Finding Capital and Healthcare Reform: BioMedGPS’ JointVentures All-Orthopedic and Spine Investment and Partnering Conference Announces Program
IRVINE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - BioMedGPS, LLC, a business intelligence company focused on the life sciences, has announced speakers and panel topics for the upcoming “JointVentures” strategic partnering and investment conference. Dedicated to musculoskeletal start-ups, “JointVentures” will feature informative presentations and panel discussions relevant to obtaining funding, acquisition and/or partnerships in today’s uncertain times. The event is being held November 10, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, prior to the North American Spine Society (NASS) meeting.
“No other conference provides investors and executives the opportunity to view 30+ orthopedic and spine start-ups in one day—making JointVentures the only cost-effective strategic partnering and investment conference that dealmakers in the ortho/spine industry need to attend,” states Sharon O’Reilly, Founder, President & CEO of BioMedGPS.
The conference will begin with a “State of the Industry” presentation by Michael Matson, CFA, Senior Analyst, Medical Device Equity Research at Wells Fargo Securities on the “Implications of Healthcare Reform on the Orthopedic and Spine Markets.” The morning panel, “Finding Capital and Defining the Term Sheet: Smart Decisions,” will be moderated by Alan May, Managing Director of Emergent Medical Partners. Panelists include J. Casey McGlynn, Esq., Partner and Chairman, Life Sciences Group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Michael Bates, former CFO of St. Francis Medical an active angel investor with Life Science Angels and Sierra Angels; Jim Shapiro, General Partner, Kearny Venture Partners; Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Chairman of the Texas Back Institute and General Partner of the Medical Venture Fund; and David Hood, President, DH3 & Associates, and Senior Advisor for the Principal Assistant for Acquisitions, US Army MRMC.
The afternoon panel, entitled “What You Need to Know About Healthcare Reform and its Impact on Ortho/Spine,” will be moderated by Nancy Patterson, President of Strategy, Inc. Panelists will include Hal Mathews, MD, VP of Clinical Affairs, Medtronic Spinal & Biologics; Isabella Sledge, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO, Strata LLC; and Linda Alexander, Founder and CEO, Alquest, Inc.
The JointVentures Conference will bring key dealmakers together in the musculoskeletal industry. Attending companies to date include Stryker, Medtronic, Synthes, K2M, Emergent Medical Partners, Knowledge Ventures, Kearny Venture Partners, Life Science Angels, OrthoKinetic Technologies, Sante Ventures, Seventure Partners, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and many others.
Confirmed presenters to date include Anulex Technologies, Applied Spine Technologies, Baxano, Cannuflow, Cayenne Medical, CoreSpine Technologies, Intralink-Spine, ISTO Technologies, ProChon Biotech, SurgiTrace, Trinity Orthopedics, and Vidacare, among many others being added to the program regularly. An updated listing of presenting companies can be found at www.jointventuresconference.com.
Event sponsors include Medmarc, The Hartford and BioMedic-Insure, and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA).
About BioMedGPS, LLC
Founded by Sharon O'Reilly, Founder and former CEO of Medtech Insight, BioMedGPS is a business intelligence company that provides decision-making tools for life science executives.
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