Conference: Bio-IT World Conference and Expo US 2026
Date: May 19 - 21, 2026
Location: Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport in Boston, MA
Booth: 401
Meet us there
Visit our booth to discuss these and related questions. While there, you can explore Certara solutions spanning:
- compound design, registration, compliance and more with Chemaxon
- self-service data access and analysis of structure-activity relationships with D360
- new capabilities in biosimulation with Certara IQ™ and Simcyp®
- Deep learning, data fabrics, agentic-inspired workflow design with Certara.AI
Don’t miss our demos on Wednesday, May 20 and Thursday, May 21! Be sure to select your topic of interest in the form below. All demos will take place at our booth (#401).
Data access, self-service queries, and dashboards in D360
9:30 – 9:50am on Wednesday
The new Marvin chemical drawing tool from Chemaxon
2:30 – 3pm on Wednesday
9:45 – 10:10am on Thursday
Peptide design and sequence alignment in D360
1:35 – 2:00 pm on Wednesday
1:50 – 2:10pm on Thursday
Compound registration with Chemaxon
3 – 3:25pm on Wednesday
10:10 – 10:30am on Thursday
From screening assays to off-target risk assessment in D360
2:10 – 2:30pm on Thursday
Hear us speak
Speaker: Leif E. Pedersen, President, Certara
Explore how PBPK/QSP, machine learning, and integrated data workflows can bring model-informed drug development into the DMTA cycle, helping teams translate in vitro and in silico signals into candidate-selection decisions, first-in-human dosing, drug-drug interaction assessment, formulation and safety.
Leif E. Pedersen
President, Chief Commercial OfficerLeif E. Pedersen is a seasoned software industry executive with more than 35 years of experience delivering software solutions across multiple industries and a proven track record of delivering high value customer-driven innovative software solutions. Mr. Pedersen was most recently senior operating partner at SymphonyAI responsible for portfolio companies across life sciences, healthcare, industrial, and defense industries.
Previously, Mr. Pedersen was chief executive officer of BIOVIA at Dassault Systèmes, a scientific software brand providing solutions for life and material sciences industries. Before joining BIOVIA, Mr. Pedersen served as executive vice president at Innovative Interfaces; senior vice president at Accelrys Software, Inc.; and vice president at Siemens Corporation. Mr. Pedersen has also held executive leadership positions with Vignette Corporation, Novell Inc., CA Technologies, and Oracle Corporation.
Let's discover a smarter way to advance therapies
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