Sachs-Bloomberg to Host its Third Annual 'Global Biotech Forum for Investing & Partnering'.Business Editors Global Biotech Forum for Investing & Partnering BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2004 Sachs Associates announced today that it will co-host, along with Bloomberg LP, its third annual "Sachs-Bloomberg Global Biotech Forum for Investing & Partnering," to be held April 1-2, 2004, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza The Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel (or Copley Plaza as it is colloquially known) is a four-star hotel in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1912 on St. James Avenue and defines the south side of Copley Square. The Copley Plaza Hotel opened in 1912. hotel in Boston. This two-day international event will bring together venture-funded and publicly traded companies publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. with leading investors and pharmaceutical companies. Last year's event attracted more than 400 investors and business-development executives, along with 50 presenting companies. "This year's forum will attract not only many of the world's most successful biotech investors but also many of the pharmaceutical industry's savviest business-development directors," said Leonard Sachs, Managing Director of Sachs Associates. "In short, this forum will serve as an excellent venue for companies that are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. funding and partners." Panel session topics will include: "Venture Financing Outlook for Biotech in 2004;" "Capital Markets;" "Evolving Pharma and Biotech Relationships;" "Fund of Funds Fund of Funds A mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds. Notes: For example, an investor would select a general risk profile and the fund-of-funds manager would pick underlying investments from a range of products managed by external managers. ;" "Global Development;" "Technology Transfer;" "Value Creation in Biotechnology;" "Assessing the Cost of Clinical Trials & Identifying the Key Issues in Drug Development;" "Systems Biology Systems biology, a field of study in the biosciences, focuses on the systematic study of complex interactions in biological systems. Particularly from 2000 onwards, the term is used widely in the biosciences, and in a variety of contexts. ;" and "Emerging Markets." In addition, a total of 50 privately held and publicly traded companies focused on the life sciences will make formal presentations about their business strategies and opportunities. To register for the conference, contact Ms. Pernilla Hellsten at Pernilla@sachsforum.com. The forum's co-sponsors include: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals; Fish & Richardson P.C.; Invest Australia; Katan Associates; and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . The forum's partnering organizations include: BioExec Ventures LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control ; GSAS GSAS Graduate School of Arts and Sciences GSAS General Structure Analysis System GSAS Glutamate Gamma-Semialdehyde Synthetase GSAS Grinnell Students Against Scurvy GSAS Graduate Students in Arts and Science GSAS Global Status Accounting System Harvard Biotechnology Club; LaVoie Strategic Communications Group Inc.; Massachusetts Biotechnology Council; Ronald Trahan Associates Inc.; and, The Trout Group. Since 1997, Sachs Associates, a London-based company that organizes and produces securities markets conferences, has been working in collaboration with Bloomberg LP, the fastest-growing electronic real-time financial information provider. Business Wire is the official news service for the "Sachs-Bloomberg Global Biotech Forum for Investing & Partnering." |
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