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The Boston Area Chapter keeps growing. Our commitment to providing exceptional value for our Members has paid off – we’re now “number one” worldwide!

Don't miss out on the many and varied special programs, membership benefits, and sponsorship opportunities the Chapter has in store for Members...

• Congratulations to Our Newest Certified Pharmaceutical Industry Professionals - Read the full story . . .
• Student Members Invited to Attend Educational Programs - for Free!  - Read the full story . . .
• $2K Scholarships Available - Applications Due June 15 - Read the full story . . .
• Spring CPIPTM Study Group Underway at Sunovion in Marlborough, MA - Read the full story . . .
• Discounts Available for Unemployed Chapter Members - Read the full story . . .
• Advertise on www.ispeboston.org - Read the full story . . .
• Become a Chapter Sponsor Today - We've Just Made it Easier and Added a Discount! - Read the full story . . .

Our calendar for 2013 is filling up! Check out the exciting array of Chapter activities already on tap for spring, then sign up so you don't miss out...

On March 1^st forty-eight skiers and boarders braved an early morning start and headed north to the White Mountains in search of powder skiing. And this year, they found it!

A rapt audience enjoyed polished presentations by distinguished speakers who were central to the development of recently-published ISPE documents on this critically important topic.

A recent gathering sponsored by The Boston Foundation provided an excellent opportunity for Chapter leaders to meet key players from local industry and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and pave the way for future collaboration.

The Chapter is actively investing time, effort and funding in students, our “pipeline to the future,” with several special activities to be held this spring - including educational programs, plant tours, and career development events.

The YP’s kicked off the spring season with their first (and hopefully annual) social event at the Medieval Manor in Boston – a “one-of-a-kind” gathering where everyone feasted on a six-course meal without fork, knife, or spoon!

News items concerning companies in the pharma, biotech, medical device and related fields, with an emphasis on companies with a local presence and topics of special interest to Members...

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces 350 Jobs, Devens Expansion - Read the full story . . .
• Thermo Fisher's to Acquire Life Technologies for $13.6 Billion - Read the full story . . .
• Pfizer to Relocate Alewife Workers to Kendall Square - Read the full story . . .
• Moderna Therapeutics to License Technology to Astrazeneca - Read the full story . . .
• Astrazeneca to Establish Strategic R&D Centers, Add 80 Jobs in Waltham - Read the full story . . .
• GlaxoSmithKline to Close Sirtris Unit in Cambridge - Read the full story . . .
• AIDS Research Center Unveils New $30 Million Lab In Cambridge  - Read the full story . . .
• Merck and Samsung Bioepis Enter Biosimilars Agreement - Read the full story . . .
• Spring Bank's Hepatitis C Treatment Heads to Trial - Read the full story . . .
• Westborough's RXi Buys RNAi Assets of OPKO Health - Read the full story . . .
• Ipsen's Milford Operations to Continue under Baxter - Read the full story . . .
• Report Says State Incentives Boosted Life Sciences in Massachusetts - Read the full story . . .
• Massachusetts No. 1 in Science & Technology - Read the full story . . .
• Biogen Idec Wins FDA Approval for New Multiple Sclerosis Drug Tecfidera - Read the full story . . .
• Biogen Idec's Tecfidera Wins 15-Year Patent Protection - Read the full story . . .
• Kadcycla Wins FDA Approval & Royalty Income for ImmunoGen  - Read the full story . . .

A summary of recent actions by the FDA (and other regulatory agencies and governmental bodies) with the potential to impact the pharma, biotech and device industries, and related fields...

• FDA Chief Addresses MassBio Annual Meeting - Read the full story . . .
• FDA Approves Genetech's Kadcycla for Late-Stage Breast Cancer - Read the full story . . .
• Affymax & Takeda Pharmaceuticals Recall of Anemia Drug Omontys - Read the full story . . .
• FDA Approves Stivarga for Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - Read the full story . . .
• FDA Approves TOBI Podhaler for Lung Infection in Cystic Fibrosis Patients - Read the full story . . .
• FDA Approves Botulism Antitoxin  - Read the full story . . .
• FDA Approves Invokana for Type 2 Diabetes, First in New Class of Diabetes Drugs - Read the full story . . .
• US Patent & Trademark Office Grants Pfizer Reissue Patent for Celebrex  - Read the full story . . .

Welcome to all our new Members...

Join us in celebrating the 5, 10, 15 and 20+ year anniversaries of Boston Area Chapter Members. Congratulations to all of our long term Chapter members - your loyalty helps make us successful, year after year!