THE SUMMARY OF BIO-FORUM III 

The Conference is under patronage of:

Polish Minister of Economy European Association of Pahrma Biotechnology

About Bio-Forum III

Conference place

Organizers

 Program

Final results of the contest for the best biotech R&D project

PRIZES SPONSORED BY:

 

  

Bio-Forum III contest for the best pharmaceutical and medical biotechnology R&D project

Bio-Tech Consulting together with Pharmaceutical Works POLPHARMA S.C. announced a contest, accompanying biotechnology science-business conference Bio-Forum III, for the best pharmaceutical and medical biotechnology R&D project.  It was the first such undertaking in Poland. 
The goal of the contest was the promotion of:
1) interesting and innovative R&D projects realized by Polish scientific research teams 
2) collaboration of business with science in the field of medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology.
Winners of the contest (listed below) were granted prizes by 
Pharmaceutical Works POLPHARMA S.C.   

  

Laureates of the contest

     
I.










  Pawel Sachadyn

"MutScreen - a system for SNP
 egzamination in genomic DNA"

          
II.










  Arkadiusz Kozubek


"Original Liposomal Formulations of Amphotercin B, Antifungal Polyene  Antibiotic, for Internal Applications"
       
III.



 Jadwiga Buchenska


"Antibacterial Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Surgical  Threads 
Containing Aminoglycoside Type Antibiotic"
       

  About Bio-Forum  III  and the Symposium

A Symposium: "Linking Polish Biotech to Uniting Europe"  organised during Bio-Forum III conference (May 20-21, 2002) was addressed first and foremost to young scientists and businessmen, who plan to start up their own biotech company and those who are already managing biotechnology companies,  Polish researchers conducting biotechnology R&D projects and European biotechnology community interested in cooperation with them.  
   
The main aim was to get Polish participants of Bio-Forum III together  with foreign guests.
 
One of the objectives was to provide the most important information and contacts, which may have turned out beneficial, when starting-up and managing a biotech company in Poland with cooperation of foreign companies and institutions.
 
The main objectives of Bio-Forum III were:
- to get acquainted with interesting R&D projects
- to make a good connection with Polish biotechnology business and science
  people
- to learn about Polish biotechnology potential
- to discover new business opportunity for your company
- to build the bridge between West and Middle-East part of Europe in
  biotechnology activity
 
One of our main concerns was to create our participants many occasions to meet and discuss issues with each other as well as with the conference's Polish and foreign guests.
  
Thus, after each session we had planned "Face to face meetings".  During these meetings each speaker was asked to come to a specially reserved table in the  "meeting room" to be available for making first contacts with interested Bio-Forum participants.
 

Conference place

University of Lodz's Conference Centre
ul. Kopcinskiego 16/18
90-232 Lodz, Poland
 
Date of conference
May 20-21, 2002 

 

Organizers

Bio-Forum III Conference is organized under the auspices of:  
Polish Ministry of Economy 

   
European Association of Pharma Biotechnology.
 

Bio-Forum III is organized by Bio-Tech Consulting a Polish biotechnology consulting company - the owner of two internet biotechnology magazines:
Serwis Biotechnologiczny and 
it's English version Polish Biotechnology News
Address:





Bio-Tech Consulting
ul. Kaminskiego 23
90-229 Lodz, Poland
tel:  +48 42 678-01-12
fax: +48 42 678-01-28
e-mail: biotech@biotechnologia.pl
and
   
Polish Section of European Association of Pharma Biotechnology attached to the Polish Pharmaceutical Society

 Address:
 Polish Pharmaceutical Society, 
ul. Dluga 16
00-238 Warsaw, Poland
tel:      +48 22 831 02 43
tel/fax: +48 22 831 15 43



   
The organizer of the Legislative Issues Session:
Licensing Executives Society International (LES International).

