Saturday, August 7th
Busch Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Registration and Breakfast - 7:30am to 8:30am
Morning Session - 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Morning Session
Min Li, Ph.D., SAPA President & Conference Chair
Keynote
Speakers:
Michael Yeomans, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Head of Global Business Development
Aventis, New Jersey
"Business Development in the Global Pharmaceutical Industry"
Joseph Shih, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Fellow, Discovery Chemistry Research and Technology, Lilly Research Laboratories
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana
"The Discovery and Development of Alimta, an Exciting New Antifolate for Human Solid Tumors"
John Piwinski, Ph.D.
Group Vice President, Schering-Plough Research Institute
Kenilworth, New Jersey
"Investigating SAR with New Technologies to Discover Novel Medicines"
Mohammad Azab, MD, M.Sc.
Executive Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer
QLT Inc, Vancouver, BC, Canada
"Challenge and Future Trends in the Biotech Industry"
Jim Inglese, Ph.D.
Director of Biomolecular Screening and Profiling
NIH Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC), Bethesda, Maryland
"The NIH Chemical Genomics Center: Opening a New Path to Discovery"
SAPA Awards, Scholarship, and Election
Jiangbin Hu, Ph.D.
President-elect of SAPA & Conference Co-Chair
Luncheon and Vendor Hours - 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Four Parallel Afternoon Sessions 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Afternoon Session 1:
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry in China:
Opportunities, Strategy and Challenges
Session Chairs: Shoufeng Li, Ph.D. and Xiaohui Mei, Ph.D.
Keynote
Speakers:
Ling Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Director General
Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangzhou, China
"Building An Integrated Biomedical Research Organization with
High Productivity in Drug Discovery for Unmet Medical Needs in China and the World
"
Ge Li, Ph.D.
CEO, Wuxi Pharma,
Shanghai, China
"Focusing on World's Chemistry Service, Updating China's Pharmaceutical Industry"
Samantha Du, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Hutchison MediPharma Limited
Shanghai, China
Senior Vice President, Healthcare Investments Unit of Hutchison Whampoa
Hong Kong, China
"Hutchison's Healthcare Approach: China and Global"
Mr. Minghua Zhou
General Manager, Hua Hai Pharmaceuticals
Zhejiang, China
"From Hua Hai's Growth to See Rising Generic Drug Industry in China"
"华海药业的发展看中国仿制药企业的崛起"
Kewen Jin, Ph.D.
CEO, Egret Pharma and
Managing Partner, Aura Partners
"Contract Research and In-licensing - An Alternative Pathway of Industry Building for China
"
Mr. Linghui Gao
Mayor of Jiashan City
Zhejiang, China
"Jiashan Service Center of Technological Innovation
Afternoon Session 2:
Career Development
Session Chair: Gen Li, Ph.D.
Keynote
Speakers:
Steve Yang, Ph.D.
Senior Director in Strategic Management, Pfizer
Groton, Connecticut
"Career Transition: Embracing the Uncertainty"
Robert Chandis (Bob)
Regional President of Asia Pacific
Ken Clark International (KCI)
Princeton, New Jersey
"Career Strategy for Chinese Professional in US"
Dr. Nat Caputi
Head of Caputi & Associates
"Getting More Money at Offer Time"
Afternoon Session 3:
Pharmaceutical Marketing and Healthcare/Medical Communication
- A Strategic Partnership Between Clients And Agencies For Success
Session Chairs: Ning Yan, Ph.D. and Emily Liu, Ph.D.
Keynote
Speakers:
Neil Matheson
CEO
Axis Healthcare Communications
Yardley, Pennsylvania
"Factors That Impact the Successful Commercialization of New Product"
Dan Kim
Director, New Products Commercialization
Novartis
"Pharmaceutical Marketing: Why, When, and How to Do It"
Amy Masonis, PhD
Managing Director
Helix Medical Communications
"From Opinion Leader to Advocate: Relationship Management and Opportunities For Communications"
Jeffrey Lenow, MD, JD
Chief Medical Officer
MediMedia USA
Yardley, Pennsylvania
"Evolving Medical Education Strategies in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry"
Thomas M. Chen
Vice President of Marketing
Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corp
Waltham, Massachusetts
"Title TBD"
Afternoon Session 4:
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Neutraceuticals and Functional Foods
Session Chairs: Qunyi Zhen, Ph.D. and Weizhu Yu, Ph.D.
Keynote
Speakers:
Prof. Chi-Tang Ho
Department of Food Science
Rutgers University
"Functional Foods"
Dr. Debra Miller
Director of Nutrition Science Communication
Solae Company, DuPont
"Soy Protein and Its Health Benefits"
Kathleen Shimomura, MEd, DTR
Family and Community Health Sciences Educator/Associate Professor
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
"Obesity: Health and Environmental Impacts - Where do we go from here?"
Dr. Gerald P. McNeil
Technical Director
Loders & Croklaan
"Trans Fat - a crisis for the US food industry"
Dr. Qunyi Zheng
President and COO
Pure World, Inc.
Bedminster, New Jersey
"Botanical Extracts and Supplement Market"
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