The event "Navigating the Patent Maze" Inventorship/Notebooks
will take place on December 5, 2006 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at Moores UCSD Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, in La Jolla, CA. The event covers the ramifications of improper naming; how to protect your patent through publication presentations; and notebooks best practices. Presenter: Richard G. A. Bone, Associate, Fish & Richardson P.C.; Richard Bone’s practice emphasizes patent prosecution in the area of chemistry.

Information:
http://www.sjbiocenter.com/events/update-2006-Q4-FR.htm

The event New Research on – U.S. OnShoring & NearShoring will take place on December 5, 2006 from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. at DLA Piper, 2000 University, in East Palo Alto, CA. This breakfast seminar sponsored by ITAA-SDForum presents recent findings.

Information:
http://www.sdforum.org/SDForum/Templates/CalendarEvent.aspx?CID=2060&mo=12&

The event New Research on – U.S. OnShoring & NearShoring will take place on December 5, 2006 from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. at DLA Piper, 2000 University, in East Palo Alto, CA. This breakfast seminar sponsored by ITAA-SDForum presents recent findings.

Information:
http://www.sdforum.org/SDForum/Templates/CalendarEvent.aspx?CID=2060&mo=12&

The event Technology Leadership & Evangelism in the
Participation Age will take place on December 4, 2006 from
11:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Network Meeting Center, 5201 Great America Parkway in Santa Clara, CA. Sponsored by SD Forum, speakers include:  Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage
Technology Ventures, Jeff Sandquist, Microsoft Evangelist, Channel 9 and 10, and Jeremy Zawodny, Technology Evangelist, Yahoo.

Information:
http://www.sdforum.org/SDForum/Templates/CalendarEvent.aspx?CID=2041

The event Technology Leadership & Evangelism in the
Participation Age will take place on December 4, 2006 from
11:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Network Meeting Center, 5201 Great America Parkway in Santa Clara, CA. Sponsored by SD Forum, speakers include:  Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage
Technology Ventures, Jeff Sandquist, Microsoft Evangelist, Channel 9 and 10, and Jeremy Zawodny, Technology Evangelist, Yahoo.

Information:
http://www.sdforum.org/SDForum/Templates/CalendarEvent.aspx?CID=2041

The event Evidence, Economics, and Politics: Australia’s Experiment in Evidence-Based Medicine will take place on December 15, 2006, at the St. Regis Hotel, 125 3rd Street, in San Francisco, CA. Australia’s Medicare system provides universal, tax-financed coverage to all citizens. Since 1993, the system’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has been required to incorporate an explicit consideration of comparative effectiveness and cost effectiveness as a prerequisite for coverage. With U.S. policymakers searching for ways to rein in Medicare and Medicaid drug spending, the Australian experience assumes special relevance.

Information: http://www.regonline.com/eventinfo.asp?EventId=113565

The event Discovering the Next Frontier of Green Technology will take place on November 30, 2006 from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. at Nixon Peabody LLP Two Embarcadero Center, 27th Floor, in San Francisco, CA.  Sponsoring Group: Women’s Technology Cluster in conjunction with host sponsor Nixon Peabody LLP and the Cleantech Venture Network. Speakers: Cordell Hull, ex-President Bechtel Enterprises; Bryant Tong, Nth Power, Founder, China/U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliances; Charles Wu, TianDi Growth Capital; and [Moderator] Matthew Fisher, Nixon Peabody LLP.

Information:   http://www.wtc-sf.org/cleantechhttp://www.wtc-sf.org/cleantech2006.htm2006.htm

The event Discovering the Next Frontier of Green Technology will take place on November 30, 2006 from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. at
Nixon Peabody LLP Two Embarcadero Center, 27th
Floor, in San Francisco, CA.  Sponsoring Group: Women’s Technology Cluster in conjunction with host sponsor Nixon Peabody LLP and the Cleantech Venture Network. Speakers: Cordell Hull, ex-President Bechtel Enterprises; Bryant Tong, Nth Power, Founder, China/U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliances; Charles Wu, TianDi Growth Capital; and [Moderator] Matthew Fisher, Nixon Peabody LLP.

Information:   http://www.wtc-sf.org/cleantech2006.htm

The event San Diego Biotech Discussion Group will take place on November 29, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. at Élan Pharmaceuticals, in San Diego, CA. The featured company is Biogen Idec –with a discussion on how the Oncology Strategic Business Unit is Building its Future in San Diego. Speaker:  Edgar H. Ulm, Ph.D, Senior Director, Oncology Research and Development.

Information:  http://www.SDBiotech.org

Raptor Pharmaceutical Inc., an early stage biotechnology research and development company owned by Novato-based Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp., has announced that it has signed an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Washington University in St. Louis for the use of Mesd reagents for therapeutic treatment of cancer and osteoporosis.  Mesd  is a chaperone protein needed for the proper folding of the signal transduction receptors LRP5 and LRP6.

The St. Louis Business Journal reported that Raptor intends initially to test the potential of Washington University’s Mesd-based peptides for the treatment of cancer and osteoporosis, and that CEO of Rapto Pharmaceuticals Corp., Dr. Christopher Starr explained the agreement as follows:

"Mesd significantly adds to our growing franchise in the drug targeting area. . . . Mesd complements and extends our current programs and we believe will increase our reach and capabilities into a number of under-served disease indications with substantial market potential."