Women helping women, supporting women, and empowering women to be a force. Those were the principles guiding Ohlone College’s 4th Annual Women in Engineering, Computer Science, and Biotechnology Speed Mentoring dinner held on March 8th, International Women’s Day. “It helps to see and know the women who have gone before you, who have paved the […]
The following post was originally published on Devendra Mishra’s LinkedIn blog. Bio Supply Management Alliance (BSMA) had the unique opportunity to conceive and promote a “Commercialization Boot Camp” in Life Sciences in collaboration with the City of Fremont, Biocom, Biomedical Manufacturing Network and Biomedical Engineering Society on the 28th of September at the Marriott Hotel in Fremont. […]
When the Bio Supply Management Alliance (BSMA) was born a decade ago right here in the Bay Area, the goals were lofty: create a worldwide community of operations and supply chain management leaders and professionals in the biotech, biopharma, and biomedical device industries. Since then, I’ve been overwhelmed by the growth and success of the […]
Since 1983, RK Logistics has provided third-party logistics (3PL) support to some of the region’s most iconic high-tech manufacturing companies, as well as local innovators and startups. As you can imagine, this business gives us a unique perspective on the health of regional manufacturing and its supply chain activities. This is one of the reasons […]
Drug companies are expanding manufacturing in — where else? — the high-cost Bay Area. A trio of international drug companies are wrapping up or moving forward on East Bay projects worth more than $400 million and some 300 new jobs. Practically all the jobs will land in Fremont as German drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim expands […]
Last week, a classroom at the Ohlone College Newark Campus was bustling with people—eager to learn, as you would expect. But, they were not your average college students assembling for English 101. Rather, it was a cohort of working professionals from across the biomedical and life science industries who were attending the region’s first Medical […]
The “breakthrough” theme of this year’s BIO International Convention in San Diego was well-earned — what with medical breakthroughs in Hepatitis B and HIV, political breakthroughs in FDA funding, and gender breakthroughs — highlighted by NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, the first person to sequence DNA in outer space. It was a breakthrough year for attendance […]
The San Francisco Bay Area is the place to be for the biomedical industry as evidenced by the large share of investment capital and deals going to Bay Area biopharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostic companies. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) recently released an informative report highlighting how the San Francisco Bay Area is the leading […]
The World Cup is not the only place where countries are coming together, all seeking the same prize. This week, countries, regions, and companies from across the globe flocked to California for the 2014 BIO International Convention, taking their best “shots” at scoring more biotechnology business. As a City with biotech/biomedical as its largest single […]
