Biotechnology Executives to Gather in Cambridge to View Leading Companies and Products from Downunder.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2003 - Australian and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. Biotech Companies Showcase Novel Programs in Vaccines, Biologics and Drug Discovery - The Second Annual Boston BioRelationships Meeting will showcase eight (8) of the best and brightest companies from downunder, specializing in the drug discovery and development on June 19th in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. . Australia and New Zealand combine as the largest resource of biotechnology research in the Asian Pacific. Meeting speakers include: -- David W. Anstice, President, Human Health - The Americas Merck & Co., Inc. -- Janice Bourque, President, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council -- John Conley Director, Chief Financial Officer, Strategy and Finance, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE: ALNY), a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutic products based on RNA interference (RNAi) in the United States. Companies presenting from Australia and New Zealand include: Antisense antisense, DNA or RNA manipulated in a laboratory so that its components (nucleotides) form a complementary copy of normal, or "sense," messenger RNA (mRNA; see nucleic acid). , Genesis R&D Corp., Virionyx Corporation, The Brain Resource Co., Proacta Therapeutics, Vaccine Solutions, Peplin Biotech, and Bionomics bi·o·nom·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) See ecology. [From French bionomique, pertaining to ecology, from bionomie, ecology : Greek bio-, bio- . US companies that will represented on conference panels will be Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Sanofi, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Genzyme. "This meeting is a perfect opportunity for senior business executives and biotechnology investors to view the wealth of untapped partnering and investment opportunities in one of the fasted growing biotechnology region of the world," stated Janice Bourque, President of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council. The all-day meeting followed by a cocktail reception and dinner will take place on June 19th at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, MA. Registration and complete information on the meeting can be accessed at www.biorelationships.com . There is a small registration fee to cover the cost of meals and beverages. Conference sponsors include The Australian/ New Zealand/ American Chamber of Commerce of New England (ANZACC), Fish & Richardson P.C., Investment New Zealand, Austrade, City of Melbourne This article is about a local government area. For the city centre of Melbourne, see Melbourne city centre. The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the central city area of Melbourne. , Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Palmer & Dodge LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , L.E.K Consulting, Innovations, Inc. and MacDougall BioCommunications, Inc. |
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