10% discount for SBA members.

This one day seminar will provide an insight into drug and medical device development.

It explores key aspects of regulatory, efficacy, safety and clinical duties and allows improving knowledge and practical skills.

44% discount on presentation fee for SBA members.

The Nordic countries in cooperation with Swiss partners welcome you to participate in an exclusive investment and partnering conference where you get the opportunity to meet biotech and pharmaceutical companies as well as investors from Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

15% discount for SBA members.

BioAsia seeks to enhance, enrich and encourage newer innovations, path-breaking discoveries and effective solutions in the industry by offering a vibrant global platform for convergence of the key stakeholders - Biotech & Biopharma Companies, research institutions, investors, service providers, policy makers, regulators and analysts.

The goal of the conference is to inform on the recent developments and on the present and future challenges of intellectual property law from an international, European and Swiss perspective.

The symposium traditionally focuses on fundamental aspects of separations on the ‘micro’-scale.
For this issue, the organizers have added «Analyses» to the symposium title in order to emphasize that the symposium not just focuses on separation science but also on the application of micro-scale separations for (bio)analytical measurements in life science research, (bio)pharmaceuticals development, forensics, toxicology, doping analyses, food safety and authenticity and keeping our environment clean and sustainable.
 

Join us at the Swiss stand.

This unique international conference provides a platform for all pharmaceutical scientists, internists and primary care physicians to discuss and learn about all the important international breakthrough developments in drug discovery and on new therapeutics.

10% discount for SBA members.

Cell Line Development and Engineering 2012: Europe's leading conference in providing the latest in alternative cell lines, automation and screening methods, transient expression system applications and cell banking and characterisation.

The presentation will inform on some of the report's key findings and focus on the commercialisation of IP, both of private firms as well as of patents emanating from public research.

In dieser Einführung lernen die Teilnehmenden die Grundbegriffe, die verschiedenen Rechte und auch Pflichten, sowie die verschiedenen Systeme der Hinterlegung im Bereich der Marken, Patente und Designs kennen. Ausserdem werden ihnen Aufgaben und die Dienstleistungen des Instituts für Geistiges Eigentum näher gebracht. Dieses Basiswissen richtet sich insbesondere an Interessierte ohne besondere Vorkenntnisse.

The 3rd Zurich Life Science Day will take place on the 16th of February 2012. This year we will present new insights in the life scientists job market, skills for your career development and interesting careers paths. Not sure about your next career choice? Need a second or third opinion? Expand your horizons during the Zurich Life Science Day! Registration will open soon.
 

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This BIOCOM Event is a unique opportunity to gain insight into the strategies of pharma and biotech companies. Leading experts in the field of immune therapies will share their knowledge on how to successfully develop and market new therapies.

The goal of the workshop will be to show how knowledge of the new and old US patent law can be used to better position oneself vis-à-vis US-based competitors, particularly during this transitional phase. The course teaches exactly those facts and tricks which a Swiss-based company’s US competition would prefer that the Swiss-based company not know.

20% discount on general delegate registration rates and presentation fee for SBA members

BioPartnering North America is evolving, to meet new needs, which reflect the changing world realities. Develop your Pacific Rim network in Vancouver, British Columbia, strategically placed as the gateway of North America to Asia and the top of the Pacific Biotech cluster. Your opportunity to tap into Canada, the fourth largest biotech cluster in the world and the biotechnology advances taking place in the Asian Pacific marketplace.

15% discount for SBA members.

You said you wanted to hear about product differentiation, innovative antibody generation, multivalent antibodies and biophysical properties. This year we are addressing all these issues and more with an update on the latest advances in antibody candidate discovery, lead generation and optimisation and epitope mapping. With industry led case studies, this meeting will provide you with an exclusive opportunity to learn from their experiences and apply tried and tested methods to your own research.

SBA members might be eligible for special rates of £ 199 or £ 399 (inquire at below e-mail address).

The conference is the most interactive yet, in order to provide you with the best possible platform to discuss the strategic and regulatory challenges of biomanufacturing and find out how others are tackling these. It’s the perfect chance to network, with your peers, meet new suppliers and forge new contacts.

15% discount for SBA members.

The World ADC Summit is the first and largest meeting that is completely focussed on driving forward the development of Antibody-Drug Conjugates. Since launching the first ADC summit in October 2010, over 400 of you have attended to hear how you should overcome the very latest challenges in ADC development, and to meet all of the key stakeholders moving the field forward.

15% discount for SBA members.

