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Executive Director's
Report I spent yesterday at Whistler,
attending the Inaugural Ion Channel Retreat hosted by Aurora Biomed Inc., one
of our newest members. Here's a small BC technology company,
playing host to some of the top scientists in the world in the field of ion
channel research. Aurora Biomed invited me to provide an
overview of the biotech sector in Hats off to Aurora Biomed for hosting
this initiative, which we hope will become an annual fixture at Whistler.
This is precisely the kind of event which will help us promote what BC has to
offer! On another note, congratulations to
Justin Stephenson and his team at RBC Capital Partners. Jeff Bacha recently attend the C-21 Ventures Conference in
Monterrey, and directed me to a list of top investors in life sciences over
the last 90 days (source: VCBuzz.com). There, at #1, with $ 241 million in
deals, stands RBC Capital Partners. Well done, Justin and team. Finally, a quick update on my message
from the last BioFax. I mentioned that a site
selector company had visited on behalf of a pharmaceutical company which was
looking for a site to build a manufacturing facility. Last Thursday and
Friday, four representatives from the pharma
company came to This will be my last message before I
head to BIO 2003 on 19 June. I look forward to seeing some of you there. All
good wishes. - Paul Stinson |