The EuroForum is organizing a Biotech Patenting conference from 1-2 March 2004 at Forum Hotel, Hochstrasse 3, Munich, Germany. The event will focus on legal strategies for protecting the latest innovations in a changing landscape. The conference is designed to provide the latest information through a faculty of leading in-house biotech and pharmaceutical counsel, patent attorneys and a representative from the EPO.

For further details, contact: james@euro-legal.co.uk

EuroForum is organizing a conference on "Safety Biomarkers" from 26-27 January 2004 at Eden Hotel, Wolff Munich, Germany. This is Europe's first international conference dedicated solely to discussion of safety biomarkers and the key challenges in the development and application of improved biomarkers of toxicity. This event will bring together an impressive group of experts working in this field from all over the world. The conference will focus on approval process for biomarker acceptance, application of current biomarkers in clinical and preclinical studies, methods for the identification of novel non-invasive clinical biomarkers, development of bridging biomarkers, etc.

For further details, contact: niamh@ef-international.co.uk

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is organizing the first-ever BIO-Asia Clinical Stage Partnering Conference on 2-3 February, 2004, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo. This event is a select, customized partnering forum that will introduce U.S. and European clinical-stage drug development companies to Japanese and other Asian pharmaceutical companies. The conference features private, one-on-one meetings pre-arranged between senior-level executives.

For further information, contact: bioasia@bio.org

The Strategic Research Institute is organizing a conference on "Protein Interactions" on 8-9 March 2004 in Hyatt Regency at Penn's Landing Philadelphia, P.A. The conference features the latest in protein-protein interactions, protein-small molecule interactions, identification and interaction of pathways, drug design, protein-DNA interactions and proteins in disease.

For further details, contact: kswanstrom@srinstitute.com

IBC is organizing a conference on "Process Validation for Biologicals" from 23-24 February, 2004 at Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina-San Diego, CA. The conference focuses on developing and implementing successful validation strategies and procedures for manufacturing biologicals while adhering to GMP and other regulatory guidances in a cost-effective manner. The event is being held concurrently with IBC's inaugural conference on 21 CFR Part 11: Ensuring Compliance and Mitigating Risk.

For further information, contact: reg@ibcusa.com

BioAsia 2004 being held in Hyderabad on 26-28 February, 2004 is promoted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Genome Valley, Hyderabad. This global bio business forum will help in building global alliances and collaborations, showcasing products/services and networking with industry leaders, research scientists and media analysts.

The event consists of a tradeshow, conference, B2B forum and a knowledge pavilion. The conference will cover advances in genomics, proteomics, structural genomics and structural design that are likely to impact pharmaceutical design, medicine, agriculture, forestry, marine life, animal husbandry and various other subjects.

For further information, visit: www.bioasia2004.org