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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

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

Heritage Partners International (HPI) is a senior level executive search firm that focuses on delivering superior work to a select group of clients globally in the Life Sciences Industry. The firm was founded by several senior consultants who had previously held leadership positions with the large, general practice firms including Heidrick & Struggles, Spencer Stuart and Russell Reynolds. In addition, our partners have held senior positions at leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the United States and Europe. HPI works in partnership with Whitehead Mann, a leading European based executive search and consulting firm, to provide global services to its clients. www.HeritageLeaders.com

Tatum has become the fastest growing executive leadership firm in the United States by helping companies in transition accelerate business success and create more value. With more than 700 partners and professionals in 35 offices nationwide, the Firm provides strategic and operating leadership in Finance and Information Technology to companies undergoing rapid and significant change. www.tatumllc.com

Bronze Sponsors

Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. For more than 27 years, Boston Scientific has advanced the practice of less-invasive medicine by providing clinicians an extensive portfolio of innovative products and technologies to improve the quality of patient care and the productivity of health care delivery. With approximately 29,000 employees and annual revenues of $7.8 billion, Boston Scientific is the world’s largest medical device company dedicated to less-invasive therapies. www.bostonscientific.com.

Medtronic is the world leader in medical technology providing lifelong solutions for people with chronic disease. We offer products, therapies and services that enhance or extend the lives of millions of people. Each year, 5 million patients benefit from Medtronic's technology, used to treat conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, neurological disorders, and vascular illnesses.
www.medtronic.com

Servier is the leading independent French pharmaceutical company, established in 1954 by its founder, Jacques Servier, M.D., Pharm.D. The group is established in 140 countries and 82% of Servier products are prescribed out of France. Sales turnover in 2006 rose to 3.3 billion euros. Almost 25% of Servier's turnover is invested in Research and Development. The Servier Group counts 19 Internationals Centers of Therapeutic Research, and its principal therapeutic research orientations are cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, neuropsychiatric disorders, cancer, and osteoarticular diseases.
www.servier.com

The Healthcare Initiative at Harvard Business School is a multidisciplinary program dedicated to innovative thinking in the healthcare industry. Launched in 2005, the Initiative brings together the extensive research, thought leadership, and interest in the business and management of healthcare that exists at HBS. The core strengths of HBS–its general management and leadership-focused MBA program, its case method of teaching, and its global reach–coupled with the industry focus provided through the Healthcare Initiative result in superior educational and career opportunities for aspiring leaders in the healthcare industry.
www.hbs.edu/healthcare

General Sponsor

SolMap Pharmaceuticals is a drug discovery and design company founded to develop novel and enhance existing small molecule drugs in a wide range of therapeutic areas. Solmap technology originated at Boston University in Dr. Sandor Vajda’s laboratory and under the guidance of Solmap’s Chief of Science Dr. Frank Guarnieri. Using its proprietary platform and methods, SolMap has established three internal development programs in the areas of cardiovascular hypertension, inhibition of drug-resistant bacterial pathogens and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The Company’s strategy is to bring needed therapeutics in these and other areas to patients, independently and in collaboration with biotech and pharmaceutical partners. 
www.solmap-pharma.com

Scholar Grant Sponsor

Booz Allen Hamilton, a global leader in strategy and technology consulting, works in close collaboration with healthcare leaders in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. Booz Allen Hamilton is a catalyst for change—helping stakeholders work across boundaries and paradigms to maximize value and drive innovative solutions to the industry’s toughest challenges. With a global perspective and four decades of results across all segments of the health industry, we help clients who are shaping the future of healthcare. We are the one firm that helps clients solve their toughest problems, working by their side to help them achieve their missions.
www.boozallen.com/health

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