VNU Business Media and Burrill & Company Form Global Media Group Burrill Life Sciences Media, LLC.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User Business Media and Burrill Burrill is a small village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is in the parish of Burrill with Cowling and 1 mile west of Bedale. & Company have joined forces to form Burrill Life Sciences Media Group, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , it was announced by Robert Krakoff, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , VNU Business Media and G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company. This is a key development in building a global life sciences media company. "The delivery of high quality life science information is one of the fastest growing segments of the business media marketplace," said Krakoff. "Working with Steve Burrill and the Burrill Life Sciences Media Group is the first step in providing us with the highest quality and best portfolio of events, conferences, publications, newsletters, and annual biotech bi·o·tech n. Informal Biotechnology. biotech Noun short for biotechnology Noun 1. state of the industry report in the industry today." "This combination with the Life Sciences Media Group of Burrill & Company will create another major market leadership channel for VNU," added Krakoff. "We anticipate that our new undertaking will, over time, play the same role in the life sciences industry as the The Hollywood Reporter does in film and Billboard in music." "We are very excited to combine our Life Sciences Media Group with the resources of VNU Business Media since it will allow us to leverage our thought leadership, our network, our conferences and our products--including books, reports, newsletters and magazines, in the life sciences world--towards our joint goal of building a truly global media giant in the Life Sciences and Healthcare markets," said Burrill. Currently the Life Sciences Media Group of Burrill & Company focuses on organizing and hosting a series of annual executive-level conferences worldwide, including The Stem Cell stem cell In living organisms, an undifferentiated cell that can produce other cells that eventually make up specialized tissues and organs. There are two major types of stem cells, embryonic and adult. Meeting, The Personalized Medicine  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. Meeting and The Biotech Meeting at Laguna Niguel, an exclusive
biotech industry CEO event, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
The publishing operations encompass a wide range of industry reports and
newsletters. Its flagship publication, Burrill's annual report on
the "State of the Industry," has been an important part of the
biotech industry's current and historical view of itself for 20
years. The 21st edition will be available in March 2007. The Life
Sciences Media Group's monthly and quarterly reports and
publications provide an up-to-date resource for the latest insight,
intelligence and information regarding the biotech industry.
Burrill's most recent addition to its family of publications is The
Journal of Life Sciences, the industry's source for analysis and
opinion at the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. of science, policy, business and society. About Burrill & Company Founded in 1994, Burrill & Company is a San Francisco-based global leader in life sciences with principal activities in Venture Capital, Merchant Banking and Media. The Burrill family of venture capital funds Venture Capital Funds An investment fund that manages money from investors seeking private equity stakes in small and medium-size enterprises with strong growth potential. Notes: has over $850 million under management and its merchant banking business is one of the industry leaders in life sciences transactions. About VNU Business Media VNU Business Media is a leading market-focused provider of integrated information, and sales and marketing solutions, helping businesses go to market more effectively and efficiently. Serving six major markets, spanning the entertainment, media and marketing, retail, travel and performance, and design industries, Business Media provides business-to-business products and services in print, online and in person. With 42 publications, over 60 trade shows and 185 digital products and services, Business Media offers insight, analysis and face-to-face contacts to help professionals better understand their markets, serve and sell their customers and grow their businesses. About VNU VNU is a global information and media company with leading market positions and recognized brands in marketing information (ACNielsen), media information (Nielsen Media Research), business publications (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek) and trade shows. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and New York, USA. |
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