Twelfth Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference to Feature Clinical Thought Leaders, Industry Executives and Patient Groups
“This year’s BIO CEO & Investor Conference will provide a unique forum to showcase therapeutic areas with key catalysts – from new and dynamic therapies to cutting edge investment opportunities,” said Alan Eisenberg, executive vice president of Emerging Companies & Business Development at BIO. “This conference provides industry executives, clinical thought leaders and investment professionals the opportunity to discuss therapeutic areas of need and expectations for the next decade’s market environment.”
This year, BIO is collaborating with Panel Intelligence (formerly MedPanel), a healthcare market research firm, to identify key opinion leaders based on knowledge and expertise in their respective fields and affiliations with prestigious academic institutions and medical foundations.
The BIO CEO & Investor Conference’s therapeutic workshops will focus on topics addressing the latest developments in therapies for a wide range of diseases. This year’s therapeutic workshop topics include:
Sarcoma: Connecting the Dots on New Therapies
Monday, February 8th, 9:00am-10:00am
· John G. Curd, M.D.; President and Chief Medical Officer, Threshold Pharmaceuticals
· Jonathan Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, ZIOPHARM Oncology
· Robert G. Maki, M.D., Ph.D; Associate Member, Co-Leader, Adult Sarcoma Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
RNAi Based Technology: No Longer Single & Stranded
Monday, February 8, 12:30-1:35pm
· Simos Simeonidis, PhD; Managing Director, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC
· Noah D. Beerman, President and Chief Executive Officer, RXi Pharmaceuticals
· J. Michael French; Chief Executive Officer, MDRNA
· Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Alzheimer’s Disease: A Panel to Remember
Tuesday, February 9th, 9:00am-10:00am
· Tony Cruz, MD; Chief Executive Officer, Transition Therapeutics
· David Hung, MD; President & Chief Executive Officer, Medivation
· Carlos V. Paya, MD; PhD, President, Elan
· Alzheimer’s Association
· Steven Ferris, PhD; Friedman Professor and Director of Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Center of Excellence on Brain Agin, New York University Langone Medical Center
HCV: Liver Long & Prosper
Tuesday, February 9, 12:00pm-1:00pm
· M. Michelle Berrey, M.D., M.P.H.; Chief Medical Officer, Pharmasset
· Robert S. Kauffman, M.D., Ph.D, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President Clinical Development
· Steve Worland, Ph.D.,; President & Chief Executive Officer, Anadys Pharmaceuticals
· Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.; Professor of Medicine, Director of Outpatient Hepatology in the Division of Liver Diseases and Director of CME in the Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Lupus: New Care for Too Much Flare
Tuesday, February 9th, 3:00pm-4:00pm
· Mark Schoenebaum, MD; Managing Director & Senior Biotechnology Analyst, Deutsche Bank
· Barry A. Labinger, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Human Genome Sciences
· Sandra C. Raymond, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lupus Foundation of America
· Richard Furie, M.D.; Chief of the Division of Rheumatology & Allergy-Clinical Immunology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
To learn more about the BIO CEO & Investor Conference, including registration and program information, please visit http://www.ceo.bio.org/. Registration is complimentary for qualified investors and credentialed members of the media.
The BIO CEO & Investor Conference is the largest independent investor conference focused solely on publicly-traded biotechnology companies. The meeting attracts institutional investors, industry analysts, and senior biotechnology executives. In addition, the BIO CEO & Investor Conference draws business development executives from leading global pharmaceutical and mature biotechnology companies.
BIO CEO & Investor Conference Bank Sponsors
BIO is pleased to acknowledge the leadership provided by the BIO CEO & Investor Conference bank sponsors, including Lead Bank Sponsor Wedbush PacGrow Life Sciences, Conference Co-Host Rodman & Renshaw, LLC and Supporting Bank Sponsor Lazard.
About Panel Intelligence
Panel Intelligence, formerly MedPanel, Inc., is proud to be working with BIO to provide leading industry experts on these therapeutic workshops. As a fully committed and capable research partner, Panel Intelligence works closely with BIO to identify objectives, recruit experts, elicit information, and synthesize results. Panel Intelligence's domain expertise, global network of experts, and proven online methods can provide due diligence on one particular company, investigate a particular space, evaluate an IPO, or identify market trends and consumer preferences.
Upcoming BIO Events
7th Annual BIO Asia Partnering Conference
January 25-26, 2010
Tokyo, Japan
12th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference
February 8-9, 2010
New York, NY
9th Annual Windhover & Windhover PSO
February 23-25, 2010
New York City, NY
BIO-Europe Spring
March 8-10, 2010
Barcelona, Spain
BIO Intellectual Property Counsels Spring Conference and Committee Meeting
April 19-21, 2010
New Orleans, LA
Partnering for Global Health
May 3, 2010
Chicago, IL
McCormick Place Convention Center
BIO International Convention
May 3-6, 2010
Chicago, IL
McCormick Place Convention Center
2010 BIO Human Resources Conference
May 4-7, 2010
Chicago, IL
About BIO
BIO represents more than 1,200 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world.
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