The event How to Prepare a Budget? Identifying Key Assumptions, Statistical Inputs. . . .   will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2007 from 11:30 to 2:00 at the San Jose BioCenter, 5941 Optical Court, San Jose, CA  95138.

BIOCOM’s Monthly Breakfast Meeting: Private Equity Investing and Alternative Financing Models will be held on Wednesday, May 16th from 7:00 to 9 a.m: at Marriott La Jolla, 4240 La Jolla Village Dr., San Diego, CA  92037.  The speakers for this event will be as follows:

• Andrew L Busser, Principal, Symphony Capital LLC
• Kathy Conte, Managing Director, Hercules Technology Growth Capital
• Leigh P. Ryan, Partner, Chair of Corporate Department, Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
• Matt Wotiz, Associate, Paul Capital Healthcare.

The early registration deadline for this event is May 14, 2007.

The event  Beta Amyloid as a Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer’s Disease: Where Are We After Twenty Years? will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel, San Francisco Airport, 401 E. Millbrae Ave., Millbrae, CA  94030.  Ivan Lieberburg, PhD,  MD, Chief Medical Officer, Elan Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF will speak at this event about where we are in the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease.