The First SAPA-GP Annual Conference Program

Drug Discovery in the 21st Century

Saturday, October 19, 2002

Montgomery County Community College, Science Center

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Morning Session - 9:00am – 12:30 pm

(Chair: Dr. Li Shi)

• 9:00 am – 9:15 am Bo Liang, Ph. D.

President of SAPA-GP & Conference Chair Welcome Remarks

• 9:15 am – 9:20 am Jianzhong Guo, Ph. D.

President of SAPA Greetings from SAPA Headquarters

Plenary Speeches

• 9.20 am – 10:00 am Dr. Douglas Mendenhall

Vice President, Pharmaceutical R&D, Merck Research Laboratories

Viva la Difference: The Competitive Edge of Humanistic Management

• 10:00 am –10:40 am Dr. Magid Abou-Gharbia
Vice President & Department Head, Chemical Sciences, Wyeth Research
Drug Discovery Today: A Chemical Sciences Perspective

• 10:40 am –11:00 am Coffee Break

• 11:00 am –11:40 am Dr. Patrick Crowley
Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development, GlaxoSmithKline

Drug Substance and Product Stability

• 11:40 am –12:20 am Dr. John J. Baldwin

Co-Founder & President, Concurrent Pharmaceuticals,

Former Chief Scientific Officer of Pharmacopeia, Inc

In Silico Screening: A Combination of Rational Design and Computational Approaches to Accelerate Drug Discovery

• 12:20 am –12:30 am Dr. Bo Liang Dr. Han-Cheng Zhang

President, SAPA-GP Vice President, SAPA-GP

SAPA-GP Corporate Excellence Award Presentation

Luncheon 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm

Afternoon Session – 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Career Development and Entrepreneur Symposium

Chair: Dr. Jian Xu

• 2:00 pm- 2:30 pm Dr. Xumu Zhang

Chief Technology Officer, Chiral Quest, Inc. & Associate Professor of Chemistry, Penn State University

Developing a Practical Toolbox for Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions

• 2:30 pm-3:00 pm Dr. Qun-Yi Zheng

Executive Vice President, Director of Science & Technology, Pure World Botanicals, Inc.

Survival in America - My Personal View

• 3:00 pm-3:30 pm Dr. Steve Sun

Co-Founder & President, GeneWiz Inc.

From Scientist to Entrepreneur

• 3:30 pm –3:50 pm Coffee Break

Chinese Biotech and Pharma Industry Symposium

Chair: Dr. Han-Cheng Zhang

• 3:50 pm –4:20 pm Dr. Wenlin (William) Huang

Prof. of Sun Yat-san (Zhongshan) University &

Chief Scientific Officer of Shenzhen Bio-port invest company

Biotech Pharmaceutical industry in China

• 4:20 pm-4:50 pm Mr. Botao Li

CEO & President, Qilu Pharmaceutical Co. Shandong, China
Opportunities and Challenges in the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry

• 4:50 pm-5:10 pm Dr. Jingyi Wang

Vice President, Qilu Pharmaceutical Co. Shandong, China
Career in the US and China: My Personal Perspective