These forums aim to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in life sciences, with a focus on medical devices, by bringing together a selected group of doctors, venture capitalists, professors, and students from UC Berkeley and UCSF to discuss a specific clinical area and identify unmet clinical needs.

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VIP Forum on Drug Delivery

This forum will take place from 5-8:30pm on Thursday, March 4, 2010 and will focus on drug delivery opportunities within pain management and oncology. We’re also pleased to offer meeting IP office hours (4:30-5:30 PM in Byers Hall Room 214J) by Joe Snyder fromTownsend and Crew.  Townsend is one of the Bay Area's leading life science IP firms, and will be happy to answer your intellectual property questions!

Featured presenters include:

Dr. John Park MD, UCSF School of Medicine - Oncology & Founder of Hermes Biosciences
Dr. Mark Schumacher MD, UCSF School of Medicine - Anesthesia
Prof. Francis Szoka, PhD - UCSF Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Michelle Stecklein Call, CEO of  Lypro Biosciences
John Patton, CEO of DancePharma, Founder of Nektar Therapeutics

Agenda

5:00-5:30    Networking, hors d’oeuvres and drinks
5:30-5:45    Welcome and Introduction
5:45-6:05    Oncology Drug Delivery Needs
6:05-6:25    Pain Management Drug Delivery Needs
6:25-6:45    Drug Delivery Technologies in the Bench Space
6:45-7:00    Networking Break and Drinks
7:00-7:20    Creating Value in Drug Delivery Startups
7:20-7:50    Challenges in Commercializing Drug Delivery Companies
7:50-8:30    Reception & Breakout sessions: Oncology & Pain Management

Please register at :http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=199510

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