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The Unitary Patent: How Will it Affect the Biotech Sector and Your Business?

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM on Monday, Apr 22, 2013


Description: The EU Council decision to establish a unitary patent system for 25 countries paves the way for a Pan-European patent system – something that has been eagerly awaited by industry. Unitary...
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Thriving, Not Just Surviving: FDA Advisory Committee Meetings

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM on Monday, Apr 22, 2013


Description: For many biotech executives, the term "FDA advisory committee meeting" evokes feelings of fear, even among those with historical experience. Instead of tackling Advisory Committee (Ad Com) hearings as times of...
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Translational Research Forum: Moving from Translational to Transformational

2:00 PM - 6:30 PM on Monday, Apr 22, 2013


Description: The Post Bayh-Dole Era has seen a dramatic rise in Universities maximizing translational research models to commercialize their innovation. However, translational research models have too often been incremental in nature and...
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Turkey: An Investment Opportunity and Hub for Growth in Biotechnology

3:15 PM - 5:00 PM on Monday, Apr 22, 2013


Description: With 74 million people, Turkey is the 18th largest country by population size and the 17th largest economy in the world. Turkey aims to become a hub for growth in biotechnology...
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Using NIH Resources to Help Advance Biomedical Technology and Drug Projects to Industry Adoption

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM on Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013


Description: Biotechnology companies and university researchers urgently need additional funding and research resources to move technologies and therapeutic programs to industry adoption (i.e. investor funding and corporate partnerships). During the last year,...
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Venture Philanthropy: For-Profit Biotechs Benefit from Non-Profit Investments

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM on Monday, Apr 22, 2013


Description: As the venture capital and public markets have tightened, biotech companies have had to become more creative in the quest for financing. At the same time, non-profit organizations, such as patient...