Events
Pharma often isn’t getting enough from internal research and development to fill the gaps in its pipeline. Increasingly, pharmaceutical companies are looking outward to find innovative programs.
Monday, Dec. 17th, 2012 5:30pm. Stephanie Marrus, Director of The Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF, is offering a free workshop to instruct participants on how to create an executive summary in the UC-Berkeley Startup (Bplan) competition-required format. Competition participants get education, networking, team creation, mentorship, new venture financing and potential winnings of up to $25,000.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 5:30-7pm, Mission Bay. Allan W. May, Founder and Chairman of Life Science Angels -- the nation's largest life-science angel organization -- will discuss the role of angels in funding bio/medtech/life science companies.
Monday, October 15th, 2012, 6 pm to 8pm. Ever wonder what’s involved in starting a life science company? Come to the Entrepreneurs Club meeting next week to hear a founder/CEO talk about his journey from starting a company in his living room to raising money from venture capital and managing an operational venture.
Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. 1pm-2pm, Mission Bay. NCI Program Directors will discuss current funding opportunities and available resources, SBIR/STTR program policy changes and how to write a competitive application.
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. If you have a high-impact idea that addresses an unmet clinical need, and the desire and passion to bring your idea all the way to commercialization, you are eligible to be part of this program
Opinder Bawa, CTO of UCSF gave an overview of the technology landscape at UCSF. As a large health sciences campus, he has unique view of the challenges and opportunities of the next five years. Josh Newman, MD, Director Healthcare Strategy, Salesforce; Bre Jackson, CIO, Calhipso and Michael Keyoung, MD, Phd. VC Burrill Health joined for a panel discussion of the various partner opportunities.
This Speakers' Series event featured a venture capitalist and top attorney speaking about the opportunities created by this new federal legislation that allows for crowdsourcing of funds for companies.