Jenkens & Gilchrist Launches Biotech Consulting Subsidiary; `Connexon' Life Science Consulting Group Represents a First in the Legal World.Business Editors/Health & Medical and Legal Writers HOUSTON--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 31, 2002 Jenkens & Gilchrist recently became the first law firm to establish a consulting subsidiary to provide services to the biotech industry. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jenkens & Gilchrist, Connexon Life Sciences Consulting Inc. will operate from Washington, D.C. and offer business solutions in three areas: 1. Identify and help small and start-up biotech companies apply to funding sources. 2. Provide experienced research portfolio management advice for mid-size biotech companies and academic institutions. 3. Coordinate technical due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. evaluation for investors, including large biotech and pharmaceutical companies and venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . "Like Jenkens & Gilchrist, several law firms have biotech practices," said Bill Durbin, newly-elected chair of Jenkens & Gilchrist. "But through Connexon , we are engaging the biotech industry at the center of its existence -- science -- giving us a competitive marketplace advantage." Connexon is led by Dr. Rosemarie Hunziker, a biologist with a deep understanding of both the scientific and regulatory biotech environment. Dr. Hunziker's experience includes 15 years as a laboratory researcher and serving as a Program Manager for the Advanced Technology Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. (NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. ). In that role, Dr. Hunziker evaluated more than 500 proposals for technical quality and commercial potential, and was the federal performance monitor for selected awardees. She was a founding member of MATES (Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science) Working Group, a team of government officials from various agencies that funds tissue reengineering. In its short history, MATES has helped expand understanding of federal funding in this cutting edge area of biotechnology research, within government circles and the life sciences industry. Dr. Hunziker received a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy A college of pharmacy generally refers to a tertiary educational institution (or part of such an institution) which is involved in the education of future pharmacists and pharmaconomists. and Science, a Master of Science in Immunogenetics Immunogenetics A scientific discipline that uses immunological methods to study the inheritance of traits. Traditionally, immunogenetics has been concerned with moieties that elicit immune response, that is, with antigens (antigenic determinants). from Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. , her Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of Alberta, and post-doctoral training at the National Institutes of Health's Laboratory of Immunology. Jenkens & Gilchrist is a full-service law firm providing legal services to businesses and individuals with U.S. and international operations from offices in Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Antonio and Washington, D.C. With more than 600 attorneys nationwide Jenkens & Gilchrist serves clients worldwide in all areas of commercial activity. A Q&A sheet and Dr. Hunziker's bio are available upon request by contacting Petri Darby at 713/286-2073 or pdarby@jenkens.com. |
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