Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society, PBSS

Event Calendar:

For further meeting details, click the name of the event.

Date & time: 2024-09-20; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Nonclinical Safety Assessments of Biologics and Other Novel Modalities for IND/NDA/BLA Filings"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Christina de Zafra, Seagen; Kaushik Datta, BMS; Xiaoting Wang, Amgen; Haley Neff-LaFord, Seagen; Mayur Mitra, Genentech; Jessica Sims, Genentech; Majlinda Thomas, Gilead Sciences; Carolyne Dumont, CRL; Ijeoma Uzoma, FDA
Major Sponsors: (3); Alturas Analytics; WuXi AppTec
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2024-09-25 ~ 2024-09-25 8:30-12:45 Pacific Time
Symposium: "[Free Online] Development of Protein Degraders: Computational Modeling, Medicinal Chemistry and Early Development"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: Valentina Kwak, Freelance Scientific Editor; Hongtao Zhao, AstraZeneca; Anil Vasudevan, AbbVie; Jesus Medina, Arvinas; Donglu Zhang, Genentech; Elisia Villemure, Genentech
Major Sponsors:
Place: Online via Zoom

Date & time: 2024-10-10; 8:45-17:30 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Regulatory Global Submission: Strategies and Best Practices for FDA, EMA and PMDA"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Yoshimasa Shimoto, Kenai Therapeutics; Jay Fajiculay, FDA; Kristina Luong, FDA; Huong Huynh, Critical Path Institute (C-Path); Terra Johnston, Novotech; Xiling Song, Beigene; William Salminen, Premier consulting; Yoshimasa Shimoto, CMIC Holdings
Major Sponsors: (1)BioIVT;(Major Sponsorship - afternoon session still open)
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2024-10-25; 8:30-12:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[Free Online Workshop] Unleashing the Power of Real-World Evidence / Data (RWE/RWD) to Facilitate Drug Discovery, Development, and Beyond"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: Lixia Yao, Polygon Health Analytics LLC; Aaron Mackey, Lokavant; Ying Li, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Daisuke Goto, Organon & Co.; Star Chen, Merck & Co.
Major Sponsors:
Place: Online via Zoom

Date & time: 2024-11-01; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Clinical Pharmacology Studies on Hepatic and Renal Impairments for NDA Filing: Strategies, Design, Conduct, Analysis and Regulatory Aspects"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Martina Sahre, FDA; Luna Musib, ArriVent Biopharma; Stephen Flach, Fortrea; Christine Bowman, Genentech; Mohamed Elmeliegy, Pfizer; Ying Ou, BeiGene; Chunze Li, Genentech; Sravanthi Cheeti, Genentech
Major Sponsors: (2)Dr. Vince Clinical Research; Fortrea
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2024-11-13; 8:30-12:30 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[Free Online Workshop] Career Transition for Research Scientists: Business Development & BioPartnering"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: Lesley Stolz (J&J), Jimmy Zhang (previously Merck, J&J, Lilly), Cheni Kwok (Linear Dreams), Sarah Bodary (Darwin Bodary Consulting), Lizabeth Leveille (Merck), Jennifer Leeds (Retired from Novartis)
Major Sponsors:
Place: Online via Zoom

Date & time: 2024-11-15; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Current State of Bioanalysis for Biologics and Cell/Gene Therapy Products: Refining Established Approaches for New Complex Therapies"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers:
Major Sponsors: (2)CMIC, Inc.; KCAS Bio
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2024-12-05; 8:30-14:00 Pacific Time
Symposium: "[Free Online] Innovative Mass Spectrometry and Related Technologies for Life Science and Drug Development"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: TBD
Major Sponsors:
Place: Online via Zoom

Date & time: 2024-12-13; 11:15-13:30 Pacific Time
Seminar luncheon: "Why All These New Modalities?"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Michael Varney, PhD, President, Mike Varney Advisors
Major Sponsors:
Place: Crowne Plaza Foster City

Date & time: 2025-01-22; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Small-Molecule Formulation for Discovery & Early Development (jointly by PBSS / AAPS-BADG / Syner-G)"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: TBD
Major Sponsors:
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2025-02-06; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Intellectual Property (IP) Strategies and Best Practices"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Maya Skubatch (Wilson Sonsini), Juia Minitti (Wilson Sonsini), Robert Hess (Life Science Angels), Janet Xiao (Morrison & Foerster), Minako Pazdera (Carmot Therapeutics)
Major Sponsors:
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

More Detailed Info...

Webcast from Other Chapters:

Date & time: 2024-10-17; 8:30-12:00 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Free Online by PBSS-San Diego] Patient Centric Blood Sampling for Facilitating De-centralized Clinical Trials: Implications for ClinOps, PK/ClinPharm, Bioanalytical and Biomarkers"
Status: Check status and register.
Speakers: Neil Spooner, Patient Centric Sampling Interest Group; Brian Booth, FDA; Mitch Johnson, Veloxity Labs, LLC; Jeff Silverman, Edgewise Therapeutics Inc.; Katty Wan, Pfizer; Jeff Plomley, Altasciences; Sally Fischer, Genentech, Inc.
Place: Webcast from PBSS SD.

More Detailed Info...

Past Event:

SF PBSS Past Events

More Detailed Info...

About Us:

Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society - San Francisco Bay (formerly CACO-PBSS) is a non-profit professional organization of scientists and other professionals in the life science sector, working in diverse organizations such as the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, instrumentation and scientific product suppliers, academia, government laboratories and contract research organizations. We are a member organization of Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society International (PBSS), which has 5000+ members and is active through five member organizations in San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego Area, Boston, Vancouver and Korea, some of the largest life science clusters in the World.

Mission Statement:

The mission of PBSS - San Francisco Bay is to promote the exchange of scientific ideas while providing educational and growth opportunities in the fields of pharmaceutical / life science related disciplines. We foster interactions and disseminate information through seminar luncheons, targeted workshops (short courses), expert forums, symposia, vendor shows, as well as career opportunity announcements.

Standing Committee:

Peter Staehr, MD, Committee Chair
Shichang Miao, PhD (ChemoCentryx), President of PBSS International
Betty Chang, PhD (Summit Therapeutics)
Tracy Chen, PhD (Jazz Pharmaceuticals)
Snow Ge, PhD (QED, a BridgeBio company)
Surinder Kaur, PhD (Genentech)
Donald McCarthy, PhD (Samsara Biocapital)
Kevin McLure, PhD (Ermaris Bio)
Thomas Pillow, PhD (Genentech)
Steven Richards, PhD (Ambagon Therapeutics)
Joanne Tan, PhD (Nkarta)
Gregory Wagner, PhD (Consultant)
Minli Xie, PhD (Erasca)
Wenfeng Xu, PhD (Henlius)
Doris Zane, PhD (Gilead)
Heather Zhang, PhD (Beigene)

Distinguished Advisors:

Kevin Grimes, MD (Stanford Medical School)

Emeritus Committee:

Dave Toman, PhD (Consultant)
Ron Aoyama, PhD (Gilead)
Thomas Tarnowski, PhD (Gilead)
Jim Zhang, PhD (Menlo)

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