Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 11, 2008|Volume 36, Number 25

New business trends in biopharmaceutical industry to be explored by panel

A special Yale-CURE BioHaven presentation will give venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and the Yale community a chance to look into the future at the next generation of medical therapeutics.

The panel discussion will be held on Wednesday, April 16, at 5 p.m. in the Anlyan Center auditorium at 300 Cedar St. The program will feature presentations by leading industry observers on new trends in business formation.

Roger Longman, managing partner of Windhover Information Inc. and a leading expert in biopharmaceutical deal-making, will serve as moderator.

The panelists are:

William Burkoth, the senior manager of venture capital of Pfizer Venture Investments, Pfizer Inc., and a board observer for five Pfizer-supported new ventures.

Richard Flavell, professor and chair of immunobiology at Yale, as well as professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a founding scientist of Vaxinnate.

Haifan Lin, professor of cell biology, director of the Yale Stem Cell Center at the School of Medicine, and an internationally recognized stem cell researcher.

David Sheer, president of Sheer & Company Inc., a venture capitalist and expert in life sciences company formation.

Refreshments and networking will follow the discussion at 6:45 p.m. Admission is free, but advanced registration is required. To R.S.V.P., send an e-mail to biohaven@yale.edu or call the Yale Office of Cooperative Research at (203) 436-8096. A flyer about all events in the series is online at http://curenet.org/download/biohaven.pdf. Directions to the event are available online at http://info.med.yale.edu/maps/cab.html.

The BioHaven Entrepreneurship Series is sponsored by the Yale Office of Cooperative Research, Connecticut United for Research Excellence (CURE), Wiggin and Dana LLP, Elm Street Ventures and Price Waterhouse Coopers PC, with support from the Yale Entrepreneurial Society and the Yale Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Society. For further information on the seminar, contact Tracy Huang at (203) 436-8096 or tracy.huang@yale.edu.

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