The 2nd annual Cell Culture World Congress is Europe’s leading technical congress and exhibition focused on the development and optimisation of cell culture bioproduction. The conference will bring together pioneers in the cell culture and cell line engineering field, offering attendees a unique opportunity to solve these challenges and many more in a forum where the technical expertise and experience is unparalleled. What new technologies are emerging, and where is the best place to invest resources?

The key challenge managers in the life sciences sector face today is to grow their business and make it more profitable in increasingly competitive and global markets that change at an ever faster pace. With so much happening at the same time and in different places, it is important that managers focus their attention to the key drivers of their markets.

It gives us great pleasure to announce Pichia 2012!
The upcoming Pichia 2012 conference will take place from February 29 to March 3, 2012 in Alpbach, Austria.

15% discount for SBA members.

By attending the 2nd Annual Global Vaccine Forum you will find the answers on the most challenging questions that will be shaping the vaccine’s market in upcoming years.

Special rates for SBA members.

The 5th Annual European Life Sciences CEO Forum for Partnering & Investing is recognized as the leading international stage for those interested in investing in the Life Science and Biotech industries and is highly transactional, drawing together an exciting cross-section of early-stage/pre-IPO, late-stage and public companies with leading investors, analysts, money managers and pharmas. Following the success of last years' Life Sciences forum, we aim to expand the audience and provide, once again, opportunities for executive-level networking, deal-making and partnering.

Die Teilnehmenden erhalten einen vertieften Einblick in das Patentrecht und was beim Schutz zu beachten ist. Sie lernen dabei die Rollen von Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit kennen. Weiter werden im Kurshalbtag die Schutzmöglichkeiten auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene aufgezeigt. Fragen, die von den Teilnehmenden vorgängig eingereicht worden sind, werden während des Seminars besprochen.
 

10% discount for SBA members.

This one day seminar will assist non-statisticians to better understand statistics’ role in the clinical trial research process. The presentation will be non-technical and will emphasise the multidisciplinary nature of trial planning and execution, and statisticians’ interactions with specialties such as R&D, clinical, regulatory, marketing and finance.

The aims of the course are to:

    * Give you a structured approach to prepare for negotiations
    * Remove any weaknesses in your negotiating style
    * Enable you to negotiate effectively with different cultures

This 2.5-day symposium covers the newest developments in the key areas of 3D cell culture technologies. This comprises advanced 3D cell culture models for efficacy and safety studies, enabling technologies to create
and analyze biological reactions as well as their successful implementation in compound de-risking.

Am Absolvententag ZHAW können sie sich als attraktiven Arbeitgeber präsentieren und auf einen Schlag eine grosse Anzahl qualifizierter und hoch motivierter Nachwuchskräfte kennen lernen. Bereits vor dem Messetag besteht die Möglichkeit, in der Studierenden-Datenbank unserer Internet-Plattform gezielt nach geeigneten Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten zu suchen und mit diesen beispielsweise einen Termin am Messetag zu vereinbaren.

Une soirée d'échanges et de networking alternant :

• Présentations thématiques technico-économiques, juridiques et fiscales
• Rencontres sous forme de Speed Business Meetings collectif
• Possibilités de rendez-vous individuels avec les intervenants et les cantons suisses

The aims of the course are to:

    * Give you a structured approach to prepare for negotiations
    * Remove any weaknesses in your negotiating style
    * Enable you to negotiate effectively with different cultures

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Asia’s only conference where biopharma industry stakeholders across the entire value chain gather. From partnering to drug discovery, manufacturing and clinical trials, BioPharma Asia brings you the latest developments in Asia that allow you to be on top of your game. More importantly, with so many senior decision makers gathering at one place, it is the event to see and be seen!

200 Euro discount for SBA members.
Join the Swiss stand with logo & literature.

BIO-Europe Spring is the springtime counterpart to EBD Group’s flagship conference, BIO-Europe, and continues the tradition of providing life science companies with high caliber partnering opportunities. Featuring EBD Group’s sophisticated, web-based partnering system, partneringONE®, the event enables delegates to efficiently identify, meet and get partnerships started with companies across the life science value chain, from large biotech and pharma companies to financiers and innovative start-ups.

Die Teilnehmenden erhalten einen Überblick über das gesamte Kennzeichenrecht und einen vertieften Einblick in das Markenrecht.

15% discount for SBA members.

Delivering better, safer drugs to market with drug-diagnostic co-development

International Intellectual Property protection and management is of strategic importance in Life Sciences. Emphasis on the Life Sciences specific issues will be addressed, in particular for medical devices, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and generics.

