Heikki Mansikka
Vice President - Pain Therapy Areas Orion Pharma
Heikki Mansikka is MD/PhD with training as an Anesthesiologist and Pain Management as well as pain research. He has over 20 years of experience in clinical development in pharmaceutical industry in pain, respiratory and immunology therapeutic areas. He has established track record from all phases of drug development spanning from translational medicine up to Phase III. Heikki has made significant impact on clinical research, regulatory and commercial functions in number of companies across multiple therapeutic areas. He has developed and led matrixed teams with direct report leadership experience in multiple development areas & companies
Seminars
Wednesday 28th January 2026
Novel Target Identification & Translational Strategies in Pain Therapeutics
1:30 pm
- Evaluating early-stage strategies for identifying novel pain targets and advancing them toward clinical development
- Discussing the challenges and lessons learned from a terminated program(s)
- Exploring opportunities for scientific dialogue on emerging translational approaches and priority topics in target discovery
