INTERPHEX Week Osaka / Regenerative Medicine Expo Osaka 2026【Osaka】

Event Highlights

Technologies for pharmaceutical research, manufacturing, quality, logistics, digital transformation, and regenerative medicine

The exhibitions are designed for professionals involved in research and development, manufacturing and production, quality control and assurance, engineering, procurement, supply-chain management, logistics, corporate planning, sales, and marketing. Visitors can compare solutions from multiple suppliers, inspect actual systems, discuss technical requirements, and identify products and services for new facilities, equipment replacement, laboratory improvement, automation, outsourcing, and supply-chain risk management.

Event Information

• Official Show Name: 12th INTERPHEX Week Osaka 2026 – International Pharmaceutical R&D and Manufacturing Expo Osaka
• Co-located Show: 12th Regenerative Medicine Expo OSAKA
• Date: September 30 (Wed.)–October 2 (Fri.), 2026
• Opening Hours: 10:00–17:00 JST
• Venue: INTEX Osaka
• Address: 1-5-102 Nanko-Kita, Suminoe-ku, Osaka 559-0034, Japan
• Organizer: RX Japan GK
• Format: In-person product exhibition, demonstrations, business meetings, and conference sessions
• Admission: Free with advance online visitor registration

Show Structure

INTERPHEX Week Osaka consists of three specialized pharmaceutical exhibitions. Regenerative Medicine Expo Osaka is held alongside INTERPHEX Week at the same venue and on the same dates.

• 12th INTERPHEX OSAKA: Pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturing, inspection, packaging, sterilization, logistics, engineering, and contract manufacturing
• 6th PharmaLab Expo OSAKA: Pharmaceutical research and development, drug discovery, analytical technologies, laboratory equipment, and contract research
• 2nd Pharma Digital Transformation EXPO: Digital technologies and services for research, manufacturing, quality, sales, and marketing in the pharmaceutical industry
• 12th Regenerative Medicine Expo OSAKA: Cell and regenerative medicine research, culture, manufacturing, quality evaluation, preservation, transportation, and contract services

INTERPHEX OSAKA

INTERPHEX OSAKA is a B2B exhibition specializing in manufacturing and packaging technologies for pharmaceutical and cosmetics facilities.

• Active pharmaceutical ingredient, formulation, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing equipment
• Mixing, agitation, granulation, tableting, coating, and filling systems
• Injectable, aseptic-processing, and freeze-drying equipment
• Packaging machinery, labels, containers, and packaging materials
• Visual inspection, foreign-particle inspection, leak testing, and measurement systems
• Sterilization, washing, decontamination, and hygiene-control technologies
• Cleanrooms, HVAC systems, and environmental monitoring
• Plant engineering, facility design, GMP support, and validation
• CMO and CDMO services, contract manufacturing, and equipment maintenance
• Storage, material handling, logistics, cold-chain management, and supply-chain solutions

PharmaLab Expo OSAKA

PharmaLab Expo OSAKA focuses on drug discovery, pharmaceutical research, formulation, analytical technologies, and laboratory systems for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and cosmetics companies and academic institutions.

• Drug-discovery screening, assays, efficacy studies, and safety evaluation
• Small molecules, mid-sized modalities, antibodies, nucleic acids, and gene therapy
• Analytical instruments, spectroscopy, chromatography, and mass spectrometry
• Cell analysis, bioimaging, microscopy, and flow cytometry
• Genetic analysis, sequencing, and bioinformatics
• Formulation development, drug-delivery systems, solubility, and stability testing
• Research reagents, culture media, antibodies, reference materials, and consumables
• CRO services, contract analysis, contract synthesis, testing, and evaluation
• Research-data management and laboratory automation

Pharma Digital Transformation EXPO

Pharma Digital Transformation EXPO presents digital technologies and services supporting pharmaceutical research, manufacturing, quality assurance, commercial operations, and supply chains.

• Manufacturing digital transformation, smart factories, robotics, and the Internet of Things
• Manufacturing execution systems, laboratory information management systems, quality management systems, and electronic batch records
• Data integrity, electronic document management, and audit support
• Artificial intelligence for manufacturing, quality control, and predictive maintenance
• Research-data management, electronic laboratory notebooks, and R&D digital transformation
• Customer relationship management, sales support, and marketing automation
• Supply-chain, inventory, warehouse, and logistics management
• Cloud platforms, cybersecurity, and system integration
• Training, knowledge management, and digital work instructions

Regenerative Medicine Expo Osaka

Regenerative Medicine Expo Osaka is a specialist exhibition for research instruments, manufacturing equipment, consumables, reagents, and services used in regenerative medicine, cell research, cell therapy, and tissue engineering.

• Induced pluripotent stem cells, stem cells, immune cells, and cell therapies
• Cell-culture systems, incubators, bioreactors, and automated culture equipment
• Culture media, serum, cytokines, growth factors, and cell-culture reagents
• Cell separation, concentration, recovery, counting, and quality evaluation
• Cell imaging, cellular analysis, genetic analysis, and characterization
• Three-dimensional culture, organoids, spheroids, and tissue engineering
• Cell-processing centers, cell-processing facilities, and cleanrooms
• Cryopreservation, thawing, cell banks, and cold-chain management
• Cell transportation, temperature management, and traceability
• Regenerative-medicine CDMO services, contract culture, testing, and analysis
• GCTP, quality management, validation, and regulatory support

Visitor Registration

• Registration Status: Free visitor registration is open
• Advance Registration: Every visitor is required to register online before entering the exhibition
• Visitor Badge: Registered visitors receive badge data and a badge-exchange QR code by email before the exhibition
• Recommended Entry Method: Print the visitor badge in color on A4 paper and bring it to the venue
• On-site Printing: Printers will also be available at the venue
• Common Admission: One registration provides access to all exhibitions within INTERPHEX Week Osaka
• Admission Fee: Free with advance registration
• VIP Registration: Available for eligible visitors holding a managerial position or higher
• VIP Benefit: Access to the VIP lounge is provided to eligible VIP visitors

Forecast Scale for 2026

The organizer presents the following forecasts for the 2026 Osaka event. The figures include concurrent shows and may differ from the final results.

