Biotech Supply Chain Conference Returns to San Francisco

June 8, 2009 - PRLog -- The world’s leading community for the biotech supply chain professionals will be gathering at the South San Francisco Convention Center on October 19-20, 2009, for the second annual Biotech Supply Chain Academy.  The expanded conference titled “Rx for a Lean & Healthy Biotech Supply Chain: Collaborating for Progress” will include tracks for Risk Management, Talent Management, Supplier Management, and Systems Management.  

Industry leaders and eminent members of the academia will address the challenges and solutions through collaboration and cooperation between suppliers, manufacturers, and customers. “The executive leaders of the biopharma industry and academia are determined to shape the supply chain of the young biotech industry which faces formidable challenges of effective patient care, high-cost of drug development and its time line,” says Professor Devendra Mishra, the executive director of the Bio Supply Management Alliance, the producer of the event.  “End-to end connectivity with information in a global marketplace, deployment of technology, Federal regulations here and abroad, and overall cost reduction in the cost of the stakeholders are key challenges.”

Confirmed keynote speakers include John Figueroa, CEO of McKesson presenting “The Building Blocks of a World-Class Distributor”; Rita Mulcahy, PMP, President of RMC Project emphasizing  “Risk Management Mistakes to Avoid”; Jim Kellso, Senior Supply Chain Master at Intel Corporation sharing “Career Development for the Supply Chain Management Professional—an Intel Story”; and Martin Van Prieste, Vice President of Quality at Amgen, making a pioneering initiative for “Rx 360: Global QA for Suppliers”

Other participants include Thomas Panzer, Vice-President, Global Supply Chain; Gary Lynch, Managing Director, Supply Chain Risk Management Practice at Marsh; Ron Bone, Executive Vice-President of Distribution Support at McKesson; Mark Buck, Global Supply Chain and Procurement Leader at Bio-Rad Laboratories; Tim Moore, Senior Vice-President of Global Supply Chain at Genentech; Dave Malenfant, Senior Vice-President of Global Supply Chain at Alcon Laboratories; R. Andrew Ramelmeier, Ph.D., Vice-President of Manufacturing and Process Development at BioMarin Pharmaceutical; Phil Kaminsky, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley; and, Alison Moore, Vice-President of Supply Chain Operations at Amgen.

For more information on the Biotech Supply Chain Academy, visit www.biosupplyalliance.org/evebsca2009.html.

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About Bio Supply Management Alliance

The Bio Supply Management Alliance was born out of the need to create a worldwide community of operations and supply chain management leaders and professionals in the biotech, biopharma, and biomedical device industries. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, home to more than 600 bio firms, the Alliance provides a forum for collaboration, learning and best practice sharing of practitioners, executives and thought leaders in these uniquely demanding industry sectors.

Founders Tim Salaver and Devendra Mishra have forged relationships with key industry leaders and defined initiatives with a vision to create process, people, and policy improvements in this vital sector.

Because Life Depends On UsTM, the Bio Supply Management Alliance supports continuous learning and improvement of bio supply management professionals.

For more information about the Bio Supply Management Alliance, visit www.biosupplyalliance.org.