CPHI Milan 2026

CPHI (formerly branded CPHI Worldwide) is the largest pharmaceutical trade fair in Europe, rotating its venue between Frankfurt, Barcelona and Milan; the 2026 edition returns to Fiera Milano, Milan. It co-locates the API, ingredients, machinery, packaging and drug-delivery, and contract-services (ICSE) zones, drawing a claimed ~62,000 attendees and 2,400+ exhibitors from 160+ countries at the prior edition.

This is where API suppliers, CDMOs, packaging and drug-delivery vendors and pharma distributors negotiate annual sourcing and supply agreements. Cold-chain packaging, temperature-monitoring/data-logger vendors and GDP-compliant logistics providers exhibit within the packaging and outsourcing zones, making it a working venue to qualify cold-chain packaging, meet biologics manufacturers driving cold-chain demand and track distribution-compliance requirements.

The floor is dominated by procurement, business-development, QA/regulatory and supply-chain staff from pharma manufacturers, CDMOs/CMOs, excipient and ingredient suppliers, packaging and machinery firms, and logistics providers. Seniority skews commercial and mid-to-senior, with global sourcing decision-makers; trade-visitor registration is free.