Bay Bio’s Gene Acres 2005 will take place on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at the San Mateo Marriott, 1770 South Amphlett Blvd., San Mateo, California 94402, and will address facilities and operations issues facing life sciences companies. Speakers will include 19th District California State Assembly Member Gene Mullin, who chairs the California Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology; Dr. Michael Friedman, the President and Chief Executive Officer for the City of Hope; and G. Steven Burrill, the Chief Executive Officer of Burrill & Company.

The Building and Managing Patent Portfolios in the Life Sciences workshop will be held on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at Hilton San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, CA. Barton W. Giddings, Ph.D., a Senior Patent Counsel at NPS Pharmaceuticals, and Kevin B. Laurence, a partner at Stoel Rives, LLP, will direct the workshop.

The Latest Thinking on Attacking/Defending Patent Rights in the U.S. Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Markets Conference will be held on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at the Hilton San Franciso Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, CA and will address current issues in defending and challenging pharmaceutical and biotechnology patents. The speakers will include partners from various law firms in California, including a Jones Day partner who is one of my former Pennie & Edmonds LLP colleagues, Anthony Insogna.

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