Biotechnology Industry Trends the Focus at BIO VentureForum East 2005
May 4, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced
additional speakers at BIO VentureForum East 2005, scheduled May 9-
11 at the Intercontinental Hotel-Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia.
BIO VentureForum East is the largest annual East Coast regional
investor conference for venture stage biotechnology and healthcare
firms. It features plenary sessions and workshops on financing and
partnering trends in the biotechnology industry, networking
receptions, and presentations by more than 90 biotech companies
which have been selected by an advisory board of leading equity
capital leaders.
The plenary session from 8 - 9:45am on Wednesday, May 11th, will be
a roundtable discussion on Industry Trends for In-licensing and
Partnering. Pharmaceutical and biotech executives will discuss
pipeline sustainability and examine the value of collaboration.
Panelists will also discuss partnership strategies and consequences.
Kristopher D. Ford, Corporate Strategy and Business Development for
UCB Pharma Inc., will moderate. Panelists include:
-- Donald L. Drakeman, President & CEO, Medarex, Inc.;
-- Robert J. Gould, PhD, Vice President of Licensing and
External
Research, Merck Research Labs;
-- John D. Mendlein, PhD, JD, Chairman & CEO, Affinium
Pharmaceuticals;
-- Herbert S. Ormsbee, PhD, Senior Director of Licensing &
Development,
Pfizer Inc.;
-- John P. Richard, President, BioGrowth.
Thomas H. McLain will present the luncheon keynote address "Managing
Transformative Growth" from 12 - 1:30pm on May 11th. McLain is
Chairman, CEO and President of Nabi Biopharmaceuticals as well as
Chairman of BioFlorida. Headquartered in Florida, Nabi
Biopharmaceuticals ended 2004 with $103 million in cash assets and
positive cash flow from operations.
For more information about BIO VentureForum East, please visit
http://bvf-east.bio.org/ Registration is complimentary for
credentialed members of the news media. Reporters and editors
working full-time for print or broadcast news organizations may
register onsite with valid media credentials.
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic
institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations
across the United States and in 31 other nations. BIO members are
involved in the research and development of healthcare,
agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products.
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