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2009-09-06 |
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Newsletter |
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SABPA |
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San Diego |
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SABPA |
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Table of Content
1. Update on SABPA website
2. The 4th SABPA Entrepreneur Symposium (Aug. 29, 2009, past)
3. 2009 SABPA Picnic (Sep 6, 2009, past)
4. The 5th Annual SABPA Pacific Forum on Life Science Alliances – Riding the Wave (Nov. 7, 2009)
5. The 4th SABPA Entrepreneur Symposium (Dec. 12, 2009)
6. BioBay San Diego Reception (Sept 14, 2009)
7. Jiangsu China BioTech & Pharmaceutical Networking Summit 2009 (Sep. 21, 2009)
8. CACO-San Diego Workshop (Sep 23, 2009)
9. PharmAsia Summit: San Francisco (Oct. 26-28 2009)
10. Community Events & Job Listing
11. Introduction and free online subscription of Trends in Bio/Pharmaceutical Industry (TBI)
1. Update on SABPA website
Some of you might have noticed that SABPA.org is undergoing some changes lately. We have started working on a newly designed web interface since March this year. The new website offers better content management, more security and dynamic information. We are scheduled to release the new sabpa.org in early September and will send out email notification to the members. During the transition, some pages might not work properly, we ask for your patience and understanding. Thank you very much.
2. The 4th SABPA Entrepreneur Symposium (Aug. 29, 2009)
About 100 people attended this symposium. Mr. Lewis Shuster's presentation was excellent and won loud applause of the audience. Everyone benefited from his 26 years of Life science entrepreneurship experience. Some people had a prolong discussion with Mr. Shuster after the symposium. Many volunteers, Yahua Liu, Hai Wang, Eric Hu, Xuefeng Zhu, Jiayi Yang, Tao Wu, Qi Wang, Kai Zheng, Lu Liu and Jerry Meng made this event very successful. In addition, we would like to thank Rosemarie E. Christopher, the president of RxResearch Staffing, who sponsored this event and provided ipod raffle.
3. 2009 SABPA Picnic (Sep 6, 2009)
SABPA held its annual picnic at the Carmel Valley community park on Sept. 6. The picnic attracted more than 400 SABPA members, their families and friends. People enjoyed a very pleasant time of networking and Chinese food in a sunny day. Many thanks to our sponsors who support this event and all the volunteers who make this event a great success! Here is photo report.
4. The 5th Annual SABPA Pacific Forum on Life Science Alliances – Riding the Wave (Nov. 7, 2009)
Mark your calendar and come join us for the highly anticipated 5th annual SABPA Pacific Forum and network with the leaders in life science across the Pacific Rim!
Date: Saturday, November 07, 2009
Venue: The Institute of Americas, UCSD
Topics: The Road towards IND/NDA Filing in China and Australia / Cross-Pacific Investment and Financing Strategy / Trans-Pacific Biotech Business Opportunities and Strategies/ Science Parks in China
The Annual Pacific Forum organized by Sino-American Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SABPA) has provided the community an essential platform for entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, executives, and policy makers to promote life sciences and biotechnology and life science alliances across the Pacific Rim. In the last few years, Pacific Forum attracted over 300 attendees, five media outlets, 22 corporate sponsors, and eleven event partners including BIOCOM and CONNECT. This year the Forum has invited prominent industry leaders as well many new companies from various sectors of the life science industries in the US and China to explore the topics of cross-Pacific biotech business opportunities/strategies, IND/NDA (NCE drugs) filing in China and Australia, Investment & Financing, and science parks in China & Taiwan. Please check our website for program updates in September. Sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact Dr. Mingzhu Zhang (email: mingzhu99@yahoo.com) for details.
5. The 4th SABPA Entrepreneur Symposium (Dec. 12, 2009)
When: 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009
Where: The Institute of Americas, UCSD
Lecture title: a. Overview of in vitro diagnostic product development; b. Insights into industry trends, business opportunities and challenges in this field.
Speaker: Dr. Larry Mimms, Vice President, R&D at Quidel Corporation and the founder of VDx LLC
6. BioBay San Diego Reception (Sept 14, 2009)
When: Monday Sep. 14, 2009; 13:30-16:00pm
Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Carlsbad Bch,
6450 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad, CA 92011 USA
If you are interested in the opportunity in Suzhou, China or want to know more information, please check the following event. The executive team at BioBay will visit San Diego to provide further detail information. Please contact Ruby Dai directly by Sep 10, 2009 at . Space is limited (about 20)
7. Jiangsu China BioTech & Pharmaceutical Networking Summit 2009 (Sep. 21, 2009)
MEET THE LARGEST BIOTECH & PHARMACEUTICAL DELEGATION FROM CHINA
When: Sept 21, 2009
Where: 10950 N. Torrey Pines Rd., San Diego, CA
A group of 46 Chinese delegates are visiting United States. It is the largest biotech/pharmaceutical delegation ever to visit the U.S.A. including 16 leading biotech and pharmaceutical companies from Jiangsu province, 22 Chinese government organizations, policy makers, political leaders, investors and industry executives.