Experts will give an insight into the impact of stem cells in therapy and discuss with the audience the implications on life expectancy in the future.

But: Vous serez en mesure de comprendre différents aspects de l'interprétation de spectres MS et MS/MS pour l’identification de petites molécules ainsi que de protéines.

Nach der erfolgreichen Lancierung im letzten Jahr geht das Swiss Symposium on Lab Automation mit Fachreferaten von und für Branchenexperten zum Thema Entwicklung neuer Technologien für die Laborautomation im Medizinal- und Lifescience-Sektor in die zweite Runde.

In diesem Jahr liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der Integration und Entwicklung von Mess- und Detektionssystemen und dem Einsatz von Bildverarbeitungs-Tools in der Labor-automation und -instrumentation.

The 2012 meeting will expand its focus to other US funding sources available for international collaborative research, including the major Foundations, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, plus a more detailed analysis of the NIH tools for partnerships, such as CRADA agreements.

For SBA members by invitation only.

We are pleased to invite our members to the Assembly General at SIX Swiss Exchange in Zürich.

free entry for SBA members.

For the fifth time, Swiss Equity magazine organizes the Swiss Equity biotech day in cooperation with the Swiss Biotech Association and SIX Swiss Exchange. This unique get-together of the Swiss biotech community includes presentations by listed and privately-held companies, as well as expert views on current business and science trends.

Following the previous MECP6 in 2006 in Graz, the MECP12 in 2012 in the week after Easter will focus on the possibilities (i) to employ enzymes to initiate spontaneous cascades, (ii) to combine enzyme catalysed reactions as well as enzyme and metal catalysed reactions, (iii) to design artificial cascades or metabolic pathways.

The International Symposium on Food Rheology and Structure addresses the needs of food rheology and structure researchers. The symposium is devoted to rheology of food and related systems, to food structure and structure analysis, and to the complex relationship between food processing, structure, rheology and resulting food quality.

Valuation of new ventures requires assessments of a several dimensions, such as uniqueness and potential of the innovations associated with the venture, competitive positioning, management team, etc.

10% discount for SBA members.

2012 brings you all new processes and technologies for Manufacturing Strategies, Biosimilars and Novel Therapies; Cell Culture and Upstream Development; Capture, Recovery and Purification; Process and Product Characterisation; and Formulation, Subvisible Particles and Protein Aggregation. Join 80+ speakers, 150+ companies over 30+ sessions in Prague this April.
 

15% discount for SBA members.

The increasing demand for eligible study patient populations in order to prepare markets for new medicines as well as the need for more cost-efficient clinical development programs are the key reasons why the pharma industry is conducting clinical trials in the CEE and CIS region. However, there are a number of challenges that all industry stakeholders need to overcome in order to conduct clinically and commercially successful trials.

Aside from a limited number of keynote lectures on comprehensive matters from renowned speakers, we specifically encourage young scientists (PhD students, post-docs, fellowship and young industrial scientists) to present their current field of investigation either new approaches or updates on running studies which should fit to the scientific topics given below.

15% discount for SBA members.

There are over 35 ways to produce a bispecific antibody. And that doesn’t include a growing number of tri- or multi-specific molecules in development
Which ones will make it to phase 3? Yours? How do you know? Are you asking the right questions about your product? Focusing on the right problems?

£ 549 + VAT fixed rate for SBA members.

BioTrinity is the premier European Biopartnering and Investment Conference, where great minds and smart money meet under one roof. BioTrinity partners R&D companies and big pharma with more biomedical investors than any other European partnering conference. BioTrinity's company showcase profiles assets at all stages of development from discovery, preclinical, phase I to phase II as well as phase III, rather than marketed products

Join the Swiss stand with logo & literature.

IPhEB Organising Committee is glad to inform you that the International Pharmacy Engineering and Biotechnology Forum IPhEB devoted to the pharmaceutical industry development – one of priorities of the Russian economy development strategy up to 2020 expands its borders.

Managing and carrying out clinical trials, while respecting the legislative framework and good practices management. Dealing with regulations applying to medical devices and therapeutics.

Call for exhibitors

Hevaex « The Health Valley Exhibition » is the fi rst Congress in French-speaking Switzerland dedicated to all major players in the life-sciences industry : suppliers, researchers, company managers and investors. This exhibition is organised by A3P Switzerland and the FVS Group with the support of Bioalps.

