BioFunding Summit to Feature GPEC Leadership.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K BioFunding Summit 2003 PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2003 The Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC GPEC Gestion Prévisionnelle des Emplois et Compétences GPEC Greater Phoenix Economic Council GPEC General Purpose Electronic Computer GPEC Global Production Engineering Center ) has announced that it is a Platinum Sponsor of the BioFunding Summit taking place next week at the Westin Kierland in Phoenix, October 16-19, 2003. GPEC will also be sponsoring the dinner featuring Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano on October 16 and the event luncheon on October 17, which will feature Dr. Jeffrey Trent, of the Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen (TGen). This is a first-ever top-level sponsorship of a biotech event for the economic development organization. "Greater Phoenix area cancer research innovations - from the work happening at Mayo in Scottsdale, ASU ASU Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) ASU Appalachian State University ASU Arkansas State University ASU Angelo State University ASU Alabama State University ASU Australian Services Union BioDesign in Tempe, and TGen and IGC in Phoenix - is leaping forward in ways that will change the way cancer is treated in the not-so-distant future," said Rick Weddle, GPEC president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "It is fitting that leading edge information exchanges about cancer research and related drug development should happen here in Greater Phoenix, and we are proud of the sponsorship opportunity and the ability to participate in this conference." The National Foundation for Cancer Research The National Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1973 as a non-profit organization under U.S. tax code 501(c)(3). Over the past 30 years, NFCR has provided more than $200 million in support of discovery-oriented basic science cancer research and cancer prevention. (NFCR NFCR National Foundation for Cancer Research NFCR National Fund for Calamity Relief (India) NFCR National Flow Cytometry Resource (Los Alamos National Laboratory) ), The Scientist magazine, the International Genomics Consortium (IGC), the City of Phoenix, and the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce are also top level sponsors of the event. Greater Phoenix is an innovative market in cancer research and therapeutics. Last year, following the location of TGen and IGC, the Phoenix-based Flinn Foundation commissioned the Battelle Institute, a recognized leader in industry and technology analysis, to assist the state with its focus on biotechnology. Its report, "Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap" indicated opportunities that will help the state and region become a biotech leader, and it was found that cancer therapeutics, as well as neurological sciences and bioengineering, were well positioned for the state and regional future. Biotech is a key target industry that GPEC is working to attract to the region. Greater Phoenix currently employs 44,000 people in the biosciences and has 759 biotech companies. Speakers for the Biofunding Summit Investors Forum on October, 16th include: -- Jeff Trent, Ph.D., - President, Translational Genomics Research Institute -- Dan Von Hoff, M.D. - Director, Arizona Cancer Center and the NFCR Center for New Therapies Development -- William Hazeltine Ph.D. - CEO, Human Genome Sciences Human Genome Sciences NASDAQ: HGSI is a biopharmaceutical corporation founded in 1992. Its stated purpose is to "discover, develop, manufacture and market innovative drugs that serve patients with unmet medical needs, with a primary focus on protein and antibody drugs. , Inc. -- Roy Parker, Ph.D. - Arizona Cancer Center -- Elizabeth Jaffee, M.D. - Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. -- Charles Sawyers, M.D. - UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX -- Paul Schimmel Schimmel is a German surname and may refer to:
-- George Poste, D.V.M., Ph.D. - CEO, Health Technology Networks -- David Mallery, J.D., MBA - VP, International Genomics Consortium -- David Alberts, M.D. - Arizona Cancer Center For more information about GPEC, please visit www.gpec.org, and for more information about the BioFunding Summit, visit http://www.biofundingsummit.org. A true public/private partnership, GPEC is a cooperative effort of Maricopa County and 14 communities, and more than 130 private-sector business partners. GPEC's mission is "to leverage public-private resources in support of economic development strategies for attraction/expansion of employers." |
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