The Facility
Training will be held at PacificGMP, located in San Diego, California (map) at their state-of-the-art contract manufacturing facility that is specially designed to produce biologics utilizing disposable technology. The facility contains class 10,000 and class 100,000 processing suites for upstream and downstream processing of biopharmaceuticals.
Instructor
Leigh N. Pierce,
President, PacificGMP
Leigh N. Pierce has over 16 years experience in the biotechnology industry and is currently the President of PacificGMP, a contract manufacturing organization that specializes in the development and manufacturing of biologics utilizing single-use technology. Formerly, she was President of Pierce BioDevelopment, a consulting firm that assists pharmaceutical companies with development and manufacturing of biologics. Prior to consulting, she was Manager of Process Development and Manufacturing of mammalian cell culture products at Arizeke Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In less than a year, Ms. Pierce was able to take Arizeke’s lead compound from a DNA construct to a 500L scale production. At Immusol, Inc. she identified genes involved with regulating breast cancer genes and assisted with the development of Immusol’s patented Inverse Genomics™ platform. At Chiron Center for Gene Therapy, she developed, optimized and scaled-up new methods of recombinant retrovirus production.
How to Apply:
Use Online Registration Form
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2008 Course Schedule
- July 22-24, 2008
- October 21-23, 2008
Each day the course begins at 9:00 am and concludes at 5:00 - 5:30 pm. Continental breakfast is served from 8:15 - 9:00 am, two refreshment breaks are at approximately 10:00 am and 3:00 pm and lunch will be served each day at approximately 12:00 pm. The third day concludes just before lunch giving the attendees one last opportunity to ask questions or have discussions during lunch.
Course Fees (Effective July 2008)
Commercial/Industry: $3700
Government/Academic: $2450
Registrants are responsible for their accommodations.
Registration Discount: Register two delegates and the third person will receive 50% off the registration fee. All registrations must be submitted and paid simultaneously.
Private courses for individual companies can be scheduled for a maximum of 10 students at $9500 per day. The curriculum can be tailored to the specific needs of the participants. |
