New York and New Jersey Pharma and Medical Conferences 2027

New York and New Jersey Pharma and Medical Conferences 2027

Last updated: November 2026. Dates were checked on organizers’ own websites on November 9, 2026. Where a 2027 edition has not been published, we say “2027 dates not yet announced” and give the most recent edition instead.

New York and New Jersey together make up one of the densest pharma markets in the world. Manhattan has the academic cancer centers, the investor community and the convention halls. New Jersey has the corridor of large pharma headquarters, US commercial operations and contract research groups that runs from Jersey City and Newark down through New Brunswick and Princeton.

Rather than one dominant congress, the region hosts trade shows at the Javits Center, oncology and hematology meetings in Midtown hotels, academic symposia and partnering events. This guide lists the main pharma, oncology and medical conferences in New York City and New Jersey for 2027, explains who each one suits, and shows how the region connects to Boston for teams planning a wider East Coast year.

Key takeaways

• Spring is the busiest stretch for industry events: INTERPHEX (April 13–15, 2027) and MD&M East (May 19–20, 2027) both run at the Javits Center.
• Oncology and hematology education clusters in the fall, with the Lymphoma, Leukemia & Myeloma Congress (October 13–16, 2027) and the Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium, which usually runs in November.
• Immuno-oncology science has a June slot in New York: the New York Academy of Sciences’ Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy is set for June 22–23, 2027.
• New Jersey’s own calendar is built around BioNJ, whose BioPartnering Conference and Annual Dinner Meeting have not yet announced 2027 dates.
• Boston is a short train ride or flight away, and ImmunoMark Summit Boston (June 2027) is the region’s nearest dedicated immuno-oncology and biomarker meeting.

New York and New Jersey conference calendar 2027 at a glance

The table runs in calendar order. Where the 2027 edition is not yet published, the month reflects the most recent edition and is a guide only.

For the national picture, including the large oncology congresses held outside the region, see our oncology conferences calendar.

Spring 2027: manufacturing, medtech and partnering

INTERPHEX (April 13–15, 2027, Javits Center)

INTERPHEX is a large pharma and biotech industry trade show, held each spring at the Javits Center. It covers the product journey from development to distribution, with an exhibition of more than 600 suppliers, a contract manufacturing and outsourcing hub, and an education program. It suits CMC and manufacturing teams and their suppliers.

BioNJ BioPartnering Conference (May, 2027 dates not yet announced)

BioNJ, the trade association for New Jersey’s life sciences industry, runs an annual partnering conference that brings emerging companies together with pharma, investors and service providers. The 2026 edition was held on May 12 at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City.

MD&M East (May 19–20, 2027, Javits Center)

MD&M East is a medical device design and manufacturing show, organized around six areas: medtech, automation, packaging, design and manufacturing, plastics, and quality.

GEST Annual Conference (May 20–23, 2027, Times Square)

The GEST Group’s annual meeting covers embolization, interventional radiology and interventional oncology. It is a clinical and device-focused audience, useful for companies working on locoregional cancer therapies and the imaging that guides them.

Summer 2027: oncology science and industry leadership

BIO International Convention (June 7–10, 2027, Philadelphia)

BIO returns to Philadelphia in 2027, close enough to the New Jersey corridor that many NJ-based teams will treat it as a local trip.

HBA FIVE (mid-June 2027, New York City)

The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association is launching FIVE as its flagship experience in 2027, the year it marks its 50th anniversary. The four-day program in mid-June includes the FIVE Awards Gala on June 17, 2027.

Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy (June 22–23, 2027, New York City)

Now in its 14th year, this New York Academy of Sciences symposium is presented by the Academy’s Cancer and Signaling Discussion Group. The 2027 program lists immunometabolism, resistance to immunotherapy, in vivo immune engineering, emerging therapeutic modalities, aging and immune dysfunction, and cell therapy for AML, alongside keynotes, industry updates and a bench-to-clinic panel. It is the closest New York equivalent to a dedicated immuno-oncology science meeting, and it suits translational scientists and industry R&D teams.

Fall 2027: stem cells, hematology and oncology education

JAX-NYSCF Conference (September, 2027 dates not yet announced)

The New York Stem Cell Foundation’s research conference was renamed the JAX-NYSCF Conference after The Jackson Laboratory acquired NYSCF. The inaugural JAX-NYSCF edition ran on September 23–24, 2026 at The Rockefeller University.

Bioelectronic Medicine Summit (September, 2027 dates not yet announced)

Hosted by Northwell Health, the seventh Bioelectronic Medicine Summit ran on September 28–29, 2026 at The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers. It is a focused meeting on neuromodulation and bioelectronic therapies.

Lymphoma, Leukemia & Myeloma Congress (October 13–16, 2027, New York City)

Run by HMP Global, this congress on hematologic malignancies draws oncologists, hematologists and advanced practice providers who return year after year. For companies with assays, therapies or data in blood cancers, it is a key New York hematology meeting.

BioFuture (October, 2027 dates not yet announced)

BioFuture brings together innovators and investors across biopharma, digital medicine, data and AI, with spotlight panels, a seed showcase and one-to-one partnering. The organizer cites 500+ attendees. The 2026 edition was held in New York City in October.

Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium (November, 2027 dates not yet announced)

Organized by Physicians’ Education Resource (PER), CFS: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow is a long-running oncology education meeting for practicing oncologists. The 44th annual symposium runs on November 11–13, 2026 at the New York Hilton Midtown.

New York Lung Cancers Symposium (November, 2027 dates not yet announced)

Also run by PER, the 21st annual New York Lung Cancers Symposium takes place on November 14, 2026 at the New York Hilton Midtown, directly after CFS.

