Sonia Appel

Founder & Principal Consultant Alismere

Sonia Appel has led biotech technical operations for over 20 years, from early pharmaceutical development to commercial molecular diagnostics. She has run multiple scale-up and portfolio expansion projects, successful CMC programs, and placed small molecules and ADCs in the clinic. She is the founder of alismereTM life sciences, a consulting firm partnering with biotech technical operations C-level to create frameworks and develop strategies that drive the execution of technical programs of any complexity.

Seminars

Thursday 15th October 2026
CMC Fundamentals from Gene & Payload to IND: Exploring Typical Workplans, Best Practices, Common Pitfalls, & Tips to Manage a Complex Supply Chain
1:00 pm

As more companies emerge and pivot to enter the field of ADC development, understanding analytical and CMC principles, requirements, and timelines is vital to advance to IND and stay competitive

in a busy biopharma ecosystem.

Designed for ADC biotech C-level, CMC, analytical and quality leaders currently in discovery stage, don’t miss this workshop to learn the CMC roadmap and accelerate your ADC development from gene to IND.

Workshop highlights include:

  • Outlining and optimizing the CMC timeline to achieve clinical supply readiness and enable patient dosing immediately upon IND allowed-toproceed
  • Navigating the process development activities and delving into cell line development, biologic design, linkerpayload and conjugation
  • Detailing the core principles of analytical development and specifications
Sonia Appel - 16th World ADC San Diego