Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society, PBSS

About Us:

Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society (PBSS) is a non-profit professional organization of scientists and other professionals in various pharmaceutical and life science fields, working in diverse organizations such as the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, instrumentation and analytical product suppliers, universities, government laboratories and contract research organizations. Our root in analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics is still reflected in some of the programs we organize. While our 3000+ members are largely concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Diego Area, we also have members residing in other biotech / pharmaceutical clusters in North America.

Mission Statement:

The mission of PBSS is to promote the exchange of scientific and technical ideas and to provide educational and growth opportunities in the fields of pharmaceutical / life science and related disciplines. We foster interactions and disseminate information through seminar luncheons, targeted workshops (short courses), expert forums, vendor shows, and job opening announcements.

Event Calendar:

All of our scheduled events are listed below.

For further event details, click on the event title and speakers' names.
To register for an event, click here.
To suggest seminar or workshop topics / speakers, or to volunteer to lead/co-organize a workshop,click here.

Status	Date	Time	Place	EventName	Major Sponsor	Speakers	EventType
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	7/26/2019	11:30-13:30 Pacific Time	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Generating Efficacious Enzyme Therapeutics based on Knowledge Learned From Biocatalytic Pharmaceutical Manufacture >>Details...		Gjalt Huisman, SVP, Strategic Development (Codexis) >>Details...	Seminar luncheon
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	8/1/2019	8:30-17:00 Pacific Time	Boston Area: Marriott Kendall Square, Cambridge	Radio-labeled Mass Balance and Metabolite Profiling Studies: Fundamentals, Best Practices, Regulatory Requirements, Applications and Case Studies >>Details...	(2)Pharmaron; WuXi Apptec	Chandra Prakash (Agios), Scott Obach (Pfizer), Upendra Argikar (Novartis), Xiaochun (Sean) Zhu (Takeda), Diane Ramsden (Alnylam), Prakash Bolleddula (Agios) >>Details...	Workshop
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	9/13/2019	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS - San Francisco Bay	Webcast from PBSS SF.: Biotransformation and Disposition of Larger Molecules:Peptides, Nucleotides, Proteins, mAbs, and ADCs >>Details...		>>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	9/13/2019	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Biotransformation and Disposition of Larger Molecules: Peptides, Nucleotides, Proteins, mAbs, and ADCs >>Details...		Donglu Zhang (Genentech), Mark Cancilla (Merck), Jing Li (Alnylam Pharmaceuticals), Srikanth Kotapat (Bristol-Myers Squibb), Mei Han (Amgen), Fang Xie (Amgen), Ben Shen (Genentech), Divya Samineni (Genentech), Dian Su (Genentech) >>Details...	Workshop
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	10/3/2019	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS - San Francisco Bay	Webcast from PBSS SF.: Small-Molecule Bioanalytical Method Validation & Regulated Bioanalysis: Fundamentals, the New FDA Guidance and Regulatory Trends >>Details...		Mark Rose, CHDI; David Humphries, Covance; Kristen Harman, ChemoCentryx; David Scharberg, Pharmaceutical Outsource Solutions; Steve Lowes, Q2 Solutions; Eric Woolf, Merck; Deqing Xiao, Gilead >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	10/3/2019	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Small-Molecule Bioanalytical Method Validation & Regulated Bioanalysis: Fundamentals, the New FDA Guidance and Regulatory Trends >>Details...	(3)Alturas Analytics; Eurofins Bioanalytical Services; WORLDWIDE CLINICAL TRIALS	Mark Rose, CHDI; David Humphries, Covance; Kristen Harman, ChemoCentryx; David Scharberg, Pharmaceutical Outsource Solutions; Steve Lowes, Q2 Solutions; Eric Woolf, Merck; Deqing Xiao, Gilead >>Details...	Workshop
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	10/18/2019	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS - San Francisco Bay	Webcast from PBSS SF.: Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling: Fundamentals, Regulatory Guidance & Applications >>Details...		Yuan Chen, Michael Bolger, Karen Rowland Yeo, Susie Zhang, Ying Ou, Venkatesh Pilla Reddy, Ping Zhao >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	10/18/2019	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling: Fundamentals, Regulatory Guidance & Applications >>Details...		Yuan Chen, Michael Bolger, Karen Rowland Yeo, Susie Zhang, Ying Ou, Venkatesh Pilla Reddy, Ping Zhao >>Details...	Workshop
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	11/12/2019	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS - San Francisco Bay	Webcast from PBSS SF.: Antibody Drug Discovery and Development: Hit Generation, Engineering, Cell-line Development, IND enabling studies, and Biosimilars >>Details...		Donald McCarthy, Mohan Srinivasan, Bo Yu, et al >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	11/12/2019	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Antibody Drug Discovery and Development: Hit Generation, Engineering, Cell-line Development, IND enabling studies, and Biosimilars >>Details...	(2)Abzena; Cytovance Biologics;(Major Sponsorship - lunch session still open)	Donald McCarthy, Mohan Srinivasan, Bo Yu, et al >>Details...	Workshop
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	12/10/2019	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	In vitro Diagnostics and Precision Medicine >>Details...		>>Details...	Workshop
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	2/11/2020	12:30-17:00 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS - San Francisco Bay	Webcast from PBSS SF.: Drug-Device Combination >>Details...		>>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	2/11/2020	12:30-17:00 Pacific Time	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Drug-Device Combination >>Details...		>>Details...	Workshop
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Local Chapters:

We currently have the following two local chapters under the PBSS umbrella, though other local chapters may be established in the future. The upcoming events are shown in the Event Calendar table. Please click on the following links to go to the website of the chapter of your interest, where you can sign up for the free membership and mailing list, and register for the upcoming events.

The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (PBSS-San Francisco Bay Area)

The San Diego Chapter (PBSS-San Diego)

PBSS Governing Board:

Shichang Miao (ChemoCentryx, Inc.), President
Robyn Rourick (Genentech, Inc.), Secretary; San Diego Chapter Chair
Dave Toman (Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Treasurer; San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Chair
Sam Sperry (eFFECTOR Therapeutics)
Jennifer Yang (Ardea BioSciences, Inc.)
Jim Zhang (Affymax, Inc.)

Click here, or email to info@pbss.org
Mailing address: PO Box 2342, South San Francisco, CA 94083-2342.