• Exhibitors: More than 180 expected
• Visitors: More than 13,000 expected
• Conference Sessions: More than 90 expected
• Coverage: Pharmaceutical research, manufacturing, GMP and quality, digital transformation, regenerative medicine, and related business strategies
• Exhibits: Actual equipment, laboratory instruments, products, software, and professional services

Conference Program

The conference program includes keynote and special lectures by regulatory authorities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotechnology companies, technology providers, and industry organizations. Advance session reservations are recommended because some sessions may reach capacity before the exhibition.

• PMDA approaches to pharmaceutical quality assurance, inspections, and risk communication
• Sterile manufacturing and quality assurance in biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing
• Smart factories using digital technologies, robotics, and automated production systems
• Strategies for the stable supply of generic pharmaceuticals
• Expansion of biopharmaceutical CDMO operations in Japan and international markets
• Artificial intelligence and robotics in pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Research, manufacturing, and quality-management digital transformation
• Modalities, biopharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical research, manufacturing, GMP, and workforce development
• Induced pluripotent stem cells, cell therapies, and regenerative medicine

Academic Forum

The Academic Forum is a special exhibition program in which university laboratories and research institutions present their research through oral presentations and poster displays. It provides opportunities to exchange information and develop partnerships with pharmaceutical manufacturers, regenerative-medicine companies, investors, and technology providers.

• Drug-discovery research assets
• Drug-delivery systems and formulation technologies
• Induced pluripotent stem cell drug discovery and regenerative medicine
• Genomic drug discovery
• Drug-discovery support technologies
• Artificial intelligence for drug discovery
• Pharmaceutical and diagnostic devices
• Screening technologies
• Pharmacology and safety evaluation
• Biotechnology and bioengineering

Who Should Attend

• Pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers
• Cosmetics and chemical manufacturers
• Regenerative-medicine, cell-therapy, and gene-therapy companies
• Manufacturing, production-engineering, factory-management, and facility-management professionals
• Research, drug-discovery, formulation, analytical, and development teams
• Quality-control, quality-assurance, regulatory, and validation professionals
• Procurement, purchasing, supply-chain, inventory, and logistics professionals
• Sales, marketing, corporate planning, and business-development professionals
• Universities, public research institutions, hospitals, and medical institutions
• CRO, CMO, CDMO, contract-testing, and analytical-service companies
• Manufacturers and distributors of research instruments, reagents, and production equipment

Concurrent Shows

• Food Factory Technology Week Osaka 2026: Food-factory automation, digital technologies, hygiene, safety, quality management, production equipment, and logistics
• COSME Week OSAKA 2026: Cosmetics ingredients, research and development, OEM services, packaging, cosmetics brands, health foods, and beauty equipment
• Cross-industry Technologies: Manufacturing equipment, packaging, quality management, automation, logistics, digital transformation, and facility engineering can be reviewed across the concurrent exhibitions

Previous Osaka Show Results

The previous Osaka edition was held in February 2025. The published visitor count covers INTERPHEX Week Osaka, Regenerative Medicine Expo Osaka, and FOODtech Week Osaka and excludes exhibitors and members of the press.

• February 25, 2025: 2,332 visits
• February 26, 2025: 3,052 visits
• February 27, 2025: 2,529 visits
• Three-day Total: 7,913 visits
• Counting Method: A visitor attending on multiple days is counted once for each day attended

Overview

Pharmaceutical, cosmetics, biotechnology, and regenerative-medicine companies must address product quality, stable supply, diversified product portfolios, advanced manufacturing equipment, workforce limitations, data integrity, digital transformation, and increasingly complex supply chains. INTERPHEX Week Osaka and Regenerative Medicine Expo Osaka provide a venue to review technologies supporting the complete workflow from drug discovery, analytical research, and cell culture to manufacturing, quality management, packaging, logistics, and commercial operations. The exhibitions support practical evaluation of equipment replacement, new manufacturing lines, laboratory improvements, external service providers, cost reduction, performance improvement, automation, and supply-risk management.

Publication Status

• Event Dates and Venue: Published
• Visitor Registration: Open
• VIP Visitor Registration: Open
• 2026 Exhibitor Directory: Published
• 2026 Product Directory: Published
• Conference Program: Published and being updated
• Conference Reservations: Available through the official conference program
• Floor Map: Awaiting publication
• Venue and Access Information: Published
• Exhibitor and Conference Information: Subject to additions and changes before the event

Access to the Venue

• Osaka Metro Chuo Line: Approximately nine minutes on foot from Cosmosquare Station
• Osaka Metro New Tram: Approximately eight minutes on foot from Trade Center-mae Station
• Osaka Metro New Tram: Approximately five minutes on foot from Nakafuto Station
• From Shin-Osaka: Approximately 40–45 minutes by public transportation
• From Osaka or Umeda: Approximately 35–40 minutes by public transportation
• From Namba: Approximately 40 minutes by public transportation
• Crowding: Nakafuto Station may become extremely crowded during major events
• Recommended Alternative: Visitors using the Osaka Metro Chuo Line are encouraged to use Cosmosquare Station
• Address: 1-5-102 Nanko-Kita, Suminoe-ku, Osaka 559-0034, Japan

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