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China 2009 Pharmaceutical R&D Summit China 2009 Pharmaceutical R&D Summit

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April 01 - 03, 2009 · Shanghai, China

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Event Overview

Event Overview

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2008 Keynote Presentations

A New Model for Health Care Innovation: Collaborating for Success
Barbara Yanni, JD, LLM, Chief Licensing Officer and Vice President, Merck & Co., Inc.

Pfizer's Asia R&D Strategy
Rod MacKenzie, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Global Head of Worldwide Research, Pfizer

The Old and the New: Can Established Medicines be Re-Invented?
Patrick Crowley, Ph.D., Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development, GlaxoSmithKline

Leveraging Traditional Chinese Medical Knowledge for Modern Medicine
Paul Herrling, Ph.D., Head of Corporate Research, Novartis

Plus a Special Presentation from
Kathryn Bayne, Senior Director, AAALAC International on The AAALAC International Accreditation Program in China

New For 2008

Global Pharma Exchange Roundtable
A close encounter with leaders of multinational and domestic pharmas including Roche, Novartis, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Hutchison MediPharma and Shanghai Fosun.

China's Top 5
A showcase of China's top talents in scientific achievements:

  • Prof. Wang Xiao-Liang, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Prof. Rao Zi-He, Nankai University
  • Dr. Wang Ming-Wei, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Dr. Chen Ling, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health
  • Prof. Xu An-Long, Sun Yat Sun University

Innovation Showcase
Your chance to see an exciting array of companies, from an innovative developer of oral delivery systems to a fast growing CRO focusing on oncology drug development and more. Feel the pulse of Chinese emerging biotechs here at this event.

1-on-1 Partnering
Start building relationships with potential partners even prior to the conference. This year's event offers attendees the ability to arrange 1-on-1 meetings prior to and during the conference.

The 2008 event marks the arrival and maturity of China into the global pharmaceutical R&D industry. With more than 350 attendees from China, US, Europe, Singapore, Korea, India, Japan and rest of world, the event is a showcase of Who's Who in the world pharmaceutical stage!

» View the list of participating companies. (105KB PDF)

The first day opened with 4 outstanding Keynotes from Merck, Pfizer, GSK and Novartis, who shared their vision of how China is becoming an integral part of their global R&D strategy and the areas at which they are focusing on. This was followed by an interactive and dynamic exchange between Research Directors of multi-national corporations based in China and the local home-grown pharmaceutical giants.

The most unique feature of the event was China's Top 5. This session featured leading experts including Dr. Rao Zihe, Dr. Wang Xiao-Liang, Dr. Xu An-Long, Dr. Ming-wei Wang and Dr. Tao Peng. These presentations shared highly innovative research that will propel China into the next generation of innovative research in the coming years.

Other sessions focused on leading the way in R&D to clinical development, as well as partnering strategies and case studies in various stages of discovery to development to clinical, on small molecules to biologics to TCM.

» View photos from the event.

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Regards,
Mimi Langley
Research Director, IBC Life Sciences
mlangley@ibcusa.com

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