February 2008

Editorial

BioMelbourne Network - Your source of Industry Information

2008 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research. Closes Tuesday March 11th

March 12th. Success in the US. ANZA Technology Network. Melbourne.

June 17th - 20th BIO 2008. San Diego. Australian Pavilion and exhibition opportunities.

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BioMelbourne Network Interns awarded Doctorates

October 26th - 29th. AusBiotech 2008. Melbourne.

Important events

Network News

BioMelbourne Network welcomes Abbott Australasia,  Fisher Adams Kelly Patent Attorneys, Hexima, Patrys and Sensitech.

December 4th Supplier Showcase

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BioBusiness Spotlight

Clinical Trials software can help companies speed up trials and get to market faster.

Ms Jennie Anderson, CEO, EVADO - clinical trials software.

Member News

CTA commences First Time in Human Clinical Trial with Bionomics Ltd

New Australian software cuts time and cost of clinical data collection by 60 percent. EVADO

GTG awarded forensics outsourcing agreement by NSW Police

Industry News 

April 27th - May 3rd, Evan Thornley to lead Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Trade Mission to Israel

April 20th - 26th. Biotech Business Mission to India. AusBiotech

Australian Events

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February 8th, 12noon. Bridging engineering & neuroscience: the restoration of impaired neural function University of Melbourne.

February 20th - 22nd. Intellectual Property Strategy Forum 2.0. Thomson Scientific. Sydney

April 17th - 19th. 2008 LESANZ Annual Conference “Entrepreneurship and Innovation – not such Risky Business!” Melbourne

April 21st - 22nd. Excellence in Biotechnology Investment. Sydney

May 22nd. 2008 Universities Innovation Showcase. Melbourne

May 28th - 30th. ARCS Annual Scientific Congress 2008. Sydney

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International Events

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February 13th - 15th. Nanotech 2008. Tokyo, Japan

** February 26th - 28th. BioBusiness 2008. Intercontinental Geneve

** April 7th - 9th. Bio-Europe Spring. Madrid, Spain

April 15th - 16th. BioTrinity 2008. Oxford

May 5th - 6th. BioFusion 2008. Atlanta

** May 7th - 9th. 10th Anniversary Celebration BioPartnering Exchange. ERBI UK. 

** May 20th - 22nd C21 BioVentures. Napa, Califormia

October 15th Bench2Boardroom. Cambridge UK

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Network Events for your Diary

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** February 14th BioWorkshop. Building value in a Biotech through effective IP management. Hosted and presented by Freehills.

** March 12th BioWorkshop. Capital raising for biotech managers. DIARY NOTE. Hosted by Minter Ellison.

February 11th - 12th. AusBiotech BD Workshop and Forum. Adelaide.

February 20th - 22nd. Intellectual Property Strategy Forum 2.0. Thomson Scientific. Sydney

** February 26th - 28th. BioBusiness 2008. Geneve

March 31st - April 2nd. NZBio Global Benefits. Auckland

March 31st - April 2nd. NZ BioBusiness matching. NZBio2008. Auckland

** April 7th - 9th. Bio-Europe Spring. Madrid, Spain.

April 17th - 19th. 2008 LESANZ Annual Conference “Entrepreneurship and Innovation – not such Risky Business!” Melbourne

** May 7th - 9th. 10th Anniversary Celebration BioPartnering Exchange. ERBI. Cambridge, UK. Member discount 10%

** May 20th - 22nd C21 BioVentures. Napa, Califormia.

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Employment Opportunities.

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Scientific Development Manager, Sienna Cancer Diagnostics Ltd. Melbourne, Australia

Program Director, Recombinant Proteins. CSL Limited

Manager, Office of the Chief Executive Officer. Patrys Ltd. Melbourne

CEO. Mature gene therapy/oncology technology. Brooker Consulting

Professional Development

February 19th, March 19th. Media and communication training for scientists. Melbourne

2008 Clinical Training courses. Nucleus Network

Innovative skills based short courses for the biotechnology industry. Box Hill Institute

Graduate Certificate in Biotechnology Industry. RMIT

Media Training for Scientists. Feb 19th, March 19th. Science in Public.

Graduate Certificate in Laboratory Health, Safety and Environmental Management. RMIT

Member Deals.

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** Special Offer: Commercialisation Management Program at NO COST to selected Victorian SME’s. LIMITED TIME ONLY. Australian Institute for Commercialisation

** MedTRACK 2 week FREE Trial and up to US$20,000 member discount. Datamonitor.

** DATAMONITOR reports - member discount up to 65%. Datamonitor.

** RISK360 risk management solution - member discount 30%. RISK360.

** Thomson Pharma Consortium - member discount  up to 40%. Thomson Pharma.

** Biotechnology insurance and broking services. Avatar.

** IMS Health special member offer. A copy of Intelligence.360.

** AAP Media Distribution Services

** PharmaDeals, Intelligence Reports, PharmaDeals Research - member discount 30%. PharmaVentures.

** Biotech Daily - a daily biotech industry newsletter - member discount 10%. Biotech Daily.

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