CPhI Worldwide 2026
Medical & Pharma Health Pharmaceuticals
Milan, Italy
06-08 Oct 2026
Organizer:
Informa Markets
Venue:
FIERA MILANO RHO PERO
Frequency:
1 year
Event website:
CPhI Worldwide
The global pharmaceutical industry's flagship event
CPhI Worldwide is the global pharmaceutical industry’s exhibition of prime importance. It acts as the central meeting hub for the whole value chain. This is due to the event consisting of 6 sub-events. The 6 sub-exhibitions are BioProduction, ICSE, P-MEC, FDF, CPhI and InnoPack. CPhI Worldwide is also the hub for learning about novelties, trends, and developments. The trade show is the industry's main procurement platform. CPhI Worldwide is an annual trade fair that changes location for every edition. The event has taken place in cities such as Milano, Frankfurt, Madrid, and Barcelona. Most often, CPhI Worldwide occurs in November, although changes are possible. Venues who have accommodated the fair include Fiera Milano and Messe Frankfurt.
CPhI Worldwide 2026
CPhI Worldwide 2026 will be hosted between 06.10.2026 and 08.10.2026 in Frankfurt am Main at Messe Frankfurt.
Affordable hotels near CPHI WORLDWIDE
Trade Fair Trips Ltd is here to take care of your travel arrangements. This allows you to focus on preparing for CPhI Worldwide. With a variety of hotel offers at competitive rates, you will receive the best hotel prices for the event. Location is a crucial component to the success of any business trip. This is why we focus on hotels close to Messe Frankfurt and Fiera Milano. We can help in a variety of other ways as well. This includes placing reservations on meeting facilities.
On foot:
Not advisable when travelling from Malpensa Airport
Not advisable when travelling from Milan Central Station
By car:
39 minutes when travelling from Malpensa Airport
38 minutes when travelling from Milan Central Station
By public transport:
Not advisable when travelling from Malpensa Airport
45 minutes when travelling from Milan Central Station
Hotels near CPhI Worldwide
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NH Milano Fiera | 0.4 | Rho | from € 511.00 EUR | Book Now | |
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Hotel Raffaello | 6.1 | Milan | from € 439.00 EUR | Book Now | |
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Hotel Dei Cavalieri | 15.11 | Milan | from € 399.00 EUR | Book Now | |
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Casual Eclettico Milano | 12.99 | Milan | from € 278.00 EUR | Book Now | |
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c-hotels Concorde | 13.5 | Milan | from € 679.00 EUR | Book Now | |
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NH Milano Machiavelli | 11.3 | Milan | from € 486.00 EUR | Book Now | |
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Santa Barbara Hotel | 15 | Milan | from € 359.00 EUR | Book Now | |
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voco Milan-Fiere, an IHG Hotel | 5.3 | Milan | from € 487.00 EUR | Book Now | |
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IH Hotels Milano St. John | 14.5 | Milan | from € 302.00 EUR | Book Now | |
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Leonardo Hotel Milan City Center | 10.07 | Milan | from € 292.00 EUR | Book Now |
What is CPhI Worldwide’s Business Profile?
The fair is invaluable for several industries. Because of this, CPhI Worldwide receives over 47,000 attendants. Among them are specialists such as:
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Many notable companies attend CPhI Worldwide as exhibitors or visitors. Among them are Bosch Packaging Technology, Aspen, BIOSIDUS, BiOmed and PHARCO.
Event Highlights
Professionals can achieve several business goals via CPhI Worldwide. These include conducting business onsite, estimating markets, and networking. The trade show enables professionals to inspect various wares and make important purchases. Experts can also use the opportunity to examine potential markets and competitors. Furthermore, they can network with potential customers and partners during their visits. Additionally, CPhI Worldwide allows professionals to expand their knowledge and gain recognition.
As mentioned, CPhI Worldwide contains within itself 6 expositions. The 6 exhibitions are BioProduction, ICSE, P-MEC, FDF, CPhI and InnoPack. Each of the expositions focuses on a specif group of products and participants. For example, P-MEC places focus on pharma equipment, machinery, and technology. CPhI targets professionals such as pharmaceutical ingredient suppliers, buyers, and manufacturers. It focuses on 6 product groups:
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APIs
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Custom Manufacturing
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Fine Chemicals & Intermediates
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Excipients
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Integrated Pharma
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Natural Extracts.
The ICSE exhibits various outsourcing services. These include clinical trials, IT, biotech, logistics, laboratory, and analytics. It is the central procurement platform for CROs, CMOs and CDMOs. Likewise, InnoPack is the central pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery procurement hub. This is the location for professionals seeking new brand, printing and packaging solutions. This includes finding novel packages, glass, pouches, bottles, tubes, and caps.