Address:
Licensing Executives Society, 
ul. Emilii Plater 28
00-688 Warszawa, Poland
tel:     +48 22 832 2515
e-mail: lpatent@atomnet.pl.
www.les.org.pl 






Program

PROGRAM
 
May 20, 2002
9:30 - 19:00
"How to set-up and develop the biotechnology company in Poland"
Conference language of this part conference will be Polish.  The aim is the promotion of setting up new biotechnology companies in Poland.
   

9:30 - 9:40

 The opening of Bio-Forum III
     

SESSION I  

 Biotech Companies in Polish reality
   

9:40 - 10:10

 Dr Piotr Borowicz, Institute of Biotechnology
and Antibiotics, Warsaw, Poland
"A New Technology Of Recombinant Human Insulin"

10:10 - 10:40

 Dr Leszek Rychlewski, CEO BioInfoBank Ltd, Poznan, Poland
"Financing a biotech project in Poland.  Bacteriophage therapy case study."

10:40 - 11:10

 Dr Adam Burkiewicz, CEO A&A Biotechnology, Gdynia, Poland
"What to do to make a biotech company in Poland successful." 

11:10 - 11:40

 Dr Krzysztof Kucharczyk, CEO Kucharczyk TE, Warsaw, Poland
"Financing scientific research in a private company"

11:40 - 12:00


 Coffee break, meeting session with:
 Dr Piotr Borowicz, Dr Leszek Rychlewski, 
Dr Adam Burkiewicz, Dr Krzysztof Kucharczyk
   

SESSION II 

 Development Background in Poland for Biotech Companies
   
12:00 - 12:30

 MSc Janusz Krata, Aventis CorpScience Poland Ltd.
"Development Perspectives for agro biotechnology and agro-biotechnology companies in Poland, chances and barriers.

12:30 - 13:00



 Prof. Anna Podhajska, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology (IFB), 
University of Gdansk & Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
"Gdynia's Hi-Tech Park as a chance for the biotech companies development of in Poland"

13:00 - 13:30


 Malgorzata Pienkowska, Biuro AiF, DEUTSCH-POLNISCHE INDUSTRIE- 
UND HANDELSKAMMER, Warsaw Poland
"Support of research projects collaboration - presentation of the PROINNO program"
13:30 - 13:40

 Dr Tadeusz Pietrucha, CEO 
Bio-Tech Consulting, Lodz, Poland
"Presentation of the goals of Polish biotechnology companies economic mission to U.S.A" 
13:40 - 14:00


 Coffee break, meeting session with:
 MSc Janusz Krata, Prof. Anna Podhajska, 
Malgorzata Pienkowska, Dr Tadeusz Pietrucha
14:00 - 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 - 15:20

                           
The announcement of final results of the contest for the best biotech R&D project.
Official prize-giving by the contest's sponsor:
 POLPHARMA S.C.
SESSION III





 Biotech Development Legislative Issues
Session organized in collaboration with 
Licensing Executives Society International -  LES International.  
Chairman: Rafal Witek MSc, patent attorney
15:30 - 16:00

 Rafal Witek MSc, patent attorney, 
Warsaw, Poland
"Legislative protection of biotechnology solutions and inventions"
16:00 - 16:30

 Adam Kruszewski, patenr attorney, 
Warsaw, Poland
"Law protection of superior organisms”
16:30 - 17:00


 Mariusz Kondrat, Department of European Law, European Integration Committee Office, Warsaw, Poland
"Additional law protection for health products"
17:30 - 18:00

 Maria Niepiekło, attorney, 
NÖRR STIEFENHOFER LUTZ, Warsaw, Poland
"The legal framework for business activity in Poland"
18:00 - 18:30

 Jakub Radłowski, patent attorney, 
Cracow, Poland
18:30 - 19:00



 Coffee break, meeting session with:
 Rafal Witek MSc, Adam Kruszewski, 
Mariusz Kondrat, Maria Niepiekło and
Jakub Radłowski
SESSION IV

