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Medicinal Chemistry Symposium

Cost, Speed, and Quality: Emerging Opportunities for Drug Discovery in Asia

Organized by the Medicinal Chemistry Group of the Northeastern Section, American Chemical Society

 

 

May 14, 2008

Holiday Inn - Woburn, MA

     
8:15 am Opening (Liming Shao, Ph.D.)
8:20 am

Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry Outsourcing, (Chair: Raj Rajur, Ph.D.)

  Title TBD
    Aravind Y Merwade, Ph.D.Director, process development, Wockhardt Ltd, Aurangabad, India
  Bring Value to its Customers: a Chinese Startup CRO's Approach
    Michael Song, Ph.D., CEO, Beijing Pharma-Science
  The Next Wave of Outsourcing in Pharmaceutical Industry and How to Prepare for the Paradigm Shift
    Xiaodong Wang, Ph.D. CEO & President, PharmaAdvance
9:50 am Break
10:00 am Keynote Presentation
  Title TBD
    Ge Li, Ph.D. Chairman & CEO, Wuxi PharmaTech, Shanghai, China
10:50 am Integrated Discovery Outsourcing (ADME), (Chair: Steve Tam, Ph.D., Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Wyeth
  Title TBD
    CSN Murphy, Ph. D. CEO, Aurigene discovery technologies, Bangladore, India
  Creating world-class capabilits for integrated drug discovery in China
    John Oyler, MBA, CEO, Bioduro
  Title TBD
    Rashmi Barabaya, Ph.D., CEO and Managing Director, Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd
12:30 pm Lunch
1:40 pm Biology & DMPK, (Chair: Open)
  Discovery Biologics: Outsourcing Principles and Considerations
    Vincent Ling, Ph.D. VP Dragonfly Sciences
  Current status of integrated pharmaceutical services beyond chemistry services in China
    Chulin Chen, Ph.D., CEO, GLP MPI-Medicilon Research, Shanghai, China
    TBD
3:10 pm Break
3:20 pm Managing from a Distance, Case Study (Chair: Kerry Spear, Ph.D., Executive Director, Drug Discovery, Sepracor Inc.)
  The Role of China in Drug Discovery in the 21st Century: A View form the Starting Gate
    Kerry Spear, Ph.D.
  Creating Value in Drug Discovery through Integrated Chemical Operations
    Roger Xie, Ph.D., Associate Director, Sirtris Phrmaceuticals
  Long distance marriage of disease biology and systems biology platform for discovery of novel therapeutics
    Uday Saxena, Ph.D., CEO and Managing Director, Kareus Therapeutics, Georgia, US
    Suri Venkatachalam, Ph.D., Connexios Life Sciences, Bangladore, India
4:55 pm   Panel Discussion, (Chair: Kerry Spear, Ph.D.)

Symposium fees:

  • Members (Industry)- $ 50
  • Members (Academic) - $28
  • Non-members (Industry) - $60
  • Non-members (Academic) - $30
  • Retirees - $15
  • Students - $10

Reservations should be made no later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Please contact Marilou Cashman at:

(800) 872-2054
(508) 653-6329
mcash0953@aol.com
 
12th French American Chemical Society Symposium
June 8-12, 2008
Santa Barbara, CA
Early Registration ends April 1, 2008

2nd International Symposium on Green Processing in the Pharmaceutical & Fine Chemical Industries
Yale University, New Haven, CT
May 29-30, 2008
The field of green chemistry is creating breakthrough innovations that have the potential to revolutionize the pharmaceutical and fine chemicals industries. The 2nd International Symposium on Green Processing in the Pharmaceutical & Fine Chemicals Industries will be held on May 29-30, 2008 at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.   The symposium is being organized by world renowned leaders in green chemistry including Paul T. Anastas, Berkeley (Buzz) W. Cue, Jr., and Chao-Jun (CJ) Li.  The objective is to bring together experts from academia, government, non-governmental organizations, and industry including technology providers of the pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals industry to share knowledge and challenges with the intention of facilitating collaboration to expedite the integration of green chemistry solutions into these industries. This symposium not only shares applications of green chemistry but it also encourages green chemistry through the supply chain.
For More info:
https://www.guidinggreen.com/Pharm_FineChem.html
 
4th Annual NESACS Golf Tournament
All proceeds support NESACS programs

115 Wheeler Road

Stow, MA

June 25, 2008

Shot Gun Start at 1 PM

BBQ and Awards Immediately Following

Cost: $125 per golfer

Fee inlcudes:

  • Scramble
  • Greens Fee
  • Cart
  • Prizes (longest drive, closest to the pin, first, second, and third place
  • BBQ Dinner
Hole Sponsorships are available at the suggested levels:
 
$2500

Boron

 
$2000
Osmium
 
$1500
Sulfur
 
$1000
Tritium
 
$500
Oxygen
 
$300
Nitrogen
 
 
 
 
 
                                       
                                       

 

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