DESCRIPTION
About the Event: Come and share ideas about entrepreneurship at the convergence of biology, medicine, and computers. Rapid Pitches: Participants will have the chance to look for collaborators, employees, advisors, customers, or investors. Bring your ideas, get some pizza! Invited Speaker: Will Crawford, MBA, VP Engineering & Head of Boston Office, Fitbit Who Should Come: All are welcome. Google Map: Waterhouse Room Gordon Hall, Harvard Medical School 25 Shattuck Street, 1st floor, Boston, MA 02115 Stay in Touch: To join the BIES mailing list and hear about future events in this series, sign up here: http://eepurl.com/crqhIj The Event Co-hosts: Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School Harvard Office of Technology Development Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biomedical-informatics-entrepreneurs-salon-tickets-29260092725?aff=es2 |
Biologics are a group of medicinal products that are playing increasingly important roles in combating life-threatening diseases where there are no current treatments. Biological products include vaccines, cells and tissues, gene therapies, and recombinant proteins. In contrast to most conventional drugs which have a precise chemical structure and the chemical synthesis is well-defined, most biologics are complex mixtures that are not easily identified or characterized and where production requires cutting-edge technology.
This presentation will focus on the most active industrial product development activities of Biologics: monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics. Dr. Fubao Wang will describe the processes for how to manufacture, characterize, release monoclonal antibody products and how to gain health authority’s approval for the use in patients, and the challenges during development and the strategies to overcome issues such as yield, purity and stability. The goal is to develop safe and effective therapeutics to treat complex diseases such as immunological disorders and cancer. Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-brief-introduction-to-biologics-product-development-dr-fubao-wang-associate-vice-president-sanofi-tickets-29584423808?aff=es2 |
DESCRIPTION
What are the first steps in a career commercializing innovation? Join us to meet young entrepreneurs, navigate your career options, and explore innovation fellowship opportunities, followed by networking and refreshments. Featuring Adam Friedman, MD, PhD, an HMS alumnus, physician-scientist, and established life-science entrepreneur. His latest venture is in oncology therapeutics and diagnostics. About Adam Friedman, MD, PhD Adam is a physician-scientist and life sciences entrepreneur currently building a new oncology therapeutics and diagnostics venture. Previously an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Atlas Venture, he helped to launch biotechnology companies exploring new areas of biology to alleviate human disease. He has been integral to the launching and building of several Atlas portfolio companies, including co-founding Raze Therapeutics, a next-generation cancer metabolism company. He received his AB in molecular biology from Princeton University and completed the MD/PhD degree program at Harvard Medical School in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, with graduate work in genetics and cell biology. A licensed Massachusetts physician, Dr. Friedman received training in pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in the fields of systems biology, cell signaling, genetics, and cancer biology. Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pathways-to-entrepreneurship-adam-friedman-md-phd-tickets-30091109318?aff=es2 |