Boston Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society, Boston-PBSS

Event Calendar:

All of our scheduled events are listed below.

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Date & time: 2025-03-11 ~ 2025-03-12 11:30-16:00 Eastern Time
Symposium: "[Free Online] Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Drive Therapeutic Drug Discovery & Development"
Status: General Registration:Open;
Speakers: TBD
Major Sponsors:
Place: Online via Zoom

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Webcast from Other Chapters:

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

Date & time: 2024-12-05; 8:30-13:05 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Free Webcast from PBSS-SFBay] Innovative Mass Spectrometry and Related Technologies for Life Science and Drug Development"
Status: Check status and register.
Speakers: Sven Hackbusch, Thermo; Gabriel Bracamontes, Evosep; Frederick Strathmann, MOBILion; Jim Lau, Agilent; Daojing Wang, Newomics; Eshani Galermo, Sciex; Stephen English, Pharmaron
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2025-01-22; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Webcast from PBSS-SFBay] Small-Molecule Formulation for Discovery & Early Development (jointly by PBSS / AAPS-BADG / Syner-G)"
Status: Check status and register.
Speakers: Jing Ling, Merck; Dennis Leung, Genentech; Mayuri Mutha, Syner-G BioPharma; Edward Yost, Genentech; Mei Lai, Web Pharma; Jennifer Yang, Independent Consultant
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2025-02-06; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Webcast from PBSS-SFBay] Intellectual Property (IP) Strategies and Best Practices"
Status: Check status and register.
Speakers: Maya Skubatch (Wilson Sonsini), Juia Minitti (Wilson Sonsini), Robert Hess (Life Science Angels), Janet Xiao (Morrison & Foerster), Minako Pazdera (Carmot Therapeutics)
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2025-02-26; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Webcast from PBSS SF] Demystifying Biopharma Business Development"
Status: Check status and register.
Speakers: Lesley Stolz (J&J), Jimmy Zhang (previously Merck, J&J, Lilly), Jennifer Leeds (Retired from Novartis), Sarah Bodary (Darwin Bodary Consulting)
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2025-03-07; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Webcast from PBSS SFBay] Clinical Trial Planning and Conduct: Fundamentals, Strategies and Best Practices"
Status: Check status and register.
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)
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2025-03-27; 8:30-12:30 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Free Webcast from PBSS SF] Biotech Financing 101: from Angels, Government Agencies, Foundations and VCs"
Status: Check status and register.
Speakers: Winnie Wan, PhD; Keith Wycoff PhD (Planet Biotech); Jian Lou , PhD (NIH/NCI); Donald McCarthy, PhD (Dawn Biopharma)
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

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Past Event held by PBSS Boston:

Boston PBSS Past Events

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About Us:

Boston Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society (Boston-PBSS) is a Boston 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 Boston-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:

Chandra Prakash, PhD, Boston-PBSS Chair (Agios)
Jing-Tao Wu, PhD (Alnylam)
Kannan Karuppiah, PhD (Takeda)

Scientific Program Committee:

Prakash Bolleddula, PhD (EMD Serono)
Karen Cao, PhD (Alnylam)
Jaya Goyal, PhD (PepGen)
Jing Li, PhD (AbbVie)
Han Lin, PhD (Clover Biopharmaceuticals)
Diane Ramsden, PhD (AstraZeneca)
Haojing Rong, PhD (Kymera)

955 Massachusetts Ave, #340, Cambridge, MA 02139

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