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10th Annual Community College Program

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM on Monday, Apr 22, 2013


Description: This 10th Annual Community College Program is a day-long conference featuring perspectives on biotechnology education, training and the workforce from community college educators and their industry partners. Organized with the help...
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200 New Therapies and Means to Diagnose Most Rare Diseases by 2020: Collaboration Toward Ambitious Goals

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM on Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013


Description: Many of the world’s 6,000 to 8,000 rare diseases are chronic, progressive, and often life-threatening, but few can be treated effectively—or even diagnosed reliably and early enough for best therapeutic outcomes....
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9th Annual Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp

8:00 AM - 7:30 PM on Sunday, Apr 21, 2013


Description: Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp is an intensive, two-day program that walks you through the necessary steps and gives you the skills to transform technology and invention into a viable company.  Since...
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9th Annual Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp - Day 2

8:30 AM - 6:30 PM on Monday, Apr 22, 2013


Description: Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp is an intensive, two-day program that walks you through the necessary steps and gives you the skills to transform technology and invention into a viable company.  Since...
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ACCINOV: A Unique Regulatory and Technological Environment for Biomanufacturing in France

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM on Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013


Description: Biologics have resulted in new treatments that have helped advance medical care. While they have been hugely successful, they are also more difficult and costly to manufacture than small molecule...
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Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Framework for Biopharmaceuticals

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


Description: Success in an ACO world is different from success in a capitated environment where the focus is only on managing costs. How does an ACO succeed in this environment of dual...
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Across the Great Divide: Creating and Managing Cross-Cultural Partnerships

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


Description: The alliance management profession has developed within the biopharma industry from nice-to-have to a necessity for navigating the risk-causing complexity and realizing the intended value within today’s deals. Some of that...
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Advances and Emerging Trends in the Swiss Biotech Market

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM on Monday, Apr 22, 2013


Description: Switzerland is a leader in biotechnology innovation. Its geographic position, industry and the variety of academia and non-profit organizations have helped the country forge a unique cluster for the development of...
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adVENTURES in Academic Partnering

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM on Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013


Description: Pharma's holding tight to its belief that innovative research and major advances in drug discovery often occur within the walls of academia. How can you best collaborate to allow research to...
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Affinity and Beyond: The Future of Separation Technologies

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM on Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013


Description: Protein A has been a mainstay of downstream processing for MAbs for more than two decades. Its use with affinity chromatography was particularly effective in capturing product from supernatants when protein...
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Affordable Care Act is Here to Stay

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM on Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013


Description: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 includes key provisions that could lead to new and improved treatments, cures and cost savings for patients.  All of these changes...
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Allies in Innovation: Biologics and Cell Therapy Manufacturers Think Small for Big Value

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


Description: As biologic and cell therapies that open the door to more personalized and targeted medicine gain momentum, the bioprocessing and cell therapy industries are advancing more cost-effective and flexible technologies for...
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Alzheimer's Forum

9:00 AM - 3:45 PM on Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013


Description: BIO will host a one-day Alzheimer’s Forum on Wednesday, April 24, during the 2013 BIO International Convention.  The Forum will confront the issues and roadblocks to finding treatments and cures for...
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And Now for Something Completely Different: How Will Pharma Access External Early-Stage Innovation?

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM on Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013


Description: Pharma faces hard realities: the FDA yearly approves enough “new molecular entities” to maintain a robust industry, mergers and acquisitions are shrinking the field of Big Pharma and large biotechs, and...
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Assessment of PDUFA and FDASIA Implementation: How the Changes are Impacting the Work of Prescription Drug Regulatory Professionals

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM on Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013


Description: The FDA Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) passed on July 9, 2012 and implementation started on October 1, 2012. Embedded within FDASIA is the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA)...
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Austerity vs. Growth: Will the Life Sciences Be the Next European Bailout?

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM on Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013


Description:  Under the weight of Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis, politicians and economists are intensely debating the merits of austerity and fiscal responsibility versus stimulus and collective liability. The current dynamics are taking a...
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Automatic Substitution of Biologics: Who Decides and with what Criteria?

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


Description: The first approval of a biosimilar product in the U.S. could happen this year, but how this new category of products will be incorporated into the U.S. health care system remains...
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Behind the Tech Transfer Headlines: What are You Missing?

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


Description: Headline-making news reports of multiyear, multimillion dollar strategic alliances demonstrate that university entrepreneurs are keen to pursue technology transfer and partner with industry. These partnerships – whether exclusive arrangements or part...
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Big Problems Need Big Solutions - Fixing the Health Care System Using Big Data

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


Description: Companies like Google have changed the way we live and interact with the world. The biopharma industry started realizing the potential of big data as genomics companies quietly began using it...
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BIO Career Fair

2:00 PM - 7:00 PM on Monday, Apr 22, 2013


Description: Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Dr., Riverside East Exhibition HallSession ID: 2026...