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Biotech Bay (Stanford, California)

Stanford University
Stanford University Biodesign Innovation Fellowship
Explore the basics of biomedical technology invention and implementation through an intensive fellowship at Stanford University. The Biodesign program has two fellowship teams each year with different specialty focus areas. Specialty areas in the past have included Ophthalmology, ENT, Cardiovascular Medicine, Neurosurgery/Neurology, Electrophysiology, Musculoskeletal, Regenerative Medicine, Anesthesia/Critical Care, Gastroenterology and General Surgery.

Southern Pharm (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

Astellas Pharma US
Process Engineer
Responsible for process development and optimization, testing, scale-up and CTM manufacturing of pharmaceutical products at APT. Additionally, this position is responsible for technology transfer or products into APT, scale up from pilot to commercial scale, and transfer of products from APT to other Astellas or contract manufacturing sites.

Pharm Country (Branford, Connecticut)

454 Life Sciences - division of Roche
Group Leader of Mechanical Engineering
This is a technical position, and successful candidates will be a key technical contributor as well as a key manager. Successful candidates should have superior communication and problem solving skills. Experience bringing commercial products to market using product development processes required. Experience of doing so in a regulated environment is desirable.

BioCapital (Gaithersburg, Maryland)

MedImmune, LLC
System Engineer
Establishes the technical and functional solution to a business need, from assessing the feasibility of a solution and evaluating products through to designing solutions and providing technical assurance for third party solutions.

Biotech Beach (Thousand Oaks, California)

Baxter International, Inc.
Senior Principal Engineer
Plan, schedule, execute and lead Computerized System Qualification project assignments including design, development, validation and implementation of new systems. Applies engineering principles to resolve problems independently and in a cross functional team environment.

Genetown (Framingham, Massachusetts)

Genzyme Corporation
Quality Engineer Senior
Interpret complex, explicit documentation and data received from others in support of investigations to ensure they meet the internal quality procedures, utilize the appropriate root cause analysis tools and meet the corporate and or global standards and any regulatory requirements when necessary.

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ViroPharma Nabs $126.5M Pact; Failed Ph3 for Pfizer Antifungal Drug - Sept. 30, 2011

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1:45 - 2:30 PM Key note address: Skating to the puck: Anticipating the new lean Pharma model Doug Mendenhall, Principal - DWM Consulting LLC
2:30 - 3:15 PM Perspectives on Outsourced Early Pharmaceutical Development Jayne Hastedt, CEO/Co-founder - JDP Pharma Consulting, LLC
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3:30 - 4:00 PM Effective API characterization for firstin- human IND applications Gail Strong, Sr Director Pharmaceutical Science - Patheon
4:00 - 4:45 PM Parallel screening-speeding bioavailability improvement of poorly soluble compounds Anil Kane, Sr Director Pharmaceutical Tech. Affairs
4:45 - 5:00 PM Closing remarks Frank Sorgi, VP Pharmaceutical Science and Development - Patheon
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Analyze both the potential of drug candidate feasibility and the financial potential of the proposed product before negotiating the terms of the deal with pharmaceutical companies.

Biotech Bay/Biotech Beach (San Francisco/Los Angeles, California)

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Medical Science Liaison (New Jersey/New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas/Houston, SF/LA)
Participates in cross functional activities, with critical role in conducting professional training, provide support to clinical research programs, participate in advisory boards and deliver high quality complex scientific presentations.

Bio NC (Rocky Mount, North Carolina)

Hospira, Inc.
CQ Lab Instrumentation Systems Specialist
Support the Lab Senior Supervisor in meeting the cGMP compliance requirements with regards to laboratory instruments. This position is responsible for performing and managing the qualification, calibration, preventative maintenance and daily maintenance of the laboratory instruments.

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Therapeutic Proteins, Inc.
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Provides hand-on direction to analytical method development and validation for tests within the Quality Control department. The Manager will write analytical development reports in support of BLA or other regulatory submissions.

BioForest (Bothell, Washington)

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