CACO Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society, CACO-PBS

About Us:

CACO Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society (CACO-PBSS) is a non-profit professional organization of scientists and other professionals in various pharmaceutical and life science fields, working in diverse organizations such as the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, instrumentation and analytical product suppliers, universities, government laboratories and contract research organizations. Our root in analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics is still reflected in some of the programs we organize. While our 3000+ members are largely concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Diego Area, we also have members residing in other biotech / pharmaceutical clusters in North America.

Mission Statement:

The mission of CACO-PBSS is to promote the exchange of scientific and technical ideas and to provide educational and growth opportunities in the fields of pharmaceutical / life science and related disciplines. We foster interactions and disseminate information through seminar luncheons, targeted workshops (short courses), expert forums, vendor shows, and job opening announcements.

Event Calendar:

All of our scheduled events are listed below.

For further event details, click on the event title and speakers' names.
To register for an event, click here.
To suggest seminar or workshop topics / speakers, or to volunteer to lead/co-organize a workshop,click here.

Status	Date	Time	Place	EventName	Major Sponsor	Speakers	EventType
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	6/21/2013	11:00- 13:30	San Diego: La Jolla Embassy Suites	Structure Based Drug Design – A Useful Tool for Drug Discovery		Stephen Antonysamy, Ph.D. Eli Lilly	Seminar luncheon
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	6/24/2013	12:45- 17:30	Webcast from SF Bay Area	Pro-drugs: Principles, Design, PK, and Regulatory Issues		Valentino Stella (Univ Kansas), Richard Mackman (Gilead), Adrian Ray (Gilead), Bernard Murray (Gilead)	Webcast
General Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	6/24/2013	12:45- 17:30	Webcast from SF Bay Area	Pro-drugs: Principles, Design, PK, and Regulatory Issues		Valentino Stella (Univ Kansas), Richard Mackman (Gilead), Adrian Ray (Gilead), Bernard Murray (Gilead)	Webcast
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	6/24/2013	12:45- 17:30	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Pro-drugs: Principles, Design, PK, and Regulatory Issues		Valentino Stella (Univ Kansas), Richard Mackman (Gilead), Adrian Ray (Gilead), Bernard Murray (Gilead)	Workshop
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	6/28/2013	11:00- 13:30	Boston: Marriott Cambridge Kendall Square	XELJANZ (Tofacitinib): Discovery of a JAK Inhibitor, A First in a New Class for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis		Mark Flanagan (Pfizer)	Seminar luncheon
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	7/12/2013	12:45- 17:30	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Minisymposium: DMPK/ADME Problem-Solving Case Studies	(1)BASi	Kevin Beaumont (Pfizer) & other presenters	Minisymposium
General Registration:Open-Soon. Vendor Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	7/19/2013	11:00- 13:30	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Beyond PEGlation: the Next Generation of Polymer Conjugation Technologies to Enhance PK/Safety/Efficacy Propoerties of Small Molecule and Biologic Drugs		Stephen Doberstein, Ph.D. (CSO, Nektar)	Seminar luncheon
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	8/23/2013	12:45- 17:30	SF Bay Area	Clinical Formulation Development and Registration for Small-Molecule NCEs:		David Baker, (WriteResource), Zedong Dong (FDA CDER), Sanjeev Kothari (Genentech), Minli Xie (Genentech)	Workshop
General Registration:Open-Soon. Vendor Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	9/20/2013	11:00- 13:30	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Up Close and Personal with Cancer: The Success Story of Plexxikon's Zelboraf® (vemurafenib) for Melanoma Treatment and beyond		Peter Hirth, PhD. (CEO, Plexxikon)	Seminar luncheon
General Registration:Open; Vendor Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	10/4/2013	8:45- 13:00	SF Bay Area: Santa Clara Convention Center (jointly with ACS Western Regional Meeting)	Polymorph and salt selection: Advanced approaches for screening, preparation and characterization of small molecule drugs		X. Li (University of the Pacific), Peter Kitrinos (Gilead), Joe Lubach (Genentech), Jeff Stults (Genentech), Fang Wang (Gilead)	Workshop
General Registration:Open-Soon. Vendor Registration:Open; >>Registered Vendors	12/6/2013	11:00- 13:30	SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza	Pharmacoeconomics: the Evolving Pharmaceutical Environment from the Managed Care Perspective		Elva Gao, PhD, MBA (Premara Blue Cross)	Seminar luncheon
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More Detailed Info...

Local Chapters:

We currently have the following two local chapters under the CACO-PBSS umbrella, though other local chapters may be established in the future. The upcoming events are shown in the Event Calendar table. Please click on the following links to go to the website of the chapter of your interest, where you can sign up for the free membership and mailing list, and register for the upcoming events.

The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (CACO-San Francisco Bay Area)

The San Diego Chapter (CACO-San Diego)

CACO Governing Board:

Shichang Miao (ChemoCentryx), President
Robyn Rourick (Genentech, Inc.), Secretary; San Diego Chapter Chair
Dave Toman (Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Treasurer; San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Chair
Sam Sperry (Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Jennifer Yang (Ardea BioSciences, Inc.)
Jim Zhang (Affymax, Inc.)

Click here, or email to info@CACO-PBSS.org
Mailing address: PO Box 2342, South San Francisco, CA 94083-2342.