Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society, PBSS

Event Calendar:

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Date & time: 2025-01-22; 8:45-17:30 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: Dan Yin, Gilead; Jing Ling, Merck; Dennis Leung, Genentech; Mayuri Mutha, Syner-G BioPharma; Edward Yost, Genentech; Mei Lai, Web Pharma; Jennifer Yang, Independent Consultant
Major Sponsors: (2)AustinPx; Catalent Pharma Solutions
Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2025-02-06; 8:45-17:30 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Intellectual Property (IP) Strategies and Best Practices"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Maya Skubatch (Wilson Sonsini), Julia Minitti (Wilson Sonsini), Robert Hess (Life Science Angels), Janet Xiao (Morrison & Foerster), Minako Pazdera (previously Carmot Therapeutics), David Pirko (Wilson Sonsini), Wendy Devine (Wilson Sonsini), Adam Cole (Wilson Sonsini)
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Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2025-02-13; 8:30-13:00 Pacific Time
Symposium: "[Free Online] The Science and Stories of Promising Biotech Startups"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: Cyriac Roeding, Earli; Jane Lebkowski, Regenerative Patch Technologies; Yonglei Shang, Amberstone Biosciences; Brad Niles, ARIZ Precision Medicine
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Place: Online via Zoom

Date & time: 2025-02-26; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Demystifying Biopharma Business Development: Understanding the Process and Thriving as a BD Professional"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Lesley Stolz (J&J), Jimmy Zhang (previously Merck, J&J, Lilly), Jennifer Leeds (Retired from Novartis), Sarah Bodary (Darwin Bodary Consulting)
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Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2025-03-07; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Clinical Trial Planning and Conduct: Fundamentals, Strategies and Best Practices"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Peter Staehr, MD (Respira Therapeutics); Sara Glickstein Bar-Zeev, PhD (Genentech); Chen Chen, PhD (Genentech); Shichang Miao, PhD; Daniel Repplinger, MD (Genentech); Amanda Chanda, MA (ReCode Therapeutics); Amar Patel, MD (Scorpion Therapeutics); Lena Nasser (Genentech)
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Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2025-03-27; 8:30-12:30 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[Free Online Workshop] Biotech Financing 101: from Angels, Government Agencies, Foundations and VCs"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: Winnie Wan, PhD; Keith Wycoff PhD (Planet Biotech); Jian Lou , PhD (NIH/NCI); Donald McCarthy, PhD (Dawn Biopharma)
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Place: Online via Zoom

Date & time: 2025-04-09; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Cell Therapy Discovery and Development: Fundamentals, Strategies and Best Practices (jointly by PBSS and RAPS-SF)"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Katy Spink, Dark Horse Consulting Group; Shon Green, PhD, Adicet Bio; Toufan Paman, PhD, Sangamo Therapeutics; So-Ching Brazer, PhD, Adicet Bio
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Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

Date & time: 2025-04-22; 8:30-13:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[Free Online Workshop] Career Transition Workshop: BD/Sales/Marketing at Vendors/Contract Organizations"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: TBD
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Place: Online via Zoom

Date & time: 2025-04-25; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Workshop: "[In-Person] Drug Metabolism Fundamentals and Metabolite Identification"
Status: General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open
Speakers: Cyrus Khojasteh, PhD (Genentech), Bill Fitch, PhD (independent consultant), Shichang Miao, PhD (ex-Chemocentryx/Amgen), Raju Subramanian (Gilead)
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Place: Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA (San Francisco Bay Area)

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Webcast from Other Chapters:

Date & time: 2025-03-11-03/12/2025 11:30-16:00 Eastern Time
Webcast: "[Free Webcast from PBSS Boston] Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Drive Therapeutic Drug Discovery & Development"
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Speakers: TBD
Place: Webcast from PBSS Boston.

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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