Finished dosage supply chain specialists are the target group of the FDF exposition. This includes end-user agents, out-licensing specialists, end product distributors, and others. At the sub-exposition, specialists can examine:
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Tablets
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Capsules
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Powders
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Liquids
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Herbal plant materials
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Ointments
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Liquid solutions
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Aerosols
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Inhalers
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Nebulizers
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Creams
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Gels
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(Trans)dermal patches
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Eye drops
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Suppositories
BioProduction’s target groups are the pharma and biopharma companies. The sub-expo places focus on manufacturing and bioprocessing. It serves as the meeting location for CDMOs, technology leaders and biologics suppliers. Several areas and events allow start-ups to gain recognition at CPhI Worldwide’s expo. Among the leading ones is the New Product Zone. It is an exposition area for all manners of start-up companies, including suppliers. Many of the sub-exhibitions that form the event also include start-up areas. For instance, the NEW Exhibitor Zone is part of the ICSE. The Innovation Tours also enable start-ups to gain recognition. The Tours allow visitors to learn about the displayed novelties at the trade show.
CPhI Worldwide has a comprehensive schedule of conferences and forums. This includes the Pharma Insight Briefings as well as the Women in Leadership Forum. The Pharma Insight Briefings consist of meetings that take place at different theatres. During the Briefings, experts such as Laurent Zuber discuss different subjects. The subjects can include product innovations, industry developments, and others. The Women in Leadership Forum features lectures led by corporate executive women. Each lecturer provides information about the difficulties encountered by women during their careers. Subjects can range from corporate gender bias to creating equal employment opportunities. Each of the sub-expositions also features forums and presentations. For example, BioProduction provides conferences that focus on manufacturing strategies and quality management.
CPhI Worldwide provides ample recognition-gaining opportunities. One such example is the CPhI Pharma Awards. The mentioned Awards provide accreditation to innovations created by businesses or individual experts. These can be novel strategies, initiatives, products, processes, services, and technologies. Applicants must operate in product development, design, production, manufacturing, or distribution. They can compete in one of 9 categories:
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Regulatory
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Packaging & drug delivery
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Finished formulations
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Digital innovation
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Supply chain, logistics & distribution
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API development
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CEO of the Year
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Sustainability
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Manufacturing technology & equipment
Depending on the category, different kinds of innovations can receive recognition. For instance, the regulatory one lauds high-industry-standard compliance innovations. These include novelties such as new technologies that enable high adherence to regulations. They also can include novel reference standards and inventive consulting services. The category can furthermore provide recognition to novel software or IT equipment. Packaging & Drug Delivery can provide acclaim to innovations related to finished drug packaging. It can also grant recognition to administration routes and drug delivery device innovations. Such examples include new forms of tamper-proof packaging, auto-injectors, combination products and others. The Finished Formulations grant acclaim to novel formulation technologies, products, processes, and services. The examples include OTC, finished dose, software/database, excipient, and process development novelties. They also include challenge-overcoming innovations such as improving drug targeting.
Digital Innovation provides acclaim to digital novelties with high pharmaceutical development value. Likewise, it lauds novelties that improve patient outcomes. Among the examples are better forms of predictive and advanced analytics. Novel patient-centric solutions can also earn the category’s award. The supply chain, logistics & distribution commends safe handling of drug substance novelties. Such include novel improvements of audit, supply chain, and temperature-controlled logistics. The reward is also available for novel transport services or distribution channels. The API Development lauds API development/manufacturing innovations. Such feature novel improvements of API formulation, characterisation, synthesis, bulk manufacturing, and scale-up. The CEO of the Year can provide acclaim to C-Suite Executives of large companies. They can receive the award for contributions such as exceptional company performance-improving initiatives. They can also earn recognition for inventive global reach campaigns. They additionally earn the award for high-quality sustainability initiatives. Furthermore, executives can earn the award for high acquisition marketing initiatives.
The Sustainability category can provide acclaim to novelties that further sustainable pharmaceutical development. Innovation examples include initiatives that improve patient outcomes yet are environmental-conscious. They also include methods that reduce the impact on the environment. The category can also provide recognition to collaborative or sustainable product development initiatives. Likewise, social outreach campaigns and innovative uses of resources can earn the award. Furthermore, creators of novel employee training and mentoring programs can earn acclaim. Creators of manufacturing dosage drug innovations consider the manufacturing technology & equipment category. It lauds novelties such as new manufacturing equipment, processes, process controls, and facilities. The Pharma Awards can at times include novel categories. An example is the rather recent “Innovation in Response to Covid-19”. The category enables innovations inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic to gain recognition. This includes nominations that better community and patient outcomes.
