BayBio News

Entreprenuer and Investor Roundtables

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Entrepreneur and Investor Roundtables is a unique event designed to facilitate introductions, dialogue and connections between life science entrepreneurs and investors. This event provides early stage companies with an ...

Career Fair at CALBIO2012

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:00:00 -0600

The Career Fair at CALBIO2012 takes place on the eve of the conference, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Job seekers can spend the afternoon with HR representatives and hiring managers from top-notch life sciences companies includ...

Biomed Report Catalyzes BayBio Efforts for Capital Access

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:03:34 -0600

Following two decades of steady annual growth, employment is stalled, access to capital is limited and regulatory uncertainty prevails, according to the recent California Biomedical Industry 2012 Report. Despite tremendous assets...

A New Approach to Drug Development

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:41:43 -0600

Escalating clinical costs require us to look for new funding sources and new techniques to lower costs. CALBIO2012: Driven By Patients examines new paths to interact with patient groups and disease foundations in order to accelerate clinical tr...

2012 Report: Biomedical Industry Loses Momentum In California

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:24:54 -0600

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Feb. 8, 2012 – After two decades of steady annual job growth, employment in California’s biomedical industry stalled while the state has struggled to recover from financial shortfalls and the industry adapts to ...

Access New Funding Opportunities at CALBIO2012

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:45:49 -0600

Over the last few years, we have seen changes in market dynamics that are creating new challenges for emerging companies. As investment by traditional sources such as venture firms decrease, we continue to explore alternative funding...

BayBio Recognizes Kareem Dossa and Business Solution Provider VWR

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:45:30 -0600

This past weekend, BayBio recognized a member of its Board of Directors with a gold BayBio pin, a symbol of our appreciation to Kareem Dossa’s dedication to sustaining the success of our region. I was honored to provide Kareem this distin...

New Partner Offers Analytical Expertise

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:16:38 -0600

BayBio is proud to announce that Thermo Fisher Scientific is our newest partner. The new partnership will allow us to offer our members new and expanded resources at every step to help accelerate the paceof scientific discovery, and ...

The Life Sciences Foundation is Making Biotech History

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:24:48 -0600

The Life Sciences Foundation (LSF) has been established to record, preserve and make known the history of biotechnology — that complex mixture of brilliant science, daring entrepreneurship and socio-political reality that has become centr...

Survey of Biomedical Industry CEOs Finds Lack of Investment and Regulatory Environment Threaten Fut

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:00:00 -0600

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif - Jan 10, 2012 - Access to capital, a burdensome and uncertain regulatory environment and lack of innovation and productivity in research and development are the biggest threats to the biomedical industry’s growth ove...

CEO Survey Results

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:00:00 -0600

Access to capital combined with a burdensome and uncertain regulatory environment are leading to a lack of innovation and productivity in research and development, according to the results of our recent CEO survey. Nearly 100 company executives...

BayBio Institute Strengthens Support for Industry Needs

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:47:49 -0600

I am pleased to announce that, effective January 1, 2012, Lori Lindburg has been appointed as the Executive Director of the BayBio Institute, replacing my executive role in the BayBio Institute. I will remain as President and CEO of the B...

A Conversation Around Patients

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:25:59 -0600

For the last several years, BayBio Board Member Steve Engle has urged us to increase the involvement of patients in our activities and programming. We agree with him and have themed our upcoming annual conference around patients. CALBIO2...

BayBio Annual Conference is now CALBIO2012

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:00:00 -0600

I am delighted to inform you of a significant and exciting change to the upcoming BayBio Annual Conference. This March we will be launching CALBIO2012, a statewide conference that champions a "Driven by Patients&...

Find Opportunities with Pharma Partnering Day

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:56:02 -0600

Pharma deals are an ever more important source of funding in today’s market. At BayBio, we’re trying to tip the balance to attract more funding into Bay Area companies. In October, BayBio produced Shire Par...

Bilbray Visit Highlights New BayBio Policy Corner

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Next month, Ritchard Engelhardt, our VP of Government Affairs, will launch a policy corner on the BayBio website. Today, I’m turning over the President’s Desk to Ritchard to give you a preview of what to expect in the Policy C...

BayBio Connects with Community at Science Festival

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0500

At least 18 months in the making, the first ever Bay Area Science Festival launches October 29 and culminates at AT&T Park November 6. Under the leadership of Dr. Bruce Alberts, UCSF’s Science & Health Education Pa...

Web Tool Connects Trial Teams with Volunteers to Speed Recruitment

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:40:18 -0500

As anyone involved in clinical research knows, the process of bringing new drugs to market is a risky one that demands tremendous resources — in terms of intellect, capital and time. Here at BayBio, we want to highlight innovative program...

Funding opportunities for cancer research

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:46:13 -0500

Over the last several years, we at BayBio have dedicated more resources to attract funding to Bay Area companies. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program recently announced $8 million in ...

Solutions for future demands rests with bio-based economy

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:36:50 -0500

This guest column was provided by Carrie Metzinger, a graduate student at Stanford University. It’s become quite apparent that the United States needs a robust industrial biotechnology industry to deal with future issues of clean air,...