JPMorgan Chase & Co. is moving its big annual healthcare conference in San Francisco to a virtual setting, telling participants the spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19 had made the in-person gathering too risky.
The bank’s annual gathering is one of the biggest events for global healthcare professionals and CEOs, and it is often full of deal making. This year’s event, scheduled for the middle of January, will be the 40th version. The move comes after several biotechnology companies pulled out of planned in-person appearances, which were first reported on Tuesday by Stat News.