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Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
This Conference is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors. Please be sure to visit their websites by clicking on their logos.
Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsors
General Sponsors
Gold Sponsor
LifeClinic International manufactures, sells, and maintains, through a network of subsidiaries, dealers, and affiliates throughout the world, automatic blood pressure monitors that can be found in most pharmacy chains in the U.S., as well as thousands of work sites and medical clinics. With over 30,000 health information stations installed worldwide and 300,000,000 people using them every year, Lifeclinic is more than the world's largest manufacturer of self-testing health monitors ... we're advocates of people taking control of their lives, and we assist them in doing so by providing the tools and resources, including an award-winning health information Web site, that promote good health. www.lifeclinic.com
Silver Sponsors
PRTM has a dedicated team working closely with leading life sciences companies worldwide to achieve breakthrough business results—fast. We drive the complex strategic transformations that realize the greatest value through 13 offices and 500 consultants in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Since 1976, we’ve earned management consulting’s highest levels of repeat business.
We are a recognized thought leader and innovator—our proven methodologies have become industry standards, including Product And Cycle-time Excellence® (PACE®), the Supply-Chain Operations Reference-model® (SCOR®), and our Customer Lifecycle Excellence methodology. Together, our rapidly-evolving best-practice frameworks meet needs for end-to-end and cross-functional global integration to operationalize the most critical and challenging strategies, supported by the leading benchmarks linking core processes to results.
http://www.prtm.com
Sepracor Inc. is a research-based pharmaceutical company dedicated to treating and preventing human disease through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative pharmaceutical products that are directed toward serving unmet medical needs. Our drug development program has yielded an extensive portfolio of pharmaceutical compound candidates with a focus on respiratory and central nervous system disorders. Our commercialization efforts are carried out by our U.S.-based, 1,250-person, primary care and specialty-oriented sales force. Sepracor selects for development compounds with the potential to offer improvements over existing therapies with respect to efficacy, side-effect profile, dosage forms, and in some cases, the opportunity for additional indications. www.sepracor.com
Synergia Life Sciences provides customized assistance to companies, helping them identify potential partners and facilitating global pharma outsourcing and licensing. Synergia offers an ideal platform for international companies to look at new business opportunities in areas of: Procurement Management and Logistics, Contract Research, Contract Manufacturing and New Drug Discovery. Synergia is a now a part of Wintac Ltd., an Indian pharmaceutical company, manufacturing parenterals, sterile ophthalmic preparations and sustained release capusules. The factory, which is US FDA compliant, has been approved by AFSSAPs (Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des produits de Sante), the French regulatory agency. Synergia provides research and development services for a wide range of pharmaceutical companies in areas of process research and custom synthesis. Synergia is looking for business partners in Europe and North America for contract manufacturing and licensing of new molecules. www.synergiaindia.com
General Sponsors
Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB), a global biotechnology leader with leading products and
capabilities in oncology, neurology and immunology, is committed to transforming scientific
discovery into advances in human healthcare. Core capabilities include drug
discovery, research, development, biomanufacturing, and a global commercial infrastructure.
Biogen Idec pursues the creativity of science with passion and discipline. For more than 25
years, it has grown through the discovery, development and commercialization of
its own innovative products and through strategic alliances.
The company maintains research centers of excellence in San Diego, CA, and Cambridge, MA, and has offices in Canada, Australia, Japan and throughout Europe,
including international headquarters in Zug, Switzerland.
www.biogenidec.com
Guidant is a world leader in the design and development of cardiovascular medical products. Our devices help patients with heart disease return to active and productive lives. We provide physicians with leading-edge technologies for improved patient management and clinical outcomes. And we’ve created a culture in which employees, investors and our communities share in our success. Incorporated in 1994, Guidant has grown to $3.8 billion in revenue and more than 12,000 employees. Corporate headquarters are in Indianapolis, with major operations in California, Minnesota, Texas, Washington, Puerto Rico and Ireland. Our products are distributed by a sales force recognized throughout the industry for its clinical expertise and customer service. www.guidant.com
Life Science Partner, as an independent executive search and consulting firm since 2002, focuses exclusively on serving high-tech medical and leading healthcare service companies nationwide. But we’re more than a boutique recruiting firm. We’ve invested much of our careers in the scientific endeavor, giving us first-hand experience to help us work faster, smarter, and more successfully for you. Because we believe in strategic relationships, we’re selective about our clients, how we collaborate, and the types of searches that we conduct. As a result, we’re more effective, a true partner with our clients. Let us help you build your own success.
www.lifesciencepartner.com
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) is the world's leading medical technology company, providing lifelong solutions for people with chronic disease. Through Medtronic's pioneering leadership, medical professionals around the world have improved the lives of more than five million people this year alone. Medtronic provides physicians and clinicians with the therapies they need to help patients live fuller lives. This includes treatment of the cardiovascular and neurological systems, back and spinal disorders, diabetes, gastroenterology and urology disorders, and ear, nose, throat and eye disorders.
Around the world, every six seconds another life is improved by a Medtronic product or therapy.
http://www.medtronic.com
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research is Novartis’ global research organization, committed to discovering innovative medicines that cure disease and improve human health. By conducting more relevant and predictable drug discovery to yield new and better medicines for patients, Novartis Institutes is redefining drug discovery in the post-genomic era. Over the past four years, Novartis Pharmaceuticals has had the greatest number of new molecular entities approved by the U.S. FDA. With its broad focus on diseases in need of better medical therapies, and with 3,000 talented research scientists worldwide, Novartis Institutes is well positioned to ensure Novartis maintains its strong pipeline and highly successful track record in new drug discovery. www.nibr.novartis.com
Russell Reynolds Associates is the most trusted name in global executive search and assessment. Through a global network of 33 wholly owned offices, the firm’s more than 275 professionals conduct assignments in a range of industries for public and private organizations of all sizes. With its one-firm culture, deep knowledge of major industries and unwavering commitment to client service, Russell Reynolds Associates is uniquely qualified to help clients find the best leaders for their future. The firm’s web site is www.russellreynolds.com.
Swiss Access International provides logistical support to companies establishing stable and profitable subsidiaries in Switzerland, one of the safest locations in the world. We provide a range of services covering the span of the translocation process -- from preliminary research, identifying the optimal location for the business, and preparing for the move, to providing logistical support for the actual translocation and assisting families with the transition before, during, and after the move. We work closely with regional, national, and local authorities, suppliers, service providers to help clients establish their businesses more swiftly and cost-effectively than they could on their own.
http://www.swissaccess.org
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