By Luke Wilson 
Attending events is a great way to keep in touch with the latest trends and innovations in any business area, and this is true of the Pharmaceutical industry as well. Whether you are interested in business intelligence, digital, marketing commercial or market access, it’s easy to find a conference that’s right for you.
2020 saw many events run virtually for the first time due the local and regional COVID-19 travel restrictions. In response to this nearly 50% of 2021’s top pharma events are running virtually.
Below we have listed in date order our Top Pharma Events for 2021. To find out more information on each of these events go to our Events page.
If there is an event which isn’t listed that you think should be included then get in touch and let us know.
The top pharma events in 2021
Event |
Start date |
End date |
Virtual / In person |
City |
Nation |
| 3rd Future of pharma marketing summit | 26 Jan 2021 | 27 Jan 2021 | Virtual | – | – |
| PR Pharma Comms | 17 Feb 2021 | 18 Feb 2021 | Virtual | – | – |
| NextGen Pharma Content | 23 Mar 2021 | 24 Mar 2021 | Virtual | – | – |
| AI In Pharmaceuticals Summit | 25 Mar 2021 | 26 Mar 2021 | Virtual + In person | Boston | US |
| WIRED Health. | 31 Mar 2021 | 31 Mar 2021 | In person | London | UK |
| Pharma: Clinical 2021 (Reuters) | 7 Apr 2021 | 9 Apr 2021 | Virtual | – | – |
| Intellus annual conference | 8 Apr 2021 | 30 Jun 2021 | Virtual | – | – |
| Pharma Customer Engagement Europe (Reuters) | 20 Apr 2021 | 22 Apr 2021 | Virtual | – | – |
| EphMRA Germany meeting | 27 Apr 2021 | 28 Apr 2021 | Virtual | ||
| BHBIA annual conference | 10 May 2021 | 11 May 2021 | In person | London | UK |
| PMRC (Pharma Market Research Conference) USA | 12 May 2021 | 13 May 2021 | In person | Newark | US |
| Europe’s 5th Annual, 1 Day Pharma Social Media Conference | 18 May 2021 | 18 May 2021 | Virtual + In person | London | UK |
| Digital Pharma Advances | 19 May 2021 | 19 May 2021 | In person | London | UK |
| NEXT pharma summit | 19 May 2021 | 20 May 2021 | In person | Dubrovnik | Croatia |
| Canadian Pharma Market Research + Competitive Intelligence Conference | 20 May 2021 | 21 May 2021 | In person | Toronto | Canada |
| Pharma USA 2021 (Reuters) | 25 May 2021 | 4 Jun 2021 | Virtual | – | – |
| EphMRA annual conference | 16 Jun 2021 | 17 Jun 2021 | In person | Antwerp | Belgium |
| PMRC (Pharma Market Research Conference) Europe | 29 Jun 2021 | 30 Jun 2021 | In person | Zurich | Switzerland |
| Pharma CI (Competitive Intelligence) Europe | 1 Jul 2021 | 2 Jul 2021 | In person | Zurich | Switzerland |
| Pharma Japan 2021 (Reuters) | 7 Sep 2021 | 9 Sep 2021 | Virtual | – | – |
| Future pharma | 14 Sep 2021 | 15 Sep 2021 | Virtual | ||
| Pharma CI (Competitive Intelligence) USA | 21 Sep 2021 | 23 Sep 2021 | In person | Newark | US |
| PMRC (Pharma Market Research Conference) Bay area | 1 Oct 2021 | 1 Oct 2021 | In person | San Francisco | US |
| Pharma Europe 2021 (Reuters) | 11 Oct 2021 | 22 Oct 2021 | Virtual | – | – |
| Total Health (Reuters) | 16 Nov 2021 | 17 Nov 2021 | Virtual | – | – |
