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	2/16/2021	12:00-13:30 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS-SFBay	[Free Webcast from PBSS-SFBay] Oxbryta® (Voxelotor) tablets for Sickle Cell Disease: The R&D Journey and Lessons Learned (jointly by PBSS and CLSA) >>Details...		Mira Pochron PhD (Head of Translational Biology, Global Blood Therapeutics) >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	2/16/2021	12:00-13:30 Pacific Time	Online via Zoom	[Free Online Symposium] Oxbryta® (Voxelotor) tablets for Sickle Cell Disease: The R&D Journey and Lessons Learned (jointly by PBSS and CLSA) >>Details...		Mira Pochron PhD (Head of Translational Biology, Global Blood Therapeutics) >>Details...	Symposium
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	3/9/2021	8:30-12:30 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS - San Francisco Bay	[Free Webcast for PBSS-SFBay Workshop] Metabolite Identification: Strategies, Techniques and Case Studies >>Details...		Cyrus Khojasteh (Genentech), Bill Fitch, Shichang Miao (ChemoCentryx), Shuguang Ma (Genentech) and Greg Walker (Pfizer) >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	3/9/2021	8:30-12:30 Pacific Time	Online via Zoom	[Free Online Workshop] Metabolite Identification: Strategies, Techniques and Case Studies >>Details...		Cyrus Khojasteh (Genentech), Bill Fitch, Shichang Miao (ChemoCentryx), Shuguang Ma (Genentech) and Greg Walker (Pfizer) >>Details...	Workshop
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	3/23/2021	8:30-12:30 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS - San Francisco Bay	[Free Webcast for PBSS-SFBay Symposium] Cardiac Safety from Preclinical to the Clinic: Industry and Regulatory Trends in T-QT and Concentration-QT Studies for Assessing QT Prolongation Risks >>Details...		Borje Darpo (ERT), Jay Mason (Spaulding Clinical), Bela Patel (Merck), Anne Bonneville (Terns Pharmaceuticals), Lauren Lohmer (Nuventra), Yehong Wang (Genentech) >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	3/23/2021	8:30-12:30 Pacific Time	Online via Zoom	[Free Online Symposium] Cardiac Safety from Preclinical to the Clinic: Industry and Regulatory Trends in T-QT and Concentration-QT Studies for Assessing QT Prolongation Risks >>Details...		Borje Darpo (ERT), Jay Mason (Spaulding Clinical), Bela Patel (Merck), Anne Bonneville (Terns Pharmaceuticals), Lauren Lohmer (Nuventra), Yehong Wang (Genentech) >>Details...	Symposium
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	4/26/2021	11:00-13:00 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS-San Francisco Bay	[Free Online Symposium from PBSS-SFBay] Highlights from 2020's FDA New Drug Approvals (jointly by PBSS and CLSA) >>Details...		Dennis Hu and Dewakar Sangaraju (Genentech) >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	4/26/2021	11:00-13:00 Pacific Time	Online via Zoom	[Free Online Symposium] Highlights from 2020's FDA New Drug Approvals (jointly by PBSS and CLSA) >>Details...		Dennis Hu and Dewakar Sangaraju (Genentech) >>Details...	Symposium
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	7/29/2021	8:30-12:30 Pacific Time	Webcast from PBSS-SFBay	Webcast from PBSS-SF: [Free Online Symposium] Development of Inhalation Therapeutics (jointly by AAPS-BADG / PBSS / Genentech) >>Details...		Chris Brightling (University of Leicester); Guenther Hochhaus (University of Florida); Ram Mahato (University of Nebraska-Lincoln); Bill Williams (University of Texas at Austin); Winlei Jiang (CDER, FDA) >>Details...	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open >>Registered Vendors	7/29/2021	8:30-12:30 Pacific Time	Online via Zoom	[Free Online Symposium] Development of Inhalation Therapeutics (jointly by AAPS-BADG / PBSS / Genentech) >>Details...		Chris Brightling (University of Leicester); Guenther Hochhaus (University of Florida); Ram Mahato (University of Nebraska-Lincoln); Bill Williams (University of Texas at Austin); Winlei Jiang (CDER, FDA) >>Details...	Symposium
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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.)

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Mailing address: PO Box 2342, South San Francisco, CA 94083-2342.