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The Largest East Coast Strategic Partnership and Investment Meeting for Medical Technology Executives

NEW! Don’t miss the latest updates-directly from the FDA!

Panel, June 24, 2009, 1:30-2:30 pm

Working Successfully With FDA – Priorities Under the New Administration

  • Understand the agency’s current thinking on 510(k) clearance
  • Learn about CDRH’s new program to reclassify many devices
  • Get FDA tips on ensuring data integrity in your clinical trials

Mary Houghton
Executive Editor
The Gray Sheet

Heather S. Rosecrans
Director, 510(k) Staff
FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Michael Marcarelli
Director, Division of Bioresearch Monitoring, Office of Compliance
FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Invest, Partner and Network with THE Most Senior-Level Investors and Regulators in the Business:

Heather S. Rosecrans
Director, 510(k) Staff
FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Michael Marcarelli
Director, Division of Bioresearch Monitoring, Office of Compliance
FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Steven Weinstein
Managing Director
Novartis Venture Funds

John B. Henneman, III
EVP, Finance & Administration and CFO
Integra LifeSciences Corporation

Dennis Crowley
Vice President, Corporate Development
Covidien

Ted Davis
Vice President, Business Development
Wright Medical Technology

Izi Vruker
Vice President, Research & Development
Depuy-Mitek/Johnson & Johnson

Paul LaViolette
Venture Partner
SV Life Sciences

Matt Rieke
Partner
Quaker Bioventures

Daniel Sheehan
Vice President
Covidien Ventures

Albert Lauritano, MSc, CLP
Director, Business Development
Becton Dickinson (BD)

Anupendra Sharma
Investment Partner
Siemens Venture Capital, Inc.

 


Investment-in-Innovation (In3) conferences are the premier forums worldwide for discerning senior executives in the medical device, diagnostics, biotech, and pharmaceutical business development and investment communities to meet and screen promising medical technology companies in need of funding, acquisition and/or strategic partnership, and to network with key decision makers in the industry. Click here to see a video describing why you should attend IN3 conferences: Launch Video

In3 East is simply where you will meet the most important people in medical technology partnering.
As the largest East Coast strategic partnership and investment meeting for senior-level medical technology executives, hundreds of venture capital companies and medical technology companies gather each year to hear about the latest innovations and investment opportunities, especially in the following areas:

  • Cardiovascular/Interventional Cardiology
  • Diagnostics
  • Drug Delivery
  • Imaging
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Nanotechnology
  • Neurostimulation
  • Orthopedics/Spine
  • Peripheral Vascular
  • Stem Cells
  • Stroke Management
  • Wound Management

... among many other high-growth areas

And when you’re not networking, you’ll benefit from any of the following discussed at the meeting:

  • Keynote presentations, on-stage interviews, investment and financing panel discussions by prominent device industry executives
  • Venture capital dealmaking presentations
  • Buy side panels
  • Educational workshops for start-up companies
  • Company presentations from more than 50 emerging medical technology companies seeking funding and/or strategic partnership

For more information, please contact Kristy Grimes at 480-985-9512, 888-202-5939 toll-free in the U.S., or e-mail in3@windhover.com

Advisory Board

Jeffrey Barnes
General Partner
Oxford Bioscience Partners

Annette Campbell-White
Senior Managing Member MedVenture Associates

Michael Carusi
General Partner
Advanced Technology Ventures

Luke Evnin
General Partner
MPM Capital

Richard M. Ferrari
Managing Director
DeNovo Ventures

William T. Harrington
Partner
Three Arch Partners

Ross A. Jaffe
Managing Director
Versant Ventures

Ellen Koskinas
Partner
InterWest Partners

Josh Makower
Venture Partner
NEA

John Maroney
General Partner
Delphi Ventures

Allan May
Chairman, Founder
Life Science Angels
Managing Director
Emergent Medical Partner

