Answering Your Frequently Asked Questions
Prepare for the Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit with this comprehensive FAQ guide covering registration, agenda themes, networking opportunities, partnership options and more. This resource is designed to help you navigate the only industry-focused meeting dedicated to advancing the discovery, translational development and clinical success of novel therapies for muscular dystrophies, Pompe disease and related myopathies.
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General
The Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit is the only dedicated industry forum focused on accelerating drug development for muscular dystrophies, Pompe disease and related myopathies. Bringing together biopharma leaders across discovery, translational research and clinical development, the summit explores the latest advances in genetic, stem cell, small molecule and RNA-based therapies.
The Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit will take place at the Hotel Commonwealth in Boston, Massachusetts, January 26-28, 2027.
Find out more here: Venue & Accommodation
Event Content
Yes. The Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit is uniquely focused on the scientific, translational and clinical challenges involved in developing therapies for muscular disorders. Unlike broader rare disease conferences, this event is dedicated to advancing treatments for indications including DMD, FSHD, DM1, LGMD, Pompe disease and related myopathies.
Yes. The Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit explores cross-modality innovation, including gene therapies, RNA therapies, stem cell approaches, small molecules and other emerging treatment platforms shaping the future of muscular disorder drug development.
Yes. The agenda for the Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit spans a broad range of muscular disorders, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), myotonic dystrophy (DM1), limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), Pompe disease and additional muscle-related conditions.
Yes. The Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit features dedicated workshops designed to help attendees tackle key translational and clinical development challenges, including biomarker strategies, targeted muscle delivery, clinical trial design and endpoint selection.
Yes. Networking is a core part of the Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit. Attendees can benefit from more than eight hours of dedicated networking with experts spanning biotech, pharma, translational research, clinical development and enabling technology providers, through dedicated panel discussions, poster sessions and networking breaks.
Yes. The Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit brings together senior leaders and scientific experts from organizations including Sarepta Therapeutics, Servier, Sanofi, Biogen, Dyne Therapeutics, Avidity Biosciences and others working at the forefront of muscular disorder drug development.
Yes. The Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit includes a dedicated scientific poster session where researchers can showcase novel findings, engage with industry peers and generate valuable scientific discussions around muscular disorder drug development.
The latest agenda, speaker line-up and event information for the Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit can be downloaded directly from the event website, allowing attendees to explore the most up-to-date program content and session details.
See the Full Event Guide here.
Attendance
Yes. With increasing investment across the muscular disorders space, regulatory milestones approaching and growing momentum across gene therapy, RNA therapeutics and other innovative modalities, the Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit offers a timely opportunity to stay ahead of industry developments and emerging best practices.
The Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit attracts drug developers, translational scientists, clinical development leaders, biomarker specialists, CMC experts, regulatory professionals and business leaders working across the muscular disorders ecosystem.
By attending the Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit, you will:
- Explore emerging therapeutic modalities beyond traditional gene therapy
- Learn lessons from developers of approved and late-stage therapies
- Improve biomarker and endpoint selection strategies
- Discover innovative approaches to targeted muscle delivery
- Understand how real-world data can support muscular disorder drug development
- Build relationships with industry decision-makers and scientific leaders
Attending Organizations Include
Partnership Opportunities
Partnering with the Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit provides a unique opportunity to position your solutions and capabilities in front of decision-makers actively advancing muscular disorder drug development programs. This is an ideal environment to build brand awareness, generate qualified opportunities and establish long-term industry partnerships in the muscular disorders and neuroscience field.
Yes. The Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit offers partners direct access to an engaged audience of drug developers, scientific leaders, translational experts and clinical decision-makers focused specifically on advancing therapies for muscular disorders.
For information about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities at the Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit, please contact the Hanson Wade team at sponsor@hansonwade.com.
Registration
Yes. Registration for the Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit can be completed directly through the event website.
Visit our Registration Portal to complete your booking.
We recommend registering early to secure your place and take advantage of any available discounts.
Yes. Group discounts ranging from 10% to 20% are available for organizations planning to send 3+ attendees to the Muscular Disorders Drug Development Summit.
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