Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society, PBSS

Event Calendar:

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Date & time: 2024-05-06; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Human Mass Balance and Metabolite Profiling Studies: Strategies, Technical Approaches, Regulatory Guidance, Applications and Case Studies"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Chandra Prakash, Agios; Zhixia Yan, FDA; Bernard Murray, Gilead; Ryan Takahashi, Denali Therapeutics; Shuai Wang, Genentech; Raman Sharma, Pfizer; Ronald Kong, PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Major Sponsors: (2)Fortrea; Pharmaron
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2024-05-13; 11:30-13:30 Pacific Time
Symposium: "[Free Online] Highlights of 2023 FDA Drug Approvals"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: Xingyu Jiang, PhD (Genentech) & Lionel Cheruzel, PhD (Genentech)
Major Sponsors:
Place: Online via Zoom

Date & time: 2024-05-21; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Nonclinical Safety Studies for IND and NDA Filing for Small Molecules: Nuts, Bolts and Best Practices"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Joanne Birkebak, Independent Consultant; Dinah Misner, Aligos; Toufan Parman, Sangamo Therapeutics; Ellen McGlinchey, Gilead Sciences; Joel Bercu, Gilead Sciences; Melisa Masuda-Herrera, Gilead Sciences; Alejandra Trejo-Martin, Gilead Sciences; Jessica Hawes Oliphant, FDA
Major Sponsors: (2)Emery Pharma; WuXi AppTec
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2024-05-30; 8:30-11:30 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[Free Online Workshop] Career Transition for Research Scientists: Career Overview, Project Management and Regulatory Affairs (jointly with BioPharmaPM and RAPS-SF)"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: Toby Freedman, Synapsis Search Biotech Recruiting; Rachel Kindt, Rachel Kindt Consulting; Sandra Morris, MorTil Consulting; Mandana (Mondee) Baradar, UCB; Joseph Carlino, Carlino Consulting; Anne Wong, Gilead Sciences; Kamana Singh, APS Pharma Solutions; Clare Matti, Network Partners; Ann Lucchesi, LuCore Regulatory Affairs Services; April Nguyen, MMS
Major Sponsors:
Place: Online via Zoom

Date & time: 2024-06-13; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] CMC Strategies and Activities for IND and NDA Filing for Small Molecules: Nuts, Bolts and Best Practices"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Leane Scoz, BeiGene; Shinji Fujimori, Erasca Inc; Diana Sperger, Gilead; Gerard Jensen, Oliyai Consulting; Ziqi Gui, Stealth startup; Mike Brandl, Sumitomo Pharma; Paresma Patel, FDA
Major Sponsors:
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2024-06-20; 11:00-14:30 Pacific Time
Seminar luncheon: "Alzheimer's Disease: untangling what we thought we knew and future Precision Medicine Diagnostics and Therapeutics"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: John Sninsky, PhD, CSO-CIO of Molecular Stethoscope
Major Sponsors:
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2024-07-24; 8:30-13:00 Pacific Time
Symposium: "[Free Online] The Science and Stories of Promising Biotech Startups: Symposium No.6"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: TBD
Major Sponsors:
Place: Online via Zoom

Date & time: 2024-09-10; 8:45-17:30 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Rethinking Translational PK/PD and Human Dose Projections for Novel Therapeutic Modalities: Covalent Inhibitors, PROTACs, Molecular Glues, ADCs, Ocular and Neuro delivery, Vaccines, Bispecifics, Cell and Gene Therapies"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Dennis X Hu, Drug Hunter; Sandhya Mandlekar, Genentech; Thomas Pillow, Genentech; Paulina Jakubiak-Fort, Genentech; Di Zhou, Amgen; Chee Ng, NewGround Pharmaceutical Consulting; Kapil Gadkar, Genentech
Major Sponsors: (1)Certara;(Major Sponsorship - afternoon session still open)
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2024-09-20; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Non-clinical safety assessments of biologics and novel modalities for IND/NDA Filing: Nuts, Bolts and Best Practices"
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; Brian Carr, Gilead; Carolyne Dumont, CRL
Major Sponsors:
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

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: TBD
Major Sponsors:
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

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Date & time: 2024-06-25; 8:45-17:00 Eastern Time
Webcast: "[Webcast from Boston-PBSS] Preclinical development and IND filing for small molecules: Nuts, Bolts and Best Practices"
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Speakers: Shaji Theodore, FDA; Griff Humphreys, Aranmore Pharma Consulting; Patricia White-Cipriano, consultant; Aarti Sawant, AstraZeneca; Dustin Smith, Merck; Nathalie Rioux, Certara; Jonathan Jackson, Pfizer; Marie Lemper, UCB; Drew Barlow, Syner-G BioPharma Group
Place: Webcast from PBSS Boston.

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"
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Speakers: Brian Booth, FDA; Jeff Silverman, Edgewise Therapeutics; Mitch Johnson, Veloxity Labs, LLC; Sally Fischer, Genentech, Inc.; Katty Wan, Pfizer; Jeff Plomley, Altasciences
Place: Webcast from PBSS SD.

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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)

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