30% discount for start-ups and academics

This is a one-week comprehensive course aimed to promote entrepreneurship in the field of Biotechnology. It provides an in-depth understanding of what it takes to set up and finance successful biotechnology companies in Europe.

Kursziel: Sie kennen die grundlegenden Methoden und Techniken für die Aufarbeitung und Reinigung von rekombinanten Proteinen

China has opportunities but is also a challenge.

The SBA is working together with SBA-member biopôle on this project, since they have a strong knowledge of Biotech in China. In addition, the week-long mission is supported by swissnex shanghai and the local business hub operated by osec.

15% discount for SBA members.

Engage in a global forum with senior level decision makers at Europe’s largest executive level stem cell conference and make sure you learn from the recent successes and failures experienced during cell therapy development.

15% discount for SBA members.

The 2012 World Gene Therapy Congress Europe is the senior director-level conference that tackles all the key scientific and technical issues facing the gene therapy industry and where decision-makers from the complete Gene Therapy value chain meet to learn and plan for the future.

10% discount on full conference price for SBA members.

This event will be highly transactional, bringing together an exciting cross-section of venture-funded and small-cap companies with leading investors, pharmas, and scientific thought leaders.

Drug Development is a strategic and high-risk process. It requires a well designed framework from drug discovery into early clinical development stage.

The Swiss NanoConvention 2012 will bring together Swiss and international leaders from science and industry in the field of «nano», key figures in innovation and technology, entrepreneurs, investors, administrators and politicians.

15% discount for SBA members.

Where early stage investors & innovators get deals done:
Set the stage for your success by joining us in the beautiful Napa Valley for the 14th Annual C21 BioVentures

New and important techniques in stability testing are facilitating product development using the Quality by Design approach. Using these it is possible to develop products more quickly and reliably, through improved methods of shelf life prediction and excipient testing. New stability testing protocols using the published ASAP method from Pfizer can generate information quickly and reliably. The purpose of this course is to give a comprehensive, integrated overview of pharmaceutical stability testing in a highly interactive, relaxed environment

200 US$ discount for SBA members.
Join us at the Swiss stand or within our China mission.

ChinaBio® Partnering Forum is the premier life science partnering event in China. Held on May 23–24, 2012 in Suzhou, the event will attract biotech and pharma leaders from around the world along with hundreds of China-based developers of novel technologies for two days of productive partnering.

Manufacturing facilities occupy a growing share of an enterprise's strategic horizon. Planning, design, construction, qualification, validation & operation are key steps to deliver a bio-pharmaceutical facility.

20% discount for SBA members.

For three-year proven track record, World Pharmaceutical (China) Summit is becoming the most premier pharma R&D and partnership conference in China, and even in Asia Pacific region. Composing by the high-level speakers, specialized participants and professional services, WPCS will keep providing the best-in-class experiences for your short stay here.

The Swiss Economic Forum (SEF) promotes entrepreneurial ideas, connects decision makers from economy, politics and science and campaigns for start-up companies. With several activities we support entrepreneur, decision makers and economic leaders in meeting entrepreneurial challenges and we present trends and expediencies timely. The Swiss Economic Forum puts entrepreneurship in a nutshell.

The object of this course is to provide participants with an overview of the principles of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacokinetic / Pharmacodynamic modelling and how together with regulatory guidances they can be used to effectively deliver drug development programmes.

15% discount for SBA members.

World Theranostics Congress 2012 - The only industry conference to focus on the commercialisation of Theranostics and the means to advance cooperation between drug development and companion diagnostics.

This course is specifically designed for personnel in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and contract research organizations (CROs), who need to understand the requirements for ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, toxicity), pharmacokinetics/toxicokinetics (PK/TK) and drug metabolism (DM) experiments during the drug discovery and development processes.

ACHEMA is the world forum of the process industry and the trend-setting technology summit for chemical engineering, environmental protection and biotechnology. The 30th ACHEMA will again be the leading international meeting point for decision-makers and experts from all related industries:

Join the Swiss stand as exhibitor or for logo and literature display

15,000+ attendees will be at the 2012 BIO International Convention; from C-level leaders to researchers, business developers, up-and-coming innovators, sponsor companies, and solution providers - you'll meet them all, all in one trip. How will you stand out from the crowd?

BiobasedWorld at ACHEMA is the venue where the bio-economy becomes visible. This event will allow you to meet key players from the bio-based value chain. Discuss new technologies, processes, latest developments and ideas at one time in one place.