The New Jersey pharma corridor

For anyone selling into pharma, New Jersey deserves its own plan. Johnson & Johnson has its headquarters in New Brunswick and Merck has its headquarters in Rahway, and the state hosts US commercial, medical affairs and clinical operations for many other large companies, along with CROs, specialty pharma and a growing early-stage biotech base.

Many of the people who decide on biomarker strategy, companion diagnostic partnerships and outsourced clinical work sit in New Jersey offices, not in Manhattan. For vendors, that makes two things useful: being visible at BioNJ events, and planning meetings with NJ-based teams at the focused conferences they already travel to.

For the cancer research side of the Northeast, our guide to Boston oncology biotech companies maps the cluster that many New Jersey and New York teams partner with.

Getting from New York and New Jersey to Boston

Boston is the natural next stop on an East Coast conference year.

• Train: Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor runs from Trenton and Newark through New York Penn Station to Boston, stopping at Back Bay and South Station. Acela is the faster service, at roughly three and a half to four hours from Manhattan; Northeast Regional trains take a little longer. Princeton Junction, Metropark and Newark Penn are all on the same line for New Jersey travelers.
• Air: LaGuardia, JFK and Newark Liberty all have frequent flights to Boston Logan, with flight times of a little over an hour.
• Road: The drive is roughly four hours via I-95 or I-84 and the Massachusetts Turnpike, depending on traffic.

For a full list of what else is on in the city, see our Boston biotech and life sciences events guide and our Boston medical and pharma conferences guide.

How to choose which New York and New Jersey events to attend or exhibit at

The useful question is which events match your buyers, not which are largest.

• Match the audience to the buyer. INTERPHEX and MD&M East reach manufacturing and engineering teams. CFS, the Lung Cancers Symposium and the Lymphoma, Leukemia & Myeloma Congress reach practicing clinicians. Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy reaches IO scientists. BioNJ and BioFuture reach founders, investors and BD.
• Decide whether you need reach or meetings. Large trade shows build visibility. If you sell to a defined group, such as biomarker, translational or CDx leads, a smaller meeting with pre-arranged 1:1s usually produces more qualified conversations per day.
• Plan the year as a sequence. Spring and fall are busiest in New York. Mapping events month by month helps you spread budget and team time across the year.
• Score each event the same way. Our guide on how to choose biotech conferences to sponsor sets out a simple scorecard you can apply to every event in this list.

For sponsors and exhibitors: meeting the Northeast IO and biomarker audience in Boston

Most New York and New Jersey events are broad: manufacturing, devices, clinical education or investment. Diagnostics, tools, CRO and platform companies that sell specifically to immuno-oncology and biomarker teams often need a more focused room, and Boston is where much of that work is concentrated.

ImmunoMark Summit Boston, the East Coast Edition, takes place in June 2027 as a launch edition for 300+ attendees. It runs two parallel streams, Next-Gen Immuno-Oncology and Biomarkers & Companion Diagnostics, with keynotes, panels and case studies, pre-scheduled 20-minute 1:1 meetings, a delegate list shared about 10 days before the event, a wishlist feature and a Day 1 drinks reception. As a benchmark, the London 2026 edition brought together 300+ attendees from 100+ companies, 70% of them senior decision-makers, with 200+ meetings and 15–25 meetings per sponsor.

• See the ImmunoMark Boston sponsorship opportunities, from Headline, Platinum, Gold and Silver packages to exhibitor, branding and exclusive 1:1 meeting options.
• Read the biomarker conference Boston, immuno-oncology conference Boston and companion diagnostics conference Boston pages for the audience each stream reaches.
• Model the likely return with the sponsorship ROI calculator, or see past results on the case studies page.

For the wider program and other editions, visit the ImmunoMark sponsor hub or the ImmunoMark Boston edition page.

FAQs

What are the main pharma conferences in New York in 2027?

A major pharma industry event in New York is INTERPHEX, at the Javits Center on April 13–15, 2027, covering development, manufacturing and outsourcing. MD&M East follows on May 19–20, 2027 for medical devices. For leadership and networking, HBA FIVE runs in mid-June 2027, and BioFuture usually runs in October.

Which oncology conferences are held in New York?

Confirmed 2027 oncology meetings in New York include Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy (June 22–23, 2027) and the Lymphoma, Leukemia & Myeloma Congress (October 13–16, 2027). The Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium and the New York Lung Cancers Symposium usually run in November at the New York Hilton Midtown, but their 2027 dates are not yet announced.

What are the main New Jersey pharma events?

New Jersey’s calendar centers on BioNJ, which runs an Annual Dinner Meeting and Innovation Celebration (February 5 in 2026, at the Hilton East Brunswick) and a BioPartnering Conference (May 12 in 2026, at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City). Neither has announced 2027 dates yet. The BIO International Convention is in nearby Philadelphia on June 7–10, 2027.

Is there an immuno-oncology conference near New York in 2027?

Yes. In New York, the New York Academy of Sciences holds Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy on June 22–23, 2027. In Boston, a short train ride or flight away, ImmunoMark Summit Boston takes place in June 2027 with two streams on Next-Gen Immuno-Oncology and Biomarkers & Companion Diagnostics and pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings.

How long does it take to get from New York to Boston?

Amtrak’s Acela takes roughly three and a half to four hours from New York Penn Station to Boston, with Northeast Regional trains taking a little longer. Flights from LaGuardia, JFK or Newark to Boston Logan take a little over an hour, and the drive is roughly four hours depending on traffic.

Where are most medical conferences in New York City held?

Large trade shows such as INTERPHEX and MD&M East use the Javits Center on the West Side. Clinical and oncology education meetings often use Midtown hotels, such as the New York Hilton Midtown, while academic symposia are held at institutions such as The Rockefeller University.