BayHelix appreciate the generous support of the following sponsors. The resources they provide help us to accomplish our missions and bring value to the life science industry, the community, and our individual members.
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Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau http://www.investbeijing.gov.cn

Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau is a bureau-level public service unit responsible for the professional service of investment promotion directly under People's Government of Beijing Municipality.
The organization and setup of Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau is an important measure adopted by the municipal government for optimizing development environment, transferring governmental functions and constructing service-oriented government.
Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau aims at "emancipating the mind, keeping pace with the times, developing and making progress unceasingly, and credible service", devotes to the marketing and propagation of Beijing's economic image, wholeheartedly provides complete professional services for Chinese and foreign investors, and sets up a bridge between the government and enterprises. For more information, please visit: http://www.investbeijing.gov.cn.

Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA  www.merck.com/licensing/

Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA, is an innovative, global health care leader committed to improving health and well-being around the world. Today's Merck discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets vaccines, medicines, and consumer and animal health products designed to help save and improve lives.

Merck has hundreds of successful collaborations with companies, institutions, academics, and other organizations around the world. In fact, 63% of Merck's 2009 human health sales were attributable to these alliance products and patents — including some of our biggest blockbusters.

We welcome partnerships in an expanded range of therapeutic areas that address unmet medical needs, as well as technologies that will enhance the productivity of our research laboratories. From basic research through phase III, IV, and beyond, when you partner with us, you will have world class research, development, regulatory, and marketing resources to ensure commercial success.  Please visit us at www.merck.com/licensing/ to learn more.

Finnegan www.finnegan.com

Finnegan is one of the largest law firms in the world focusing solely on intellectual property law.  Founded in 1965 by the late Marcus Finnegan and our senior partner Douglas B. Henderson, Finnegan has grown from a two-member partnership to a firm of over 375 lawyers practicing all aspects of IP law. 

The firm is widely recognized as one of the leading intellectual property law firms in the world.  Managing Intellectual Property has named Finnegan as the Full Service IP Firm of the Year for North America for four years in a row (2008-2011).  In its annual World IP surveys of 4,000 global practitioners, MIP has consistently ranked the firm in the first or second tiers of U.S. law firms for Patent Contentious and Prosecution  (2002-2011) and for Trademark Contentious and Prosecution (2005-2011).  In other surveys, Chambers Global ranked the firm as a first tier U.S. intellectual property law firm in its 2009 and 2010 editions.  The Legal 500 U.S, 2010 edition ranks the firm as first tier for patent litigation, patent prosecution, trademark noncontentious, trademark litigation, and licensing. Please visit us at: www.finnegan.com.


ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC. http://www.labspace.com/

ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC. (NYSE:ARE), Landlord of Choice to the Life Science Industry®, is the largest owner and preeminent real estate investment trust ("REIT") focused principally on cluster development through the ownership, operation, management, selective redevelopment, development, and acquisition of properties containing office/laboratory space. Alexandria is the leading provider of high-quality environmentally sustainable real estate, technical infrastructure, and services to the broad and diverse life science industry. Client tenants include institutional (universities and independent not-for-profit institutions), pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, product, service, and translational entities, as well as government agencies. Alexandria's operating platform is based on the principle of "clustering", with assets and operations located in key life science markets. http://www.labspace.com/

IDBS www.idbs.com

IDBS is a unique global supplier of innovative data management and analytics solutions which increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve business and scientific productivity of R&D organizations worldwide. Organizations such as Pfizer, GSK, Celera, MedImmune, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Roche employ IDBS solutions as an integral part of their strategy to address the increasing pressures placed upon them by the need for the secure, compliant capture, integration and analysis of complex research data.
IDBS is clearly differentiated from other software providers by its unique combination of deep domain knowledge and its ability to rapidly provide integrated business process and robust data analytics solutions along the entire R&D value chain. IDBS solutions secure organizations’ valuable R&D data assets and enable rapid decision-making through effective integration and analysis. They also support the protection of intellectual property (IP) and the requirements for data quality demanded under Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards.

