17th San Diego BioPharma Conference & 6th Pacific Bio-Partnering
| WHEN | June 09, 2018 @ 8:00am – 5:00pm |
| WHERE | Hilton Del Mar, 15575 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar, CA 92014 |
| INFO | San Diego BioPharma Conference, the flagship event of SABPA, has been featuring some of the most respectful figures in the fields, from potential Nobel laureates and breakthrough innovators to multi-billion-dollar dealmakers. Many exciting stories from San Diego biopharma industry in the past year hit the global headlines and have ignited the passion that further fuels innovations. Come and meet some of the visionary leaders and network with your peers. This year’s topics include the pioneering exploration of gene therapies and proteome wide drug discovery, transformative academia research and its translation into life-saving therapeutics, the making of a multi-billion dollar deal, the challenges of navigating the drug R&D paths to ultimate success, and strategies to succeed in the ever-changing global market. This is one of the biggest San Diego biotech events that you don’t want to miss. |
| REGISTER | Register Here |
17th San Diego BioPharma Conference
Program Highlights
- Ignyta’s unlikely journey in precision medicine: From Dx start-up to global personalized healthcare company
- A 2018 Breakthrough Prize Winner’s insights on gene silencing therapy
- An industry veteran’s insights on the trends, gaps and opportunities for delivering innovation to therapeutic application
- Neurocrine’s extraordinary story of growth, failure, reinvention and ultimate success
- J&J’s stories on unlocking the biological mysteries of many diseases of the brain
- Fresh update on the new initiatives of Chinese FDA and its future outlooks
8:00 am Registration & Breakfast
8:45 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Stephanie Shi, PhD, President, SABPA; Director, Strategic Alliances, Pfizer
Yi Liu, PhD, Chair, BioPharma Committee, SABPA; CSO, Kura Oncology
Morning Session: Current Trends in Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Session Chair: Yi Liu, PhD, Chair, BioPharma Committee, SABPA; CSO, Kura Oncology
9:00 am 2018 San Diego Bio-Pharma Achievement Award
Jonathan E. Lim, MD, Chairman, CEO and Co-founder, Ignyta
Presentation: Ignyta’s unlikely journey in precision medicine: from Dx start-up to global personalized healthcare company
10:00 am Tom Daniel, MD Chairman, Vividion Therapeutics; Venture Partner, ARCH Venture
Presentation: Delivering Innovation to Therapeutic Application: Trends, Gaps & Opportunities
10:30 am Coffee Break & Networking
11:00 am Dimitri E. Grigoriadis, PhD, Chief Research Officer, Neurocrine
Presentation: A Biopharmacuetical Story of Growth, Failure, Reinvention and Ultimate Success
11:30 am Hui Cai, PhD, MBA, VP of Corporate Alliances and Head of Communications , WuXi AppTec
Presentation: A Dream. A Platform. A Transformation
12:00 pm Lunch & Networking
Afternoon Session: Academia Drug Discovery and Cross-border Opportunities
Session Co-Chairs: Wendy Wang, Co-Chair, BioPharma Committee, SABPA; Sr. Manager, Quality Assurance, Genoptix Med. Lab Shuangwei Li, PhD, DABT Co-Chair, BioPharma Committee, SABPA; Toxicologist, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
1:30 pm Don Cleveland, PhD, Ludwig Cancer Research at UCSD
Presentation: Gene silencing therapy for human neurodegenerative disease
2:00 pm David Bredt, MD, PhD, Global Head of Discovery, Neuroscience, Janssen R&D and
Johnson and Johnson San Diego R&D Site Leader
Presentation: Glutamate Receptors in Neuropharmacology
2:30 pm Peng Chen, PhD, JD Partner, Rimon PC
Presentation: Paradigm shift for antibody patent.
2:45 pm Exhibition and Networking
3:15 pm Xinhua Lin, PhD, Executive Dean, School of Life Sciences; Director, State Key laboratory of Genetic
Engineering and Director of Institute of Genetics, Fudan University
Presentation: Mechanisms of intestinal development and homeostasis
3:45 pm Bob Ramos, MS, JD, Partner, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Presentation: Managing 3rd Party IP and Freedom-To-Operate in Drug Development
4:00 pm Alex Xu, MD, PhD, Chief Scientist, China FDA/CDE
Presentation: Update on the recent initiatives from China CFDA and its future outlook
4:30 pm Closing Remarks
Peter Huang, PhD, EVP, SABPA
4:40 pm Cocktail Hour sponsored by Viva Biotech
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| Pacific Bio-Partnering Paralleled with Bio-Pharma Conference and Pacific Forum |
Co-Organizers: SABPA, ChinaBio
SABPA Bio-Partnering is a great platform to explore opportunities in licensing, investment, fund raising, procurement and other collaboration deals. It is designed for you to pre-arrange 1-on-1 face-to-face meetings with potential partners/investors by using the online tool Partnering360*. Participants can upload their profiles to the platform and send invitations to other participants. Once the invitations are accepted, 30-minute private meetings will be arranged automatically. Participants have access to pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings in designated meeting areas during the conference, as well as access to Partnering360 database all year round. Bio-Partnering will be hosted at the same time and same venue as San Diego Bio-Pharma Conference (06/09/2018).
Who will attend?
- Entrepreneurs and executives from local biotech and pharmaceutical companies
- Chinese pharmaceutical companies looking for collaboration opportunities
- Investors from local firms or transpacific firms
- Biotech or pharmaceutical service providers
Current and Previous Participating Organizations
How to participate?
- Register for the SABPA Bio-Partnering event and San Diego Bio-Pharma Conference at Whova: https://whova.com/portal/registration/thsab_201806/ ($100, complimentary admission to Bio-Pharma Conference included)
- Receive a private Partnering360* account registration link sent by sent by Whova after you register
- Access Partnering360 to enter your information, company profile and schedule meetings. Step-by-step instructions: http://www.sabpa.org/1on1instruction2017/
- Check your Partnering360 account regularly for responses to your meeting scheduling
- Please act early to allow enough time to pre-arrange meetings (>2 weeks prior to the event date)
Need Help? For more information, please email: bio1on1@sabpa.org
* Partnering360 is a 3rd party (EBD Group) online software used to schedule meetings for SABPA Bio-Partnering.
* Partnering360 is a 3rd party (EBD Group) online software used to schedule meetings for SABPA Bio-Partnering.