TBI Bioscan Newsletter - April 2008
TBI names its new Executive Director
As part of the effort to expand its opportunities in the rest of Ontario, The Biotechnology Initiative is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Stinson to the position of Executive Director effective June 1st.
Stinson has been a member of TBI for more than ten years and as such he has an understanding of how the organization works and is familiar with its members.
As Executive Director, Stinson will report to the Chair of the TBI Board of Directors, which is made up of corporate members, individual members including a student representative, four regional representatives and an independent. Stinson will also join the Executive Committee.
Since 2001, Michael has been executive director of BioFinance Canada where his role was to develop the sponsor base, increase the number and quality of presenting companies, and to increase the number of attendees at each conference. In previous assignments, Michael was president of CTD Clinical Trial Developments Inc., a spin out of Endpoint Research Ltd., which provided research management services to hospital research departments for Phase II and Phase III clinical trials. As a consultant, he conducted market and investment research for a variety of public and private sector clients including: Medical Research Council, Industry Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, and various private clients. He also published: Canadian Biotechnology Status of Research and Clinical Trials, Directory of Canadian Clinical Research Facilities and the Directory of Canadian Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry.
He began his career as a trade commissioner in trade and investment for Technologies for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs with assignments from 1974 to 1998 in Beirut, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Amman, Yokohama, Tokyo and San Diego. He has a BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the University of Toronto.
He believes the two roles (as executive director of both BioFinance and TBI) will fit well together and benefit both organizations.
“TBI provides members with content and networking opportunities, and I think my role as executive director will be to work towards improving the content, to make the organization more appealing for people to belong to and to improve and expand networking opportunities,” stated Stinson.
“In this new role, my duties will include working towards making the organization bigger, and I believe I can help TBI achieve this mandate as it sets out to be the voice of biotech in Ontario,” he concluded.
C-Level Forum – 2008 Series
"Building a Biotechnology Company - How to Leverage Partnership and Collaborations?"
TBI is pleased to host this exciting forum, designed for senior management (CEO’s, CSO’s, CFO’s or other senior executives) in the pharmaceutical, biotech or allied industries.
At this workshop, internationally renowned biotechnology executives will share their experiences as well as offer potential solutions regarding partnership strategies.
Attendees will explore the core aspects of the biopharmaceutical sector, including the creation of partnerships as a key business strategy, as well discussing other critical issues pertaining to intellectual property, funding, outsourcing and technical challenges.
Click Here for more information on this event.
TBI has just set up a Facebook group!
This group gives TBI members and TBI non-members instant access to message reminders about all upcoming TBI events. By joining this group you can also take part in discussions about TBI and the biotechnology industry in Toronto and the rest of Ontario. All TBI members and anyone who is interested in what TBI has to offer are encouraged to join!
Current Facebook members, just follow the link below to join the TBI group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23117335345
New to Facebook? It is easy to join and it can be a great opportunity to network online. Note that Facebook can be set up with strict privacy settings. To join, simply follow the link below and enter your name and email address.
http://www.facebook.com
If you have any further questions, please contact Jill Osborne at jill.osborne@utoronto.ca.
Up Coming Events
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"Building a Biotechnology Company: How to Leverage Partnership and Collaborations?"
TBI C-Level Forum
Vaughan Estate, The Estates of Sunnybrook, Toronto Further details to follow; please contact chris@adamsrevers.com or yc.l@pharmeng.com |
News
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TBI Breakfast March 20: Genomics in Ontario and TBI announces its new ED
The Biotech Initiative breakfast meeting for March kicked off with a major announcement as TBI introduced Michael Stinson as its new full time executive director.
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February 21 TBI Breakfast
This month’s TBI breakfast meeting marked yet another informative session.
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TCP comes to TBI
They say the dreams of cats are filled with mice. Well, the January TBI breakfast meeting was surely one that would have had the cat drooling.
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December 20th TBI breakfast
With six speakers and five presentations, December’s TBI breakfast session lived up to its ‘marathon billing’.
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Member News
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Sanofi Pasteur Donates Nearly $4 Million to Fund Vaccine Research that is Unique in Canada
Chair of the IWK Health Centre Foundation, Heather Sutherland, and President and CEO of the IWK Health Centre, Anne McGuire, today announced a $3.8 million donation to the Canadian Center for Vaccinology from sanofi pasteur, the vaccine division of sanofi-aventis Group. The multi-million dollar donation will be used to support human vaccine research that is unique in Canada.
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Industry Events
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Biofinance
BioFinance 2008 is the Canadian Life Science industry's leading investor conference. The meeting brings together key industry players to consider investment opportunities and issues affecting companies in biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics and research tools. Participants include senior life science executives, institutional and venture capital investors, industry analysts, corporate finance executives and experts from the scientific and medical communities in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. BioFinance 2008 will be held on May 6 - 8, 2008 at the Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre.
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BIO International Convention
June 17, 2008 San Diego
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www.ontbi.org/Events
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