When: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Saturday, November 6, 2010
Where: Institute of Americas, UCSD

Registration: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=mhsrr

$20 for early birds (by Oct. 31), $30 before the end of Nov. 3, $50 for onsite registration, students and postdocs $10 off (The fees include program brochure, continental breakfast, coffee break, lunch and onsite reception). Online registration closes on Nov. 3.

Conference Program

8:30 am Breakfast and Registration

9:00 am Opening Remarks Peter Zhu and Zhu Shen

9:10 am Asia Pacific - How to Spot the Real Opportunities

Gunther Winkler, Ph.D

Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific and Global Government Strategy, Biogen Idec

Introduction: Ping Yeh

9:40 am Panel Discussion: Bio-Pharma R&D collaboration around Pacific Rim

Session Leader: William Looney, Editor-in-Chief from PharmExecutive

Introduction: Zhu Shen

Li Chen, Ph.D. CEO, Hua Medicine

Michael J. Reilly, Co-founder & CEO, Western States Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

Xiaochuan Wang, Ph.D., CEO, Sundia MediTech Company, Ltd.

Yong Qian, Ph.D., CEO, BioMedicure

Raymond Price, PhD, MBA, Director of Business Development, GenScript

10:40 am Coffee Break

11:00 am External Research in Asia: A dazzling Future

Richard Connell, Ph.D., VP and Worldwide Head of Pfizer External Research Solutions

Introduction: Stephanie Shi

11:40 pm Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges Surrounding International Logistics of Biopharmaceutical Materials

Kevin Xu, General Manager, Biocair China

Introduction: Helena Fan

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm The Evolving Model for CRO’s: Value-creation by Providing Innovative Integrated Drug Discovery Services and Know-how.

Lee Babiss, Ph.D., EVP, Global Lab Services, PPD

Introduction: Hui Li

1:30 pm IP Strategies for Acquiring Multinational's Business in China

Chuck Comey and Peng Chen, Partner, Morrison Foerster

Introduction: Zheng Liu

2:00 pm Panel Discussion: Trans-Pacific Partnering & Licensing Opportunities & IP issues

Session Leader: Jerry Hefner, Ph.D. Partner, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

Introduction: Yang Liu

James Schaeffer, Ph.D., Executive Director, Licensing & External Research, Merck

Dong Liu, Ph.D. Senior Partner, Boss & Young

Keiko Mitsunobu, President, UpWell

Jie Liu D’Elia, Ph.D. VP of International Business Development, Simcere Pharmaceutical

3:00 pm Coffee Break

3:20 pm A Chinese Local Pharmaceutical Company's Innovation Strategy--Luye Pharma

Gang Cheng, Ph.D., International Tech Transfer & Collaboration Manager, Luye Pharma

Shandong International Biotechnology Park (BIOasis) Introduction

Shumin Zhang, Executive VP, BIOasis

Introduction: Yahua Liu

3:50 pm Changzhou’s Business Environment and Incentive Policies

Introduction: Mingzhu Zhang

4:20 pm Closing Remark Ming Guo

4:30 pm Onsite Reception

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