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; >>Registered Vendors	12/4/2023	8:45-17:30 Pacific Time	The Alexandria at Torrey Pines	[In-Person] Preclinical Development and IND Filing for Antibody-Based Therapeutics: Nuts, Bolts and Best Practices >>Details...	(2)Mycenax; Veloxity Labs	Henry Chan, BMS; Lawrence Dearth, BMS; Dan Zhu, BMS; Kaia Sartori, BioData Solutions; Mangala Hariharan, Mirati Therapeutics; Sharon Gao, Bright Peak Therapeutics; Sara Glickstein Bar-Zeev, Genentech; Michelle Mazzoni, Capstan Therapeutics; Arianne L. Motter, FDA >>Details...	Workshop
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	12/6/2023	8:30-13:00 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS SF.	[Free Symposium from PBSS SF] Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Drive Therapeutic Drug Discovery & Development >>Details...		Alex Zhavoronkov, Insilico Medicine; Abraham Heifets, Atomwise; Stephen MacKinnon, Recursion; Charles Fisher, Unlearn; Karen Akinsanya, Schrodinger; Jason Rolfe, Variational AI; Sang Eun Jee, XtalPi; Ci Chu, insitro >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	12/6/2023	8:30-13:00 Pacific Time	Online via Zoom	[Free Online] Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Drive Therapeutic Drug Discovery & Development >>Details...		Alex Zhavoronkov, Insilico Medicine; Abraham Heifets, Atomwise; Stephen MacKinnon, Recursion; Charles Fisher, Unlearn; Karen Akinsanya, Schrodinger; Jason Rolfe, Variational AI; Sang Eun Jee, XtalPi; Ci Chu, insitro >>Details...	Symposium
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	1/19/2024	8:45-17:30 Pacific Time	Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)	[In-Person] ADME/DMPK Studies for IND and NDA Filing for Small Molecules: Nuts, Bolts and Best Practices >>Details...	(2)Fortrea CRO; Q2 Solutions	Simon Wong (Aditum Bio), Jan Wahlstrom (Amgen), Sean Zhu (Takeda), Cyrus Khojasteh (Genentech), Xinning Yang (FDA), Werner Rubas (Sutro), Ilaria Badagnani (Theravance), Upendra Dahal (Amgen) >>Details...	Workshop
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	1/19/2024	8:45-17:30 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS SF.	[Workshop from PBSS-SFBay] ADME/DMPK Studies for IND and NDA Filing for Small Molecules: Nuts, Bolts and Best Practices >>Details...		Simon Wong (Aditum Bio), Jan Wahlstrom (Amgen), Sean Zhu (Takeda), Cyrus Khojasteh (Genentech), Xinning Yang (FDA), Werner Rubas (Sutro), Ilaria Badagnani (Theravance), Upendra Dahal (Amgen) >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	2/6/2024	8:40-17:00 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS SF.	Webcast from PBSS SF.: [In-Person] Antibody Discovery and Development: Hit Generation, Engineering, Characterization, CMC and IND Enabling studies >>Details...		Joshua Park (Loxo at Lilly), Srinivasa Bandi (Nutcracker Therapeutics), Alex Yang (Vir Biotechnology), Deepali Sawant (Amgen), Lilia Koriazova (Erasca), Chris Frantz (Seagen), Yue Liu (Ab Studio) >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	2/6/2024	8:40-17:00 Pacific Time	Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)	[In-Person] Antibody Discovery and Development: Hit Generation, Engineering, Characterization, CMC and IND Enabling studies >>Details...		Joshua Park (Loxo at Lilly), Srinivasa Bandi (Nutcracker Therapeutics), Alex Yang (Vir Biotechnology), Deepali Sawant (Amgen), Lilia Koriazova (Erasca), Chris Frantz (Seagen), Yue Liu (Ab Studio) >>Details...	Workshop
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	3/7/2024	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS SF.	Webcast from PBSS SF.: [In-Person] Project Management for Drug Development >>Details...		TBD >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	3/7/2024	8:45-17:00 Pacific Time	Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)	[In-Person] Project Management for Drug Development >>Details...		TBD >>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.