Jordan Lord

Enterprise Competitive Intelligence Lead, AbbVie
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:15pm EDT
Junior Ballroom D
 
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