Space is limited to first 50 registrants. If interested, please register at
https://www.123signup.com/register?id=jmyxy.
8. CACO-San Diego Workshop (Sep. 23, 2009)
Preclinical Development and IND Filing: the nuts, bolts, and best practices for small molecules
Event Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Event Time: 8:45-17:00
Event Type: Workshop
Event Name: Preclinical Development and IND Filing:the nuts, bolts, and best practices for small molecules
Speakers: Cuiping "Tracy" Chen, Jeff Etter, Linval Depass and Jim Wei
Event fee: $1 for unemployed; For others, details available upon online login.
Location: San Diego La Jolla Embassy Suites
Major Sponsor: (2)Absorption Systems; IITRI
Vendor show vendors registered to date: (19)ABC Laboratories Inc.; Azopharma; BASi; BioScreen Testing Services, Inc.; BioTrove; CellzDirect; Celsis In Vitro Technologies; Codexis; Frontage Laboratories, Inc.; LEAP Technologies, Inc.; Pace Analytical Life Sciences; Pacific BioLabs; PharmaForm; Pharmatek Laboratories, Inc.; QPS LLC.; SRI International; Xceleron; XenoTech, LLC; Zef Scientific Inc.
Online registration and further details: http://www.caco-ca.org/
Registration deadline: 9/18/2009 (it will close sooner if the seating cap is reached)
Additional Details: www.caco-ca.org (in the Event Calendar, click on the name of workshop)
9. PharmAsia Summit: San Francisco (Oct. 26-28 2009)
Featuring the most senior experts in the Asian markets to help you take advantage of the business opportunities and avoid regulatory pitfalls in the world’s hottest emerging market. Speakers include Frank Jiang, VP- Global R&D Head, Sanofi-Aventis; Li Chen, R&D Head, Roche China; Andrew von Eschenbach, Former Commissioner, U.S. FDA; Robert Armstrong, VP, Global External Research & Development, Eli Lilly; Song Ruilin, Chairman, Chinese Journal of New Drugs; and Zhu Shen, CEO, BioForesight. This must-attend event is brought to you by PharmAsia News and Windhover Conferences, sponsor of the blockbuster Pharmaceutical Strategic Alliances. SABPA Members get $200 off! (use promotional code: SABPA).
To register, visit: http://www.windhover.com/windhover/content/conferences/PharmAsia.aspx.
10. Job opportunities at Sundia MediTech, China
Associate Director/Director of Medicinal Chemistry (3-4 positions)
The responsibility of this person will be closely working with our clients to manage medicinal chemistry programs in our Shanghai facility. He or she needs to do project assessment such as compound design and synthetic route evaluation, data managing and mining, and resource allocation. Another aspect of this person’s responsibility is to effectively communicate with our clients on a routinely basis.
A successful candidate should have a Ph.D. degree in synthetic organic chemistry or medicinal chemistry, and over 6 years of drug discovery experience in US or Europe pharmaceutical/biotech companies with a strong scientific track record. Understanding the drug discovery process and operation within an aggressive timeline is required. In addition, the candidate should be able to solve problems associated with medicinal chemistry. Please contact Charles Huang (chuang@sundia.com) for details.
11. Introduction and free online subscription of Trends in Bio/Pharmaceutical Industry (TBI)
SABPA member has free online subscription of Trends in Bio/Pharmaceutical Industry (TBI), which is a scientific journal focused on the latest discoveries, innovations, development and trends in the various fields of life sciences, especially in research institutes and pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Authors of TBI are mostly, but not limited to, scientific, legal and financial professional and entrepreneurs in US with Chinese heritage. The targeted readers of TBI are researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs and senior managers in biopharmaceutical industry. TBI is published quarterly both online and in hard copies.
TBI is the official journal of the Alliance of Chinese-American Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Associations (ALL-CABPA), an alliance of 5 nonprofit organizations comprising of Chinese-American Bio/pharmaceutical Society (CABS) in San Francisco Bay Area, Sino-American Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SABPA) in San Diego and Los Angeles area, Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association (CBA) in Maryland, Chinese-American BioMedical Association (CABA) in Boston area, and Seattle Chinese Biomedical Assocation (SCBA) at Seattle area. In addition, Bayhelix, an organization for business and legal professionals, is also participated in publication of TBI.
The participating organizations cover the major biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industrial hubs in US with a total of over 10 thousand members from the West Coast to the East Coast of US, as well as in China. TBI also partners with leading Pharmaceutical Journals in China and distributes its online version to readers in China as well.
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