Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, a leader in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, will work to advance a treatment for the Ebola virus infection, which is lethal to humans.

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The money will be used to purchase an immunohistochemistry instrument for the lab at KGH and was generated solely by funds raised by the Rutland Auxiliary’s Thrift Shop in Kelowna.

The invitation only roundtable was held in Toronto and organized by BIOTECanada, the national association dedicated to building the bio-based economy in Canada. The meeting brought together key players from across the spectrum including bio companies, venture capitalists, banks, and advisers.

For further information on BIOTECanada please click here.

The dinner, co-hosted by Merck and held at the historic Chicago Cultural Centre, provided an opportunity to bring all the members of the BC delegation together with key international representatives to kick-off the convention and network.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Convention 2010 hosted a record number of partnering meetings, drew over 15,000 leaders from 65 countries and highlighted a broad array of top-level speakers including former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush; former Vice President Al Gore; Margaret Hamburg, MD, FDA Commissioner; Roger Beachy, Chief Scientist for the US Department of Agriculture and Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; and David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United State Patent and Trademark Office.

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Life Sciences BC

The Monitor Shutdown Challenge was a campaign to encourage tenants to turn off their computer monitors every evening, with the hopes of turning this action into a sustained behaviour. Turning off your computer monitors every evening is a simple action that can save a great deal of energy.

Farris is proud to participate in this GREEN AT WORK™ campaign and supports Cadillac Fairview in its goal to make our tenant community greener!

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Monitor Shutdown Challenge Winners

Among the Farris Faux Fighters representing Farris’ Kelowna office were Ross Langford, Peter MacPherson, Kevin Kingston, Gary Bruckner, Michael Hansen, Thomas Kent, and Aaron Dow.

The relay race comprises the following six legs, in order of completion: alpine skiing, nordic skiing, mountain biking, road cycling, running, and canoeing/kayaking (with two people required for the last leg and all team members required to cross the finish line with the canoe equipment).

The results of the 2010 race are available here.

Victor is fluent in Mandarin Chinese as well as Japanese.  He was born and raised in China; he later lived and studied in Japan before relocating to Canada.

Victor completed his Bachelor’s curriculum (Honours) in Computer Science at Queen’s University; he then operated and managed two start-up software development companies for a number of years before turning to a career in law.  Victor was trained in the field of intellectual property law as well as corporate commercial law, first at a national boutique intellectual property law firm, then at a large national firm.

Victor has strong ties to both China and Japan, and possesses insightful appreciation of the business cultures of both countries.

It is with great pleasure that the Partners at Farris welcome Victor to the firm.

Brad Newby’s presentation, a copy of which is available here, reviews the Biggest Deals of 2009 and forecasts what the M&A landscape will look like for the rest of 2010.

For more information about BIV’s Biggest Deals of 2009 Breakfast, please see here.

Presented by Brad Newby on April 29, 2010: BIV’s Biggest Deals of 2009
Photo courtesy of BIV’s Facebook page.

The event received local news coverage and raised over $20,000 for the United Way, with 17 teams from local businesses participating.

Farris Kelowna participants: Laura Baptie, Jeremy Burgess, Sandy Claggett, Marie Demay, Aaron Dow, Michael Hansen, Thomas Kent, Kevin Kingston, Peter MacPherson, Dominic Petraroia, Huda Shami, and Nicole Steciuk.

Brad, partner and M&A specialist will be providing insight into several of his deals and giving his views on what’s to come. He will be joined by Avtar Bains, Vice President of real estate giant, Colliers, and Randy Smallwood, president of Silver Wheaton, who will add his comments on the state of resource sector deals.

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