 Financing of biotechnology projects and companies 
19:00 - 19:30


 Ewa Mazurkiewicz, Jan Szczygiel, Department of Banking & Investments, PENETRATOR S.C. Cracow, Poland
"The process of raising capital for biotechnology oriented firms in Poland."
19:30 - 19:45

 Maciej Kowalczyk, investment analyst, 
MCI Management S.C. 
"The presentation of the MCI Management S.C. venture-capital fund offer"
19:45 - 20:00


 Meeting session with:
 Ewa Mazurkiewicz, Jan Szczygiel and
Maciej Kowalczyk
   

20:30

 Welcome Reception

May 21, 2002 
   
Poster session
"From Science to Industry. 
  The biotechnology Research and Development in Poland" 
It's goal was to present the currently conducted, by Polish scientists, biotechnology research and development  projects, which have a potential business application.  Posters were prepared in English and exhibited during the entire conference. 
 Projects taking part in the contest for the best medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology R&D project are marked with red colour. 
(the numeration of the projects is accidental, and does not reflect the final results of the contest)
  

 I. CONTEST 
"Comparison of cytokine and chemokine profiles in peripheral blood and peritoneal fluid in women with deep and superficial endometriosis - a flow cytometry study"
Gmyrek G.1), Chrobak A.1), Sieradzka U. 3) , Gabryś St. 3) ,Jerzak M. 1), 2)
 1)  Laboratory of Reproductive Immunology, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences; 12 Rudolfa Weigla St.; 53-114 Wroclaw; POLAND
2)  Department of Obstetrics and Pathology of Pregnancy, University School of Medicine, 16 S. Staszica St., 20-081 Lublin, POLAND
3)  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University School of Medicine, 5 Dyrekcyjna St. 50-528 Wroclaw, POLAND   
 
 
II. CONTEST
"Antibacterial Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Surgical Threads Containing Aminoglycoside Type Antibiotic"

Jadwiga Buchenska 1), Iwona Karbownik 1), Stanislaw Slomkowski 2), 
Józef Tazbir, Elżbieta Sobolewska 3)
 1) Technical University of Lodz, Man-Made Fibers Department, 
Żeromskiego 116, 90-543 Lodz, Poland 
2) Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
3) Copernicus Memorial Hospital, 
Pabianicka 62, 93-513 Lodz, Poland
  
  
III. CONTEST   
"A new expression system for antigen hepatitis B (antivirus) in yeast (Hansenula polymorpha)"

A. Sibirny, Z. Kotylak, O. Stasyk, O. Krasowska, A. Żaczek, D. Grabek
Zakład Genetyki i Mikrobiologii, Instytut Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 
ul. Cegelniana 12, 35-310 Rzeszów
 
 
IV. CONTEST   
"The construction of transgenetic plants, for production of recombinant staphylokinase - an effective fibrinolytic factor"

Andrzej K. Kononowicz at all.
Department of Cytogenetics and Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
 
 
V. CONTEST   
"Transcription factor AP-1 as a potential therapeutic target"

Witold Konopka at all.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland
 
 
VI. CONTEST   
"I-Chip: The immune chips for the study of complete immune repertoire of the individual"

Jaroslaw Dastych at all.
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
 
 
VII. CONTEST   
"MutScreen - a system for SNP examination in genomic DNA"

Pawel Sachadyn at all.
Technical University of Gdansk, Department of Microbiology, Gdansk, Poland
 
 
VIII. CONTEST   
 "Original Liposomal Formulations of Amphotercin B, Antifungal Polyene Antibiotic, for Internal Applications"

Arkadiusz Kozubek at all.
Intercollegiate Centre of Lipid Aggregate Biotechnology, Wroclaw, Poland
  
  
IX. CONTEST   
 "A new DENTINMET Silver Amalgam.  Post-Applicational Hermetization of Amalgam Fillings with Nd:YAG Laser Usage"

Marta Tanasiewicz at all.
Dental Material Group, Conservative Dentistry, Silesian Medical University, Zabrze, Poland
  
