The event CALBIO/Annual Dinner 2007 will take place on March 6, 2007 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the San Diego Marriott & Marina, 333 W Harbor Drive, in San Diego, CA. CALBIO will provide a forum to learn from the experts and discuss best strategies for aligning FDA/CMS strategies. The topics include the following: 

• The Crucial Alignment between the FDA and CMS;
• Financing your Innovation from Global Sources; NIH Funding: Will the new Congress stop the trend of declining budgets?; and
• Drug Manufacturing: Quality Compliance, Process Execution and Manufacturing Excellence.

CALBIO will also present a first hand report from the world’s top pharmaceutical companies of what exactly they are looking for in their upcoming licensing agreements, strategic partnerships, and acquisitions in 2007.

The event The 2nd Annual California Life Science Career Fair will take place on March 5, 2007 at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina in San Diego, CA. This statewide career event will include the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and it  will give job seekers the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the region’s elite biopharmaceutical employers and interview for hundreds of open positions. BIOCOM and BioSpace will sponsor the event.