Announcement

Dear Northern California BPPM subscribers and friends:

Many of you are aware that our Northern California BPPM network has changed to The Biopharma Consortium (BPC), based on 1) the growing interest of our supporters outside of the project management discipline and 2) the strategic direction that our board of directors is rapidly moving.

This change is rooted, in particular, in the depth and breadth of the biotech and pharmaceutical industry programming we have been providing over the past 2-1/2 years, spanning research & development (from bench science to regulatory strategy), strategic alliances, marketing & corporate development, and resulting in more diverse networking opportunities.

Over the past few years, we have progressively have gained new members from diverse disciplines in the life sciences enabling us to more than double the volume of our subscribers in less than 2 years.

To better reflect who we are as a biopharma industry group, and in order to serve the needs of this growing and diverse life science community, we have shifted our core focus from “PM exclusivity” to create an entity that reflects the needs and the interests of this community which is “PM inclusive”.  As a consortium, we employ a collaborations model to bring and endorse selected programming from our network "sister" organizations within the consortium.

Our Mission Statement:

The Biopharma Consortium (BPC) is a life science consortium that engages, serves and partners with biotech, pharma, medical device, academia, research institutes and special interest or service groups within the life science industry to provide access to a broad and deep network of professionals and career opportunities fueled by leading edge science, medicine and business.

BPC will continue the essential legacy commitment to career development, training, and leading-edge industry trends.

BPC’s core focus is the leading edge of the biotech and pharmaceutical industry and affiliates – we strive to keep pace with the rapidly changing landscape that will continue to drive our programming and networking opportunities that follow.

We look ahead with you to this exciting new chapter. Stay tuned for new developments. We welcome your questions, ideas, and contributions.

Sincerely,

The BPC Board

Lisa Hagerty-McMahon, Deborah Ovadia, Julia Larson, Matthew Busse, Neeraj Sharma

Note: We officially launched BPC on March 27, 2015 as announced at our most recent breakfast meeting at Genentech. To review the information and slides / FAQs that accompany this transition, please visit our former (transitioning) website: http://norcalbppm.blogspot.com. Announcements for our new website will follow soon. For Project Management Professionals (PMPs), in most cases you will be able to claim PDUs for attendance at our programs. Please view the 3/27/15 slides for detail.