The June FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

2024 Mid-year Highlights: A Successful Gathering On June 12, the Global Life Sciences Alliance (GLSA) hosted an engaging online networking event focusing on the 2024 mid-year highlights. The event saw a robust turnout with 35 participants, blending familiar faces with new members, fostering a vibrant and dynamic discussion. Opening Remarks and Industry Updates Chris Matheus… Read more »

The May Wilmington Life Sciences FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

May 23, 2024 event We had a great turnout at the May 23 Wilmington Pharma/Bio/CRO Networking event. Thanks to all who were there. Mishelle Smith with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Raleigh office was able to share with many attendees information about the Wilmington “Pipeline to a Cure” fundraiser taking place on August 3rd. https://events.cff.org/ncpipelinetoacure We… Read more »

The May FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

May 15, 2024 event The May FOCM and GLSA Networking event featured Boreas Monitoring’s innovative answer to protecting biologic material stored in liquid nitrogen. Fifteen people attended our May event. We opened with input from others about recent attendance at a variety of conferences. Whereas the first quarter of the year had conferences exceeding typical… Read more »

Dispelling the Myth: Plug-and-Play Solutions in Clinical Trials

At the 11th Annual Outsourcing in Clinical Trials Nordics meeting in Copenhagen, a prevailing theme emerged – the importance of responsibility, transparency, and accountability in the relationship between contract research organizations (CROs) and sponsors. One key sentiment echoed by a speaker was the belief that there are no plug-and-play methods for outsourcing. We respectfully disagree.… Read more »

January | French King Cake

King Cake

Ingredients: – 2 sheets of puff pastry – 1 cup almond flour – 1/2 cup granulated sugar – 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened – 2 eggs – 1/2 teaspoon almond extract – 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract – 1 egg yolk (for egg wash) – 1 tablespoon water (for egg wash) – A small trinket or… Read more »

The December FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

Dec 13, 2023 event   This was our 2023 year end networking event. It was a fun and casual event. People were encouraged to wear holiday hats. There were several cute and fun hats on display. We also heartily wished Happy birthday to Taylor Swift!   As per usual we shared our link to get… Read more »

The November FOCM | GLSA Networking Event

  November 15, 2023 As our passion is to connect people and companies we know and respect to other people and companies we know and respect, we open the meeting asking everyone to put the link to their LinkedIn profile in the chat. This facilitates future communication and connections.  Before we had our featured network… Read more »