A place to follow the work of the ISPE Delaware Valley Membership Committee and Life Science Cares Philadelphia Emerging Leaders Committee, building professional community and charitable connection across the Delaware Valley.
The Delaware Valley — Philadelphia, the Main Line, Wilmington, King of Prussia — is home to an extraordinary concentration of pharmaceutical and biotech companies, research institutions, and life sciences talent. Merck, GSK, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, and dozens of others call this corridor home.
What this region has always had is talent and proximity. What it continues to build is the organized community infrastructure: the professional homes, the charitable networks, the early-career pipelines that turn proximity into lasting connection. That's what this is for.
The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering is the global professional home for pharmaceutical engineers and life sciences professionals. The Delaware Valley Chapter serves one of the most pharma-dense regions in the world, and the Membership Committee is focused on building the engagement and early-career pipeline to match the region's potential.
Explore the committee →Life Science Cares connects the life sciences industry to underserved communities through volunteerism, philanthropy, and advocacy. The Philadelphia Emerging Leaders Committee is the early-career pipeline for that mission, recruiting, organizing, and activating the next generation of professionals who want to give back to the city their careers are built in.
Explore the committee →Finding your footing in a new city or a new industry isn't easy. Mentorship, community, professional development, and civic engagement: those things make all the difference, and they don't have to be hard to find.
If you've spent a career in this industry, the best thing you can do with that is share it. Through your time, your mentorship, your presence at events, and your willingness to support the charitable and professional development work this community depends on.
The organizations that have built something in this region didn't get there alone. The talent pipeline, the professional community, the civic infrastructure: those are shared resources, and they require shared investment. The organizations that prioritize that aren't just being generous. They're being smart.
Both committees are actively building their teams. If you're in Philadelphia's life sciences community and want to plug in as a volunteer, a member, a sponsor, or just curious — reach out.