Vancouver Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society, Vancouver-PBSS

Event Calendar:

All of our scheduled events are listed below.

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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: 2023-12-06-12/07/2023 8:30-13:00 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Free Symposium from PBSS SF] Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Drive Therapeutic Drug Discovery & Development"
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Speakers: Alex Zhavoronkov, Insilico Medicine; Abraham Heifets, Atomwise; Stephen MacKinnon, Recursion; Charles Fisher, Unlearn; Karen Akinsanya, Schrodinger; Jason Rolfe, Variational AI; Sang Eun Jee, XtalPi; Ci Chu, insitro
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2024-01-19; 8:45-17:30 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Workshop from PBSS-SFBay] ADME/DMPK Studies for IND and NDA Filing for Small Molecules: Nuts, Bolts and Best Practices"
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Speakers: Simon Wong (Aditum Bio), Jan Wahlstrom (Amgen), Sean Zhu (Takeda), Cyrus Khojasteh (Genentech), Xinning Yang (FDA), Werner Rubas (Sutro), Ilaria Badagnani (Theravance), Upendra Dahal (Amgen)
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2024-02-06; 8:40-17:00 Pacific Time
Webcast: "Webcast from PBSS SF.: [In-Person] Antibody Discovery and Development: Hit Generation, Engineering, Characterization, CMC and IND Enabling studies"
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Speakers: Joshua Park (Loxo at Lilly), Srinivasa Bandi (Nutcracker Therapeutics), Alex Yang (Vir Biotechnology), Deepali Sawant (Amgen), Lilia Koriazova (Erasca), Chris Frantz (Seagen), Yue Liu (Ab Studio)
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2024-03-07; 8:45-17:00 Pacific Time
Webcast: "Webcast from PBSS SF.: [In-Person] Project Management for Drug Development"
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Speakers: TBD
Place: Webcast from PBSS SF.

Date & time: 2024-03-28; 8:45-17:30 Pacific Time
Webcast: "[Webcast from PBSS SF] Antibody-Drug Conjugates from Discovery to Development: Chemistry, Engineering, Characterization, CMC, PK/Tox, Clinical design and Intellectual Property"
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Speakers: Mohan Srinivasan (Loxo Oncology at Lilly), Thomas Pillow (Genentech), Laurence Fayadat-Dilman (Merck)
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