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.

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Webcast from Other Chapters:

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: 2022-08-17-08/18/2022 8:00-12:30 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Free Webcast from PBSS-SFBay] Advances in Cancer Therapeutics"
Status: Check status and register.
Speakers: Thorsten Melcher, RefleXion Medical; Erin Filbert, Apexigen; Pina Cardarelli, GPCR Therapeutics; Seema Kantak, Exelixis; Samuel Blackman, Day One Biopharmaceuticals; Holger Wesche, Harpoon Therapeutics Inc.; Mikayel Nazloyan, PricewaterhouseCoopers; James Trager, Nkarta Therapeutics; Kristin Bedard, Sutro Biopharma; Sarah Bodary, AbCellera; Steve Kelsey, Revolution Medicines; Tian Zhao, OncoNano
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2022-09-15-9/16/2022 8:30-12:30 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Free Webcast from PBSS-SFBay] Immunogenicity of Biologic Drugs – Clinical Relevance case studies, Predictive Tools & Challenges with New modalities"
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Speakers: Steve Swanson, Genentech; Yi Wen , Eli Lilly; Francesca Civoli , Coherus BioSciences; Vibha Jawa , BMS; Wenyu Liu , Genentech; Lin-zhi Chen ,Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Mauricio Maia, Genentech; Sofie Pattijn, ImmunXperts; Cathie (Dong) Xiang, Amgen; Ronit Mazor, FDA; João Pedras-Vasconcelos, FDA; Morten Nielsen, EIR Sciences, DTU
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2022-10-06-10/07/2022 13:00-16:30 Eastern Time
Webcast: "[Free Online workshop by Boston-PBSS] PK-PD considerations and human dose projection for novel modalities"
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Speakers: Zheng Yang, BMS; Vaishali Dixit, Kymera; Vijay Upreti, Amgen; Guohua An, Univ of IOwa; Joanne Brodfuehrer, Pfizer; Jeff Kurz, Alnylam
Place: Webcast from PBSS Boston.

Date & time: 2022-10-21; 8:30-13:00 Pacific Time
Webcast: "Webcast from PBSS SF.: [Free Online Workshop] MicroPhysiological Systems (MPS) such as "Organ-on-a-Chip" as a Tool For Drug Candidate Evaluation: Technologies, Applications and Regulatory Aspects"
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Speakers: Brian Berridge (NIH), Andreas Baudy (Merck), Amy Pointon (AstraZeneca), Rhiannon Hardwick (BMS)
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2022-11-02-11/03/2022 8:45-11:45 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Free webcast from PBSS-SFBay] Bispecific Antibodies: Discovery, Engineering, Development and Regulatory Considerations"
Status: Check status and register.
Speakers: TBD
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2022-11-14-11/15/2022 8:30-13:30 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Free Webcast from PBSS-SFBay] Advances in Cell therapy"
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Speakers:
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

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Past Event:

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)
Renee Mosi, PhD (Alectos Therapeutics)
Walter Korz, MBA (WEX Pharmaceuticals)
Donald Wong, PhD (WEX Pharmaceuticals)
Alistair Stewart, PhD, AJS Consulting
Steve Arns, PhD, AdMare Bioinnovations
Evelina Rubinchik, PhD, Non-clinical Consulting
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