BioMedSA Members have access to cost savings programs, leveraging volume purchasing contracts with life science members all over the country. An overview of the cost savings program was presented, followed by interactive presentation Sessions with 4 key suppliers in the program: VWR (lab equipment and supplies), BREX (financial lines of credit for bioscience companies), PSCBiotech … Read more
Victor Convertino, Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist (SES) for the Combat Casualty Care Director, Battlefield Health & Trauma Center for Human Integrative Physiology at the US Army Institute of Surgical Research. Dr. Convertino has led the advancement of medicine in the treatment of emergent medicine as one of the first investigators to demonstrate that the … Read more
Members participated and suggested recommendations for BioMedSA’s Advocacy Plan, which is shown below. A committee will be formed in 2021 to implement our advocacy plan. If you would like to be involved in the Advocacy Committee, please let us know (hhanson@biomedsa.org).
New program partners have been added to the Bio Business Solutions Program, providing reduced costs for: access to peer-reviewed literature; health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans; and, quality management software, computer system validation services, regulatory audits, and inspection management software. Research Solutions Reprints Desk simplifies how R&D organizations access scientific literature at a cost … Read more
The City of San Antonio has launched a subsidized On-the-Job Training program for companies located in Bexar County with an open job requisition. There are no eligibility restrictions regarding the maximum number of employees. Participating employers select the trainee and agree to train for 8-12 weeks, while the trainee is an employee of Workforce Solutions … Read more
The first in a series, this event included a short presentation about local manufacturers who manufacture components for the medical device industry, followed by a virtual trade show in the Expo area. In the Expo booths, participating manufacturers simultaneously hosted interactive presentation sessions throughout the event, repeating every 5 minutes. Attendees chose which booths to … Read more
We are excited to welcome thirteen new members to BioMedSA in 2020. Dr. Ajeya P. Joshi, MD earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, followed by orthopedic training at the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program and a comprehensive spinal fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He is board certified by the American … Read more
The Texas CPRIT fund commits funding toward cancer research and cancer-fighting product development. The latest tranche of funding was awarded on August 19, 2020. The following San Antonio life science researchers were awarded CPRIT grants: -Pathological Role of Neuronal Cell Cycle Re-entry in the Development of Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy (UTSA’s Hyoung-gon Lee) – $250,000 -SERBP1, … Read more
BioMedSA has selected Dr. Rena Bizios, the Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio to receive the 2020 Award for Innovation in Healthcare and Bioscience. She is a globally-recognized researcher making groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of cell-material interactions at the tissue/implant interface … Read more
BioMedSA is a non-profit, membership-based organization, supported in part by the City of San Antonio.
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