Each category has its own set of standards. These can include details like how innovative is the nominated entry. CEO of the Year, for instance, considers details such as the level of shown leadership. A judging panel consisting of independent senior industry experts judges each nomination.
CPhI Worldwide is a trade show that can be helpful for professionals such as:
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CPhI Worldwide has different visiting hours doe the different types of attendees. For instance, exhibitors can visit during the first two days of the fair between 8 am and 6:30 pm. On the final day, they can attend between 8 am and 4 pm. Visitors who do not have special passes can access the fair for the first 2 days between 10:30 am and 6:30 pm. On the final day, they can visit the trade show between 10:30 am and 4 pm. Visitors with Early Access, VIP, or Plus passes can visit between 9:30 am and 6:30 pm for the first 2 days. On the final day, visiting hours for them is between 9:30 am and 6 pm. CPhI Worldwide is a trade show that occurs at a different location every year. In many instances, it takes place for 3 days, with Informa PLC organising the fair. Yet, there have been exceptions to the event’s duration. Examples include the 2021 edition of the trade show.
Venues that have served as hosting locations include Fiera Milano and Messe Frankfurt. Each of the hosting exhibition centres is a leading event location with easy access. This is due to the extensive public transport links that connect the locales to the host city. For instance, there are taxi and train routes between Fiera Milano and the airport. They allow you to access the local in 30 minutes. Likewise, there are metro lines between the venue and the central railway station. They enable reaching the exhibition centre in 20 minutes. Furthermore, there are train lines between Messe Frankfurt and the central station. They permit accessing the venue in 17 minutes.
Each CPhI Worldwide city has an extensive public transport network. For example, Milano is a metropolis with extensive bus, metro, and train routes. These enable you to reach the different districts or nearby communities. For instance, the network allows you to reach the Brera district from the centre in 12 minutes via metro. Each hosting city features a comprehensive range of dining and accommodation options. Among them are a diverse range of apartments, hotels, guest houses and hostels. Dining alternatives vary from restaurants to bars, clubs, and market stalls. When considering where to stay, opt for destinations such as Brera and Altstadt.
Audience and statistics
CPhI Worldwide is a high-profile event of great importance to 6 industries. The industries are pharmaceutical, medicine, dental medicine, ophthalmic optics, medical technology and health. Because of its importance to these sectors, the fair receives over 47000 attendees. For example, the 2019 edition received over 45 000 visitors and more than 2500 exhibitors. Over 170 nations attend CPhI Worldwide including:
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CPhI Worldwide 2019
CPhI Worldwide 2019 achieved a new participant record. The edition received 48,961 attendees, including over 2,500 exhibitors. It also features more than 170 nations. CPhI Worldwide 2019 took place as a live exhibition between 5.11.2019 and 7.11.2019 at Messe Frankfurt.
CPhI Worldwide 2021
CPhI Worldwide 2021 was hosted at Fiera Milano as a hybrid event - a live exhibition complemented by a digital platform. The digital platform was known as CPhI Discover. The live exposition featured strict COVID-19 safety protocols such as attendees needing to show valid 3G documents. There were 173 exhibiting firms and 3,934 visitors at the event.
CPhI Worldwide 2022
CPhI Worldwide 2022 (01.11.2022 - 03.11.2022) occurred as a hybrid event. It included a live trade fair and a complementing virtual platform. The event was held at Messe Frankfurt and did not incorporate Covid-19 safety precautions. This is because of the removal of the country's domestic pandemic-related limitations. It attracted more than 1,800 exhibitors and more than 45,800 visitors (80% possessed purchasing authority, including 57% in C-suite positions). The digital aspect of the edition obtained over 559 000 website and 310 800 YouTube views. It additionally received over 38 000 Facebook, 19 680 LinkedIn, 11 900 Twitter, and over 4 300 Instagram followers.
CPhI Worldwide 2023
CPhI Worldwide 2023 (24-26.10.2023) was a hybrid trade fair hosted in Fira Barcelona Gran Via in Spain. Like the 2022 format, it did not feature Covid-19 safety measures. More than 2,500 exhibitors from 70 countries and over 50,000 visitors from more than 150 nations attended CPhI Worldwide 2023.
CPhI Worldwide 2024
The 2024 edition of the CPhI Worldwide was hosted between 08.10.2024 and 10.10.2024 in Fiera Milano Rho. The live trade fair featured the wares of approximately 3,000 exhibitors from 74 countries, around 200 speakers, and around 62,000 visitors from 170 nations.
CPhI Worldwide 2025
The 2025 edition of CPhI Worldwide took place in Messe Frankfurt between 28.10.2025 and 30.10.2025. The live trade fair was attended by 2,400 exhibitors, 260 speakers and 67,000 visitors.
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