NYSSA Presents 9th Annual Biotech/Specialty Pharma Conference.NEW YORK -- The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA Nyssa (nĭs`ə), name of several ancient cities devoted to the worship of Dionysus. The best known of them is a town of Cappadocia, Asia Minor, near the Halys (now the Kizil Irmak) River. It was the residence of St. Gregory of Nyssa. ) will present the 9th Annual Biotech/Specialty Pharma Conference on December 14 to 15, 2005. Positive news from drug companies and a strengthening economy have given biotech and specialty pharma stocks a respectable year thus far. What does the future have in store for some of the industry's fastest-growing small cap drug companies? Learn where the investment opportunities are in these developing sectors. The following companies are presenting on day one: Advancis Pharmaceutical Corp. (Nasdaq: AVNC); Bionovo, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : NBVI); BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange : BPA BPA British Paediatric Association. ); Celsion Corporation (AMEX: CLN); Depomed, Inc. (Nasdaq: DEPO DEPO Delegated Episcopal Pastoral Oversight DEPO Devils Postpile National Monument (US National Park Service) DEPO Defence Export Promotion Organization (Pakistan) DEPO Double Even Pass Odd ); DNAPrint genomics, Inc. (OTCBB: DNAG); DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX); Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: ELI); Exact Sciences (Nasdaq: EXAS); Matritech, Inc. (Amex: MZT); and Valentis, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLTS). The following companies are presenting on day two: Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). : AEMD); Bioenvision (Nasdaq: BIVN); Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBTE); Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (AMEX: HEB); NovaDel Pharma Inc. (AMEX: NVD); Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM); SIGA Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIGA); and Zonagen, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZONA). The conference will be held on December 14 to 15, 2005, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Harvard Club, 27 West 44th Street, New York, NY. Early registration by November 30 one day, $195 NYSSA members, $295 nonmembers; two days, $295 NYSSA members, $395 nonmembers. Prices $70 higher after November 30. Registration deadline is December 7. No charge for press with credentials. A complete agenda is available at http://www.nyssa.org/Template.cfm?Section=calendar&template=/ ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=6289 (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) About NYSSA NYSSA, established in 1937, is the premier independent forum for the exchange of information among investment decision-makers. A not-for-profit educational organization with over 9,000 members, NYSSA is committed to the promotion of best practices and the highest professional and ethical standards in the investment industry. NYSSA is the largest of the more than 131 societies worldwide that make up CFA Institute, which has more than 70,000 members. |
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