  
 I.  "Enzymatic Semi-synthesis of Cefadroxil - b-lactam antibiotic."

D.Stachowiak 1), A.Polanowski 1), D.Mostek 1), 2), A.Biedrzycki 2), 
K.Nowakowska 2)
1) Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Wrocław, 
Tamka 2, 50-137, Wrocław, Poland
2 )Tarchomin Pharmaceutical Works "Polfa" S.A., 
03-176 Warsaw, A.Fleminga 2, Poland 
 
 
 II.  "p65 and c-erbB2 genes expression in breast tumors: comparison with some histological typing, grading and clinical staging"

 M. Mirowski 1), E. Balcerczak 1), D. Jesionek-Kupnicka 2)
 1) Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Laboratory, 
Muszynskiego 1 Street, 90-151 Lodz (e-mail: mirowski@ich.pharm.am.lodz.pl) 
2) Department of Tumor Pathology and Medical University, Lodz, Poland 
  
  
III.  "Antibacterial Cellulose Fibres obtained by NMMO Process"  
Niekraszewicz Barbara 
Technical University of Lodz, Man-Made Fibres Department, 
116 Zeromski St., 90-543 Lodz 
  
 
IV.  "Activation of pancrea lipase by isolation of saponin from 
Medicago sativa L."

Zbigniew Sroka,  Joanna Tylcz, Marian Jurzysta, Cisowski Wojciech
Department of Pharmacognosy, Wroclaw University of Medicine, 
pl. Nankiera 1, 50-140 Wroclaw, Poland.
 
 
V.  "The receiving of margarines resistant to oxidation." 
Zbigniew Sroka, Wojciech Cisowski
 Department of Pharmacognosy, Wroclaw University of Medicine, 
pl. Nankiera 1, 50-140 Wrocław, Poland. 
 
 
VI.  "Construction of CAMV: SAK: GUSA: MGFP gene and it's expression in tobacco"
Anna Dobrowolska and Andrzej K. Kononowicz
Department of Cytogenetics and Plant Molecular Biology University of Łódz, Banacha 12/14, 90-237 Łódz, Poland
 
 
VII.  "New biomaterials for reconstructive dental treatment"
Tomasz Kupka,  Marta Tanasiewicz
 Zespół Materiałów Dentystycznych KATEDRY i ZAKŁADU STOMATOLOGII ZACHOWAWCZEJ i CHORÓB PRZYZĘBIA ŚLĄSKIEJ AKADEMII MEDYCZNEJ, Zabrze 

  
 
 SYMPOSIUM: 
"LINKING POLISH BIOTECH TO UNITING EUROPE" 
  
Conference language of this part:  English.
  

sponsored by: 
 

9:15 - 10:00

 Margot Gralinski, Ambrafund Advisers Ltd., London, UK
  "The strategy development of biotechnological projects"
   

10:00 - 11:30

 POSTER SESSION
  "From Science to Industry.  Tthe biotechnology Research in Poland"
The 5 min oral introduction by authors of the subject of their posters.
   

12:00 - 12:30

 Aline Seilly, European Manager, Millipore, France
  "The state of the European biopharmaceutical industry & modern biologics production"
   

12:30 - 13:00

 Aline Seilly, European Manager, Millipore, France
  "From R&D to manufacturing: Process scale up and integration"
   

13:00 - 13:30

 Meeting session with Margot Gralinski and Aline Seilly
   

13:30 - 14:30

 Lunch break
   

14:30 - 15:00

 Dr Jan Krauss, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT, Munchen, Germany
  "Legal requirements and regulations regarding the patentability of biotechnological inventions under the European Patent Convention (EPC)"
   

15:00 - 15:30

Dr Heinrich Cuypers, The BioRegio Greifswald-Rostock, Germany
"BioCon Valley - a German BioRegion as a partner in ScanBalt, the new transnational Biotech network at the Baltic Sea Region"