Vancouver Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society, Vancouver-PBSS

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.

Date & time: 4/3/2019- 11:00- 13:00
Seminar luncheon: "The Role of the Microbiome in Health and Disease"
Status: General Registration:Open-Soon. Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Dr. Brett Finlay (University of British Columbia)
Major Sponsors:
Place: The Floral Hall at VanDusen Gardens, Oak St. at 37th Ave, Vancouver >>Flyer

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Live Webcast of San Francisco Bay Area Workshops:

As a benefit to Vancouver-PBSS members, we'll be webcasting the following workshops hosted by our sister organization PBSS-San Francisco Bay.

Date & time: 3/7/2019- 8:45- 17:00
Webcast: "Webcast from PBSS SF.: Promising Therapeutic Approaches and Translational Medicine to Advance Novel Therapeutics (A Joint Symposium by PBSS and Stanford SPARK Program)"
Status: Check status and register.
Speakers:
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF. >>Flyer

Date & time: 5/6/2019- 8:45- 17:00
Webcast: "CMC Development for Biologics: Purification, Formulation, Analytical Characterization, Production Systems, Regulatory and Product Development"
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Speakers:
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 6/11/2019- 8:45- 17:00
Webcast: "Webcast from PBSS SF.: Advances in Immuno-Oncology (A Joint Symposium by PBSS and BioScience Forum)"
Status: Check status and register.
Speakers: Alex Franzusoff (PACT Pharma); David Kirn (4D Molecular Therapeutics); Wei Lin (Nektar); Fred Ramsdell (Parker Inst); Terri McClanahan (Merck); William Overwijk (ex MD Anderson); Stephen Becker (Bryologyx)
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 9/13/2019- 8:45- 17:00
Webcast: "Webcast from PBSS SF.: Biotransformation and Disposition of Larger Molecules:Peptides, Nucleotides, Proteins, mAbs, and ADCs"
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Speakers: Donglu Zhang (Genentech); Mark Cancilla (Merck); Dian Su (Genentech); Ben Shen (Genentech)
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

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Vancouver PBSS Past Events

About Us:

Vancouver Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society (Vancouver-PBSS) is a Vancouver-based 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 Vancouver-PBSS 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.

Executive Committee:

Harvey Wong, PhD, Co-Chair (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia)
Beth Allison, PhD, Co-Chair (viDA Therapeutics)
John Langlands, PhD (Langlands & Associates)
Renee Mosi, PhD (Alectos Therapeutics)
Walter Korz, MBA (WEX Pharmaceuticals)
Donald Wong, PhD (WEX Pharmaceuticals)

Senior Advisor: Clara Faan (BRI Biopharmaceutical Research)

405 – 8623 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, V6P 5A2, Canada.
General: click here, or email to info.vancouver@PBSS.org