LifeSciences BC News 2006
October 26, 2006
Vancouver, British Columbia -- BC Biotech is pleased to announce that the Federal Government has recently passed new regulations which will strengthen Canadian intellectual property protection for patented medicines, the majority of which are being developed by biotechnology companies, including those in British Columbia.
October 5, 2006
BC Biotech today announced the appointment of two new board members who represent leading life sciences companies in British Columbia. Peter O’Callaghan, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Senior Counsel at QLT Inc., and Dr. Simon Pimstone, Director, and President & Chief Executive Officer at Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., were elected to BC Biotech’s Board of Directors at last week’s Annual General Meeting.
October 3, 2006
Vancouver, British Columbia – Reacting to Premier Gordon Campbell’s announcement to launch a provide-wide Conversation on Healthcare, BC Biotech, the association representing and supporting the biotech community in the province, believes this is a huge step forward in addressing a critical issue to the biotechnology industry in BC – British Columbia’s Healthcare System.
September 19, 2006
application for marketing and licensing academic research and innovation in Canada, today announces that BC Biotech has chosen Flintbox as the platform to develop a searchable online directory of biotechnologies developed in British Columbia.
May 5, 2006
BC Biotech presented $10,000 to the winning teams of the sanofi-aventis Biotech Challenge at its annual BC Biotech Biotechnology Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 5, 2006. This biotech competition for high school students is one of 13 held nationally and is coordinated by BC Biotech in Vancouver.
April 24, 2006
Vancouver, British Columbia - BC Biotech today announced the recipients of the 2006 BC Biotechnology Awards. These awards are presented annually by BC Biotech to recognize individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the development of British Columbia’s biotechnology industry, and to increase public awareness and understanding of biotechnology in the province.
April 4, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 4, 2006 - BC Biotech today announced that Mr. Don Avison, President of the University Presidents’ Council of British Columbia has been appointed to the organization’s Board of Directors.