Kidder Mathews www.kiddermathews.com

The Kidder Mathews Life Science China Practice Group, has been working to bridge the gap between Bay Area and Chinese life science companies for the last decade.
Our team not only has countless relationships with life science companies in both the United States and China, but also works closely with venture capitalists, private investors, and attorneys that focus on this sector. We have also served as advisors to the Mayor's Office of San Francisco on the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), and currently serve on the Advisory Board of the San Francisco China Desk. With the largest Life Science practice group in Northern California, our goal is to continue to help foster more productive relationships between life science companies in the United States and China.

CST China www.cst-c.com.cn

Established in Beverly, MA in 1999, Cell Signaling Technology (CST) is a privately-owned company with over 350 employees worldwide. We are dedicated to providing innovative research tools that are used to help define mechanisms underlying cell function and disease. Since its inception, CST has become the world leader in the production of the highest quality activation-state antibodies utilized to expand knowledge of cell signaling pathways. Our mission is to deliver the world's highest quality research tools that accelerate progress in biological research and personalized medicine. For more information, please visit: www.cellsignal.com.

To better serve customers in China, CST China subsidiary was established in October of 2008, we build up technical support team, set up local inventory which covers most antibodies in common usage. For more information, please visit: www.cst-c.com.cn.

Wuhan BioLake www.biolake.org

Beijing Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltdwww.bpgc.com.cn

Founded in 1998, Beijing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. is a state-owned, large-scale comprehensive pharmaceutical industry group.

Beijing Pharmaceutical has 20 wholly owned and holding companies and about 17,000 employees. Beijing Pharmaceutical, which operates in more than 20 countries and regions in the world, offers innovative and effective products and services for patients in chemical synthesis of drugs, natural drugs, drug intermediates, nutrition, health care products, medical equipment, pharmaceutical equipment, biotechnology agents and flow areas. 
www.bpgc.com.cn

MC China Ltd www.martincurrie.com/contact/search/china/

MC China Ltd, a Martin Currie Group Company. Martin Currie is a specialist investment management business. It manages £11.8 billion (US$19.1 billion) in active equity portfolios for a global client base of financial institutions, charities, foundations, endowments, pension funds, family offices, government agencies and investment funds.
It now manages £2.9 billion (US$4.7 billion) in dedicated Greater China strategies through MC China. Martin Currie is one of the largest international investors in the domestic Chinese A-share market.
China healthcare Partnership is a specialty sector fund under MC China. The fund was launched in July 2008, and invested in China-based healthcare companies that can be listed in stock exchanges worldwide. Currently, the fund holds 30 or so public equities and one private equity. By the end of February, the fund's absolute return since launch reached more than 66%.
www.martincurrie.com/contact/search/china/

Beckman Coulter www.beckmancoulter.com

Beckman Coulter develops, manufacturers and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing. Our diagnostic systems are found in hospitals and other critical care settings around the world and produce information used by physicians to diagnose disease, make treatment decisions and monitor patients. Scientists use our life science research instruments to study complex biological problems including causes of disease and potential new therapies or drugs.
Hospital laboratories are our core clinical diagnostic customers. Our life science customers include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities, medical schools and research institutions. Beckman Coulter has an installed base of more than 200,000 clinical and research systems operating in laboratories around the world. Annual sales totaled $3.3 billion in 2009.
www.beckmancoulter.com (English)
www.beckmancoulter.com.cn (Chinese)

FosterPartnersRSA http://www.fprsa.com/

A joint venture between Foster Partners, one of China's leading Executive Search firms, and RSA, a global leader in Life Sciences Executive Search and Interim Management; FosterPartnersRSA brings to you almost 50 years of specialist Executive Search and Interim Management experience.
FosterPartnersRSA serves local and global clients in the Life Sciences and Healthcare industries, supporting them in identifying and retaining the key executives necessary to drive their rapidly-expanding business interests in China.
http://www.fprsa.com/

OrbiMed www.orbimed.com

OrbiMed is the world's largest healthcare-dedicated investment firm, with over $5 billion in assets under management. Since inception of its private equity investment activities in 1993, OrbiMed has successfully invested in over 90 private companies across a wide range of therapeutic categories and stages of development. OrbiMed's investment team includes approximately 30 experienced professionals with backgrounds in science, medicine, industry, finance and law. OrbiMed's professionals work together using a collaborative, team-oriented approach to support our portfolio companies, which has earned OrbiMed a reputation as a capital provider of choice for life sciences companies of all stages.

Deloitte www.deloitte.com

 Bio www.bio.org