BayBio’s Meet Your Candidate will be held on October 16th from 12:00-1:00 p.m. at FivePrime Therapeutics, 1650 Owens Street Suite 200, in San Francisco, CA. This program will provide an opportunity to meet with a Bay Area freshman candidate for the California State Assembly, Fiona Ma, and to discuss important policy issues that will have a tremendous impact on life sciences companies as they work to navigate a difficult regulatory environment, secure capital, and struggle to find qualified employees for a rapidly growing workforce. To participate the meeting, RSVP to cdraper@baybio.org at least 24hrs before each event.

The event the SABPA Orange County/Los Angeles Life Sciences Conference will take place on October 14, 2006 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology Building (“CalIT2”) at UC Irvine, in Irvine, CA. This premiere annual event is for entrepreneurs, scientists, industry executives, investors and policy makers in the biomedical industry in Southern California and Pacific Asia. However, all interested individuals are invited. For more information, contact Michael.Reed@bipc.com or 858 509 7318.

The event CBA Annual Conference: Future of Biotechnology: Convergence of Biology and Engineering will take place on Saturday, October 14th from 1 to 6 p.m. at Stanford University, Clark Center Auditorium. The event is free for Chinese Bioscience Association and Chinese Institute of Engineers members, and general registration is $20.00. The speakers will include: Nancy Chang, PhD Chairman of Board, Tanox; Patrick Y. Yang, PhD Executive Vice President, Genentech; Jinlong Chen, PhD Vice President of Biology, Amgen; Ken Fong, PhD VC, founder of Clontech; and Andrea Chow, PhD Vice President, R&D Microfluidics, Caliper Life Sciences.

Session VIII of the 2006 Women’s Technology Cluster’s Catalyst Program, Due Diligence Process and Package, will be held on October 13, 2006 from 8 to 10:15 a.m. at Fenwick & West, LLP’s offices located at 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA. The event will explain the due diligence process and describe what will be needed to go through the process. The speakers will include: Jeff Karras, Levensohn Venture Partners; Angelos Kottas, Woodside Fund; Prashant Shah, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners; Risa Stack, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; and Lisa Kenkel, Fenwick & West. The registration price for this event is $27.17 (registration for the full series is $172.00).

The seminar Tech Depot Lunch and Learn will take place on October 11, 2006 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at BIOCOM, 4510 Executive Drive, Plaza One, in San Diego, CA. Tech Depot will share how it can help create a superior business technology purchasing experience through using the extranet, customizing an online catalog, software licensing solutions, and product searches. For more information, contact stesta@jangomail.com.

The BIOCOM Purchasing Group Event will take place on October 11, 2006 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at BIOCOM’s offices, 4510 Executive Drive, Plaza Seven (Main Lobby), San Diego, CA 92121. For information, contact Kelly Aranaz Karanaz@biocom.org or 858.455.0300 ext.100.

The event The Future of Healthcare Investing: What’s Hot/What’s Not in Biotech, Medical Devices and Healthcare Services will take place on October 11, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, 5101 Great America Parkway in Santa Clara, CA. Panelists include: Marty Felsenthal, General Partner, Salix Ventures; Bryan Roberts, Managing General Partner, Venrock Associates; and Kevin Wasserstein, Managing Director, Versant Ventures.

BayBio is holding a Life Sciences Entrepreneur and Investor Roundtable on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 from 5:30-9:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Cabana, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306. The event will feature a roundtable format and allow entrepreneurs to interact with investors and get feedback on their business plans. Early-bird registration is $40.00 through October 5th, and on-site registration is $50.00.

BayBio’s Meet Your Candidate will be held on October 9th from 12:00-1:00 p.m. at Genitope Corporation, 6900 Dumbarton Circle, in Fremont, CA. This program will provide an opportunity to meet with a Bay Area freshman candidate for the California State Assembly, Cathleen Galgiani, and to discuss important policy issues that will have a tremendous impact on life sciences companies as they work to navigate a difficult regulatory environment, secure capital, and struggle to find qualified employees for a rapidly growing workforce. To participate the meeting, RSVP to cdraper@baybio.org at least 24hrs before each event.

The event Business Aspects of Regenerative Medicine will take place on October 10, 2006, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Marriott San Diego La Jolla, 4240 La Jolla Village Drive, in La Jolla, CA. This all-encompassing stem cell research panel discussion includes the embryonic stem cell bank created by Medical Research Council (“MRC”) in Britain and the pace of stem cell research in this country. For more information, contact Chris Steinhardt at 619-235-8550 or csteinhardt@kmob.com.