BIT's 5th Anniversary Congress of International Drug Discovery Science and Technology (IDDST) hosted by Biteomics Inc. was held during May 28-June 4, 2007 in Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Wuzhen, fifteen scientific sessions, venture capital forum, CRO Training Workshop, and Overseas Chinese Scholar Entrepreneurship forum has been held successfully. Over 400 distinguished scientists and researchers from home and abroad, including the Executives and Investigators from Merck, Lilly, Roche, CAS, CAE, Duke University, MIT, UCSF at Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center International Hotel, to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the drug discovery Conference.

The Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery Science and Technology which has been successfully held five times since 2003 is an important opportunity for leading chemists, pharmacologists, biotechnologists, and other allied professionals to discuss and present the latest important developments. This year's conference had attracted leading academic professionals and industrial executives from more than 28 countries covering the topics, i.e. anti-cancer drug discovery, stem cell therapy, RNAi technology, drug screening technology, bioinformatics and CRO service etc. The unusual character of this meeting reflected the point of view of China roles for Global Drug Innovations.

At the opening ceremony and Keynote Forum, Dr. Jianren Gu who is the Academician of CAE hosted the conference, and the speakers from Merck, Roche, CAE, CAS gave the excellent plenary lectures. Over one hundred and twenty Speakers at the conference offered a rich range of views on the current and nature drug discovery, which is unparalleled in providing timely information and relevant strategies for academic

and industrial scientists on how to expand access to innovative pharmaceutical process, while complying with the potential project collaboration, product exhibition and social activities.

All the participants appreciated the efforts by the organizers. They were enthusiastic with their evaluations. "This was the best conference that I have been to all year!" said most. Overwhelmingly, conference participants appreciated the high level of presentations. Solid suggestions were offered about how to improve the organization of round table discussions in the future. Many good suggestions of topics for skills building workshops for 2008's agenda were also given.