Dear friends,

SAPA-NE, teams up with NESACS, proudly present to our members an excellent work shop titled "Challenges and Trends of Drug Discovery Outsourcing in Asia"

The strong panel of speakers include:

Dr. Ge Li, Chairman and CEO, Wuxi Pharma

Dr. Micheal Song, CEO, Beijing PharmaScience

Dr, Roger Xie, Associate Director, Sirtris Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Vincent Ling, VP, Dragonfly Sciences

Dr. Don Wang, CEO and President, PharmaAdvance

Dr. Chunlin Chen, CEO, Medicilon

Dr. Kerry Spear, Executive Director, Drug Discovery, Sepracor

Mr. John Oyler, CEO, Bioduro

Dr. Aravind Merwade, Director, Process Development, Wockhardt Ltd. India

Dr. Steve Tam, Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Wyeth

Dr. Rashmi Barabaya, CEO and Managing Director, Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd.

and more

Date: May 14, 2008, Wednesday

Time: 7:15 PM

Panel Discussion, Q&A, followed by network hour

Location: Holiday Inn, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA 01801

Free parking

Free admission, a curtsey of SAPA-NE and NESACS

Please take an advantage of this excellent opportunity to hear first hand from top executives from major layers in our industry in Asia. Bring enough business cards to network with the CEOs as well as your fellow scientists in local companies. Some companies are hiring. So the executives do want to meet you. Spread the good news to your friends and bring them in. Seats are limited. Please come on time.

Hope to see you there.

SAPA-NE Executive Committee

www.SAPA-NEweb.org