The development of new products/devices/medicines is a very long process. A thorough planning of the different steps/milestones of the project is key for a long term success.

scinceindustries together with the Swiss Biotech Association have organized above session within the Biobased World Conference within Achema 2012.

Get an update on the Swiss "Cleantech by Biotech" initiative as well as an insight into current activities within the Swiss reasearch institutes (e.g. EPFL, ZHAW) and industry (e.g. Evolva).

As the first of its kind, this SSSTC conference will bring together academic and industrial researcher from Switzerland and China to present the newest developments and promote translational research collaborations in two major fields of medical sciences. Young group leaders, post-doctoral fellows, and PhD students are strongly encouraged to attend and submit abstracts.

The BioArk Award 2012 targets to reward an innovative start-up project in the following fields:

* Red Biotech (medical)
* White Biotech (industrial )
* Medical diagnostics

Experts will give an insight into the role of antibodies and vaccines in therapy and discuss with the audience the implications on life expectancy in the future.

In dieser Einführung lernen die Teilnehmenden die Grundbegriffe, die verschiedenen Rechte und auch Pflichten, sowie die verschiedenen Systeme der Hinterlegung im Bereich der Marken, Patente und Designs kennen. Ausserdem werden ihnen Aufgaben und die Dienstleistungen des Instituts für Geistiges Eigentum näher gebracht.

Die Teilnehmenden erhalten einen vertieften Einblick in das Patentrecht und was beim Schutz zu beachten ist. Sie lernen dabei die Rollen von Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit kennen. Weiter werden im Kurshalbtag die Schutzmöglichkeiten auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene aufgezeigt. Fragen, die von den Teilnehmenden vorgängig eingereicht worden sind, werden während des Seminars besprochen.

Die Teilnehmenden erhalten einen Überblick über das gesamte Kennzeichenrecht und einen vertieften Einblick in das Markenrecht. Sie lernen dabei, wofür die drei Schutzmöglichkeiten da sind und wie diese zusammenhängen.

200 US$ discount for SBA members.
Join us at the Swiss stand.
 

BioPharm America™ is where biotech industry partnerships get started. Meet face-to-face with biotech and pharma executives from around the world to identify and enter strategic relationships.

"BIO KOREA” launched by the Korean government aims to vitalize the bio industry and make Korea one of the top five world bio players by 2016. Marking its sixth anniversary this year, BIO KOREA is cementing its status as a world class bio event.

Die in Patenten enthaltenen Informationen sind öffentlich und stellen eine bedeutende Wissensquelle für Unternehmer, Forscher und Entwickler dar. Das Mitverfolgen von Patentveröffentlichungen mittels Patentrecherchen ermöglicht es unter anderem, technologische Trends oder Entwicklungen auf dem Markt frühzeitig zu erkennen, Konkurrenten zu beobachten und damit Patentverletzungen zu vermeiden.

Experts will give an insight into the role of nanotechnology in therapy and diagnosis and discuss with the audience the implications on life expectancy in the future.

20% discount for SBA members.
Join us at the Swiss stand.

Together we are committed to driving economic growth across the European life science industry. Join us in Brussels 2012!

BioMed Central, in conjunction with its journals Malaria Journal and Parasites & Vectors, is hosting the second malaria conference “Challenges in Malaria Research: Progress Towards Elimination” in Basel, Switzerland from 10 – 12 October 2012.
 

At BioJapan 2012, we plan to hold organizer’s seminars and organize exhibits in various zones under four major themes: “Life,” encompassing medical and health care businesses, medical devices and equipments, and cosmetics; “Green,” including biorefineries, biomass plastics, and the environment; “Functional Foods and Neutraceuticals”; and “Biotechnology Clusters and Ventures.”

«The Microscon is the beginning of a new chapter in the exploration of advances and trends in Industrial Microbiology with the aim of bringing together the experts from industry and academia. The conference is an interdisciplinary platform for networking and to discuss research and innovations that are charting the course for the future.»

200 Euro discount for SBA members.
Join us at the Swiss stand.

BIO-Europe® is Europe's largest partnering conference, serving the global biotechnology industry. The conference annually attracts leading dealmakers from biotech, pharma and finance along with the most exciting emerging companies. Produced with the support of BIO, it is regarded as a “must attend” event for the biotech industry.

Analytical methods must be validated to provide reliable data for regulatory submissions. These methods are essential for a number of purposes, including testing for QC release, testing of stability samples, testing of reference materials and to provide data to support specifications.