
Please Join Us Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Rice
Alliance – Austin Chapter and UT's Austin Technology Incubator
invite you to
Austin's life sciences networking and educational event – symBIOsis.
If you're
a life sciences entrepreneur, entrepreneur-to-be, faculty, graduate student,
postdoctoral fellow,
or part of the life sciences industry in Austin, then this is for you!
The
mission of symBIOsis is to provide
an Austin-area forum
for the life
sciences community to network, support each other, and
learn about the challenges of starting and growing life sciences technology
companies.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
5:30
– 7:30PM
AT&T
Executive Education & Conference Center
$5 Students, $15 General
"Regulatory Matters Matter! A Commercialization Discussion for Biotechnology Entrepreneurs"
Enjoy food, drink, & conversation with Austin's life sciences network. Then stay for a panel discussion of regulatory pathway strategy and its importance in early stage companies. The panelists include experts in regulatory affairs with medical device, diagnostic and pharmaceutical experience. Additionally, the panel will include an attorney with insights on supporting regulatory filings and a start-up investor with thoughts on how regulatory strategy influences investment decisions in early stage companies.
Panelists:
Cindy R. WalkerPeach, Ph.D., Director, ATI-Biosciences
Moderator:
Oliver Meek, Vice President, QA/RA, Luminex Corporation
Jeffrey D. Lazar, MD, Ph.D., President and Managing Director, Lazar Associates, LLC
Jerry DeVries, Managing Director, TEXO Ventures
Rebecca Jones McKnight, Associate, DLA Piper
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