BC Biotech Leads Biotech Mission to Torino

BC Biotech, together with the Ministry of Economic Development will be hosting a Biotech Day at British Columbia - Canada Place in Torino on January 23, 2006.

British Columbia Biotechnology – Bringing Value to International Partners will showcase BC’s R&D infrastructure capacity, opportunities in  Life Science companies, and fiscal incentives, exit values and cost advantages, associated with doing biotech business in BC.

"BC Biotech recognizes the importance of the European biotechnology industry," said BC Biotech Executive Director Karimah Es Sabar.  "The goal of this mission is to establish valuable and long-lasting relationships between our respective biotech communities."

A delegation of academic, research, industry, venture capital and government representatives led by Minister Colin Hansen and BC Biotech Executive Director Karimah Es Sabar will present to representatives from Europe in the hopes of establishing strategic partnerships, investment and increasing linkages between the two regions.

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BioPartnering North America Just Two Weeks Away

BioPartnering North America 2006 is shaping up to be the best yet, with the number of delegates up compared to this time last year and pharma presence increased by over 50% compared to 2005.

As in past years, Technology Vision Group (TVG) and BC Biotech have a limited number of complimentary passes available for BC Biotech members to take advantage of this opportunity and attend the conference on Tuesday afternoon after 1:00 pm.  If you would like to attend on Tuesday afternoon, please contact Raman Bhullar at 604-602-5228 or rbhullar@bcbiotech.ca.

On Wednesday, February 8^th from 8:30am-12:30pm, BC Biotech will be hosting invited industry leaders from around the world to hear their British Columbia peers tell their respective stories on how they have been able to develop successful biotech companies here in BC, and how both the research and business climates have evolved here to being highly conducive to developing and supporting world-class biotech companies.

If you know of anyone who might benefit from attending this special session, please contact Barry Gee at 604-602-5226 or bgee@bcbiotech.ca.