BIO Announces Initial Companies Selected to Present at the Twelfth Annual BIO® CEO & Investor Conference
Conference Will Be Held February 8-9 at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York City
BIO CEO & Investor Conference
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today announced the first 100 companies selected to present at the Twelfth Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference. Presenting companies were selected through a rigorous screening process and were evaluated based on several criteria, including their potential to deliver on near-term clinical catalysts and accomplishments across major therapeutic markets and areas of unmet medical need.
“Selected companies are also distinguished by significant opportunities for value creation with near-term clinical, regulatory and corporate catalysts that will continue to foster the growth of our industry in the new decade.”
Over 120 presenting companies will be selected and posted on the conference website on a rolling basis. To view the latest list, please visit
http://ceo.bio.org.
This year’s presenting companies were chosen using metrics developed by BIO’s internal Industry Analysis team and were further vetted by an Advisory Committee, comprised of members from top-tier investment firms and CEOs from leading biotech companies:
Alger Boyer; Managing Director, Equities Group, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC
Benjamin R. Bowen, Ph.D.; Managing Director, Investment Banking, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC
Ron Cohen, M.D.; President & CEO, Acorda Therapeutics
J. Donald deBethizy, Ph.D.; President & CEO, Targacept
David Farhadi, M.D.; Vice President, Senior Analyst/Co-Portfolio Manager, Fred Alger Management, Inc.
Howard Furst, M.D.; Partner, Deerfield Management
Cory W. Kasimov; Vice President , J.P Morgan
David Kroin; Managing Director, Great Point Partners, LLC
Kelly Lisbakken; Vice President, Investment Banking, Wedbush PacGrow Life Sciences
Mark Schoenebaum, M.D.; Managing Director & Senior Biotechnology Analyst, Deutsche Bank AG
Chris Swindle; Managing Director, Wedbush PacGrow Life Sciences
“The BIO CEO & Investor Conference will showcase companies representing the industry’s most promising investment opportunities with late-stage clinical pipelines, well-established business strategies or strong M&A and partnering potential,” said Alan Eisenberg, executive vice president, Emerging Companies & Business Development at BIO. “Selected companies are also distinguished by significant opportunities for value creation with near-term clinical, regulatory and corporate catalysts that will continue to foster the growth of our industry in the new decade.”
Now in its twelfth year, the BIO CEO & Investor Conference is the largest independent investor conference for the life sciences industry focused on publicly-traded biotechnology companies. The meeting provides a neutral forum where institutional investors, industry analysts, and senior executives from leading global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have the opportunity to shape the future investment landscape of the biotechnology industry.
This year’s meeting will feature issue-oriented plenary sessions, company presentations and educational sessions focused on business trends and hot therapeutic areas in life sciences. Access to top investors and industry executives will also be powered by BIO One-on-One Partnering, BIO’s interactive online system that allows you to intelligently search, contact and schedule one-on-one meetings.
To learn more about the BIO CEO & Investor Conference, including registration and program information, please visit
http://ceo.bio.org. Registration is complimentary for qualified investors and credentialed members of the media.
The following companies will present at the Twelfth Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference:
4SC AG (VSC)
Acorda Therapeutics Inc. (ACOR)
Actelion Ltd. (ATLN)
Acucela Inc. (Private)
Addex Pharmaceuticals S.A. (ADXN)
Affymax Inc. (AFFY)
Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALXA)
Alkermes Inc. (ALKS)
Allon Therapeutics Inc. (NPCUF)
Allos Therapeutics Inc. (ALTH)
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALNY)
Amarin Corp. PLC (AMRN)
Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Holding N.V. (AMT)
Anadys Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ANDS)
ARCA biopharma, Inc. (ABIO)
Ardea Biosciences Inc. (RDEA)
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ARNA)
Array BioPharma Inc. (ARRY)
Bavarian Nordic A/S (BAVA)
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BCRX)
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (BMRN)
Bionomics Ltd. (BNO)
BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BPAX)
BioTie Therapies Oyj (BTH1V)
Cell Therapeutics Inc. (CTIC)
Cellectis S.A. (ALCLS)
CEL-SCI Corp. (CVM)
CERUS CORP (CERS)
Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (CHTP)
ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (CXS)
Cleveland BioLabs Inc. (CBLI)
CombinatoRx Inc. (CRXX)
Curis Inc. (CRIS)
Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CYCC)
Cytokinetics Inc. (CYTK)
DepoMed Inc. (DEPO)
Diamyd Medical AB (DMYDF)
Discovery Laboratories Inc. (DSCO)
DUSA (DUSA)
Dyax Corp. (DYAX)
Elan Pharmaceuticals (Private)
EMISPHERE TECHNOLOGIES INC (EMIS)
EpiCept Corporation (EPCT)
Exelixis Inc. (EXEL)
Genta Inc. (GETA)
GenVec Inc. (GNVC)
GeoVax Labs Inc. (GOVX)
Geron Corp. (GERN)
Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD)
GlobeImmune (Private)
Hana Biosciences, Inc (HNAB)
Human Genome Sciences Inc. (HGSI)
Icagen, Inc. (ICGN)
Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IDIX)
Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IDRA)
Immunogen Inc. (IMGN)
Immunovaccine Inc. (IMV)
Inovio Biomedical Corp. (INO)
Ista Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ISTA)
Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (JAV)
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (LXRX)
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. (LGND)
MannKind Corp. (MNKD)
MDRNA Inc. (MRNA)
Medivation Inc. (MDVN)
Micromet Inc. (MITI)
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals Inc. (MIPI)
MolMed S.p.A. (MLM)
Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. (MNTA)
Neuralstem Inc. (CUR)
NeurogesX Inc. (NGSX)
NexMed Inc. (NEXM)
NicOx S.A. (COX)
Nile Therapeutics Inc. (NLTX)
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NBY)
Novavax Inc. (NVX)
NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NPSP)
Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (ONC)
Oncothyreon Inc. (ONTY)
Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. (OREX)
Paion AG (PA8)
PDL BioPharma Inc. (PDLI)
Pharmacyclics Inc. (PCYC)
Poniard Pharmaceuticals Inc. (PARD)
Prolor Biotech Inc. (PBTH)
Repligen Corp. (RGEN)
Resverlogix Corp. (RVX)
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RNN)
Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RIGL)
RXI Pharmaceuticals Corp. (RXII)
Sangamo BioSciences Inc. (SGMO)
Soligenix, Inc. (SNGX)
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SOMX)
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SPPI)
SuperGen Inc. (SUPG)
SYGNIS Pharma AG (LIO)
Targacept Inc. (TRGT)
Transgenomic Inc. (TBIO)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRTX)
VirtualScopics Inc. (VSCP)
VIVUS Inc. (VVUS)
XOMA Ltd. (XOMA)
YM BioSciences Inc. (YM)