BioPartnering North America (BPN), a three-day event which opens up life science partnering opportunities, will be held at Vancouver from January 24 to 26, 2010. The venue is Westin Bayshore Resort, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

BPN 2010 is organized by TVG & LifeSciences, British Columbia and hosted by BIOTE Canada & BioAlberta. The event annually attracts senior business development executives from around the globe. The focus of the event is business development and networking opportunities.

The Indian delegation will be led by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) & Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The key benefits for Indian delegation are that the registration fee of CAD US$ 1650 is waived off for all members along with free site visits to important Life sciences / Biotechnology companies and Universities in British Columbia.

These include BC Cancer Agency, Blesson Spinal Cord center, Genome British Columbia, St Pauls’s hospital and iCAPTURE center, Center for molecular medicine and therapeutics, BC Children’s hospital, The Prevention of Organ Failure Center of Excellence, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, QLT Inc, Pyng Medical, Oncogenex Pharma, Inimex Pharma, Stem cell Technologies and Xenon Genetics.