R/Pharma
R/Pharma is a scientifically & industry oriented, collegial online conference focused on the use of R in the development of pharmaceuticals, with breakout in-person and APAC satellite events.
Our mission:
- Promote the use of open source, and collaboration between companies
- Put on fantastic, vendor free, community events like R/Pharma, R/Pharma APAC and R/Pharma Summit
- Encourage seminars, discussion and facilitate collaboration between companies
Our impact
Latest Announcement
R/Pharma 2026 has completed
Workshop and conference recordings will be online shortly.
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R/Pharma
The first conference took place in 2018, as an in-person event hosted by Harvard. During Covid-19, the conference moved to be online, and grew in participation to more than 2,600 data scientists from the pharma world with a passion for using R.
The conference is free to attend, and all hosting costs are met by contributions by Pharma companies.
R/Pharma runs Europe/US and APAC tracks. Look out for announcements in 2027 for our 10th anniversary events.
R/Pharma Summit
The R/Pharma summit has run for four years at posit::conf. In 2025, over 100 representatives from 40+ companies met in-person to discuss some of the most pressing topics pharma is tackling. The in-person summit focuses on the future of drug development using open source and tailored for program leaders and people leading Open Source initiatives. A summary of prior years is here: Summit page.
In 2026 we hosted two summits. The first ran on September 13th in Houston, TX, the day before posit::conf. The second ran on October 5th at the Novartis Campus in Basel.
We invite the public to suggest and comment on round-table discussions during the summit organization phase. Announcements for 2027 summits to follow.
Community
R/Pharma Hangouts
The monthly R/Pharma hangout is a place to hear from a key innovator. Hangouts are hosted by Eric Nantz and Jared Woolfolk and recordings are available on the R/Pharma site. For more details, subscribe to our meeting calendar.
Proceedings
R/Pharma curates proceedings from previous conferences on this site, and on YouTube. You can find information on previous talks and workshops on the events page.