Annual meeting NVC Project Pharmaceutical Packaging Innovation 2026
The 16th annual meeting NVC Project Pharmaceutical Packaging Innovation
Thursday 25 June 2026
Leiden Bio Science Park
Plus Ultra Leiden
Emmy Noetherweg 2, Leiden
The Netherlands
The NVC Working Group on Pharmaceutical Packaging Innovation will hold its 16th annual meeting on Thursday 25 June 2026. The meeting is Live Hybrid, so you can participate physically on-site or - also interactively - online from your location anywhere.
PROGRAMME
(language: business English)
1–2 pm CEST Registration with lunch and welcome
2–4 pm CEST Plenary Meeting Part 1 (Live Hybrid)
● Introduction and recap of the previous (15th) annual meeting
● KEYNOTE: Advancing personalised medicine through 3D pharmaceutical printing
Ensuring the right dose and release profiles of medicines for individual patients, from infants to adults, is a time consuming challenge. This presentation presents a unique joint collaborative initiative by Erasmus MC Rotterdam and TNO For Life, aiming to solve this challenge through technology. They have developed a specialised 3D pharma printer for research and patient testing in clinical settings, which is now put in practice at the Maasstad Hospital in Rotterdam.
● NVC RESEARCH: Critical factors in pharmaceutical packaging and engineering for bringing personalised medicine into reality
Researcher Hoa Dieu Vo presents the final results of her NVC assignment addressing the factors in pharmaceutical packaging and engineering that are critical for bringing personalised medicine into reality. Hoa is a graduate student at the Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s programme at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Her work included a thorough investigation of the current and future pharmaceutical packaging and engineering capabilities needed. The study was augmented with help of NVC’s AI chatbot DAYO, who was trained on the subject through a NVC curated database that contains a wealth of scientific and business publications addressing the subject.
● NVC BUSINESS ANALYSIS: The Top-10 global pharmaceutical packaging innovations of 2026
NVC Packaging Centre has conducted an in-house study examining the main trends in pharmaceutical packaging and engineering, which will be shared and analysed with the participants. The data analysed includes the finalists of the CPHI China Pharma Awards 2026, where NVC is a member of the jury. In addition, the winners of the Pharmapack Europe 2026 awards and the innovations showcased by suppliers during interpack 2026 are taken into consideration.
4 PM CEST SHORT BREAK
4.15–5.30 PM CEST Plenary Meeting Part 2 (on-site participants only)
● UNPACKING TOGETHER: Packaging for personalised medicine in the year 2036
Together we probe into the future of packaging for tomorrow’s personlised medicine in an interactive and AI-assisted workshop. An indicative NVC Demo Business Case will be distributed and explained in real-time. The participants will be split in different groups. We conclude by presenting and sharing the results, taking back home all insights gained
5.30 – 6.00 PM CEST Informal after-party with drinks and snacks (on-site participants only)
For background information on this NVC innovation project, see here.
For the NVC Course Pharmaceutical Packaging, click here.
Register here to take part, or contact the NVC Association Office via info@nvc.nl and telephone +31-(0)182-512411.