LogiPharma USA 2026
October 5 - 7, 2026
Sheraton, Boston, MA
Operationalizing Innovation: Delivering Future-Ready, Responsible, and High-Performing Supply Chains
Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
Sponsored by: KSM Carrier Group
Sponsored by: Titan Containers
8:30 am - 8:40 am
Opening Remarks
8:40 am - 8:50 am
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
8:50 am - 9:10 am
Keynote Fireside Chat: Topic TBA
Christopher Van Norman -
SVP, Distribution Operations,
McKesson
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Panel: Securing the Pharma Freight Network: Tools, Threats & Tactics for 2026
Kerem Tokel -
Logistics Manager,
Octapharma USA
Dupre Jones -
Manager, Procurement US & Canada,
Accord Healthcare
As theft, tampering, counterfeiting, and cargo diversion surge across global trade lanes, freight security has become a critical pillar of pharma supply chain resilience. With high-value products, temperature-controlled shipments, and increasingly complex distribution networks, pharmaceutical companies face escalating threats and growing pressure to modernize their security strategies. In this candid, solutions-oriented discussion, senior supply chain leaders will explore how to protect high-value freight across every mile of transit. From mitigating organized cargo theft to improving visibility and chain-of-custody integrity, this panel will share practical approaches and emerging tools needed to safeguard product, brand, and patient trust.
- Implement real-time visibility and chain-of-custody tools to proactively detect and prevent shipment risks.
- Strengthen security protocols across carriers, 3PLs, and high-risk lanes through standardized SLAs and partner accountability.
- Mitigate emerging threats with risk-based freight security strategies aligned to product value, temperature requirements, and regulatory expectations.
Sponsored by: TraceLink
10:20 am - 11:00 am
Morning Networking Break in the LogiLounge
INNOVATION THEATER PRESENTATION
INNOVATION THEATER PRESENTATION
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Use Case: Implementing AI and Digital Transformation Across the Supply Chain
Tony Ruvido -
Head of Global Supply Chain for Specialty Care,
Sanofi
11:20 am - 11:40 am
Partner Keynote
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Panel: Rewriting the Pharma–Courier Partnership: Cost, Capacity & Collaboration for Next-Gen Therapies
As personalized, low-volume, high-value therapies like CAR-T and cell & gene treatments scale, both manufacturers and specialty couriers are facing unprecedented cost and capacity pressures. While these therapies are medically transformative, their logistics requirements, ultra-cold conditions, patient-specific handling, and ad hoc routing, can make transportation prohibitively expensive and operationally inefficient. This panel brings together pharma leaders and key specialty providers to unpack how both sides can rethink partnership models, cost structures, service design, and shared incentives to ensure these therapies remain viable, accessible, and sustainable.
- Align pricing models and service expectations by building transparent, long-term partnerships that reflect true volume, risk, and operational complexity
- Optimize cost drivers by exploring shared capacity, hub strategies, and alternative service designs that reduce reliance on one-off, high-cost lanes
- Collaborate earlier in therapy and network design to ensure courier capabilities, manufacturing realities, and patient needs are integrated into a scalable, affordable logistics model