David Milne
Managing Partner
SV Life Science Advisers

Trevor J. Moody
Partner
Frazier Healthcare Ventures

Jesse I Treu
Partner
Domain Associates

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Program Agenda

June 23, 2009
8:00 - 5:00 PM Medical Device Investor Day Symposium
Held prior to the In3 East Conference
5:00 - 7:00 PM In3 East Registration & Welcome Reception Essex Ballroom Foyer
6:00 - 7:00 PM Pre-Conference Panel Discussion
Setting the Right Trajectory: Avoiding the 14 Biggest Mistakes Made By Emerging Lifescience Companies
  • Regulatory decisions have implications far beyond FDA approval. Find out how to avoid regulatory stumbles.
  • Investors need to be convinced of the business case. Learn the most often overlooked but essential evidence to make the case for investors.
  • See the 10 slides that should be in every investor presentation and grasp the three critical slides that demonstrate your value proposition the way that investors prefer.
  • Reimbursement decisions can make or break successful commercialization. Find out the critical decision points and when to make them.
    • Nancy Reaven, President, Strategic Health Resources
    • Nancy Patterson, President, Strategy Inc.
    June 24, 2009
    7:00 - 7:55 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast Essex Ballroom Foyer
    8:00 - 8:05 AM Welcome/Opening Essex Ballroom South
    8:05 - 9:00 AM Keynote Panel Discussion
    Getting Funded: What VCs Want-- and Don't Want-- to See in Today's Market
  • David Cassak, Managing Director, Medical Devices at Elsevier Business Intelligence
  • Steven Weinstein, Managing Director, Novartis Venture Funds
  • Paul LaViolette, SV Life Sciences
  • Daniel Sheehan, Vice President, Covidien Ventures
  • Matt Rieke, General Partner, Quaker BioVentures
  • 9:00 - 5:25 PM Company Presentations Essex Ballroom South
    9:05 - 9:10 AM Moderator
    9:10 - 9:20 AM MicroTransponder Inc.
    9:20 - 9:30 AM Pico-Tesla Magnetic Therapies, LLC
    9:30 - 9:40 AM CardioMag Imaging, Inc.
    9:40 - 9:50 AM CoreSpine Technologies
    9:50 - 10:00 AM ICON Interventional Systems
    10:00 - 10:10 AM Cornova, Inc.
    10:15 - 10:20 AM Moderator
    10:20 - 10:30 AM CardiAQ Valve Technologies
    10:30 - 10:40 AM Invendo Medical GmbH
    10:40 - 10:50 AM SquareOne Inc.
    10:50 - 11:00 AM Arterain Medical, Inc.
    11:00 - 11:10 AM Xylos Corporation
    11:10 - 11:20 AM Optasia Medical Ltd.
    11:25 - 11:30 AM Moderator
    11:30 - 11:40 AM Echo Therapeutics
    11:40 - 11:50 AM SynCardia Systems, Inc.
    11:50 - 12:00 PM Aura Medsystems, Inc.
    12:00 - 12:10 PM NuOrtho Surgical Inc.
    12:10 - 12:20 PM Spartan Bioscience Inc.
    12:20 - 12:30 PM EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch Essex Ballroom Center
    1:30 - 2:30 PM Panel Discussion Essex Ballroom South
    Working Successfully With FDA – Priorities Under the New Administration
  • Understand the agency’s current thinking on 510(k) clearance
  • Learn about CDRH’s new program to reclassify many devices
  • Get FDA tips on ensuring data integrity in your clinical trials
    • Mary Houghton, Executive Editor, The Gray Sheet (Moderator)
    • Heather S. Rosecrans, Dir. of 510(k) Staff, FDA Center for Devices & Radiological Health
    • Michael Marcarelli, Dir. of Division of Bioresearch Monitoring, Office of Compliance, FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
    • Mark DuVal, Director and Managing Partner, DuVal & Associates, P.A.
    2:30 - 2:35 PM Moderator
    2:35 - 2:45 PM Softscope Medical Technologies
    2:45 - 2:55 PM Vivo Metrics
    2:55 - 3:05 PM SpinX Technologies, SA
    3:05 - 3:15 PM CytoSorbents, Inc.
    3:15 - 3:25 PM Replication Medical, Inc. (RMI)
    3:25 - 3:35 PM Profound Medical Inc.
    3:40 - 3:45 PM Moderator
    3:45 - 3:55 PM Axial Biotech
    3:55 - 4:05 PM Medical Device Works
    4:05 - 4:15 PM MicroMed Cardiovascular, Inc.
    4:15 - 4:25 PM ThermalAngel
    4:25 - 4:35 PM Methco
    4:35 - 4:45 PM Biomedical Photometrics, Inc.
    4:50 - 4:55 PM Moderator
    4:55 - 5:05 PM MicroPhage Incorporated
    5:05 - 5:15 PM Mespere
    5:15 - 5:25 PM Spinetronics Antalgic-Trak
    5:25 - 5:35 PM DiFUSION Technologies
    5:35 - 5:45 PM PLC Medical Systems, Inc.
    5:45 - 6:15 PM Sponsor Supported Networking Session
    6:15 - 7:45 PM Presenting Company Product Exhibits/Networking Session
    June 25, 2009
    8:30 - 9:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast Essex Ballroom Foyer
    9:00 - 10:15 AM State of the Medical Device Industry Address
  • David Cassak, Managing Director, Devices, Elsevier Business Intelligence
  • Stephen Levin, Executive Editor, Elsevier Business Intelligence
  • 10:15 - 10:45 AM Networking Break and Check-Out
    10:45 - 10:50 AM Moderator
    10:50 - 11:00 AM Anulex Technologies
    11:00 - 11:10 AM Ankota
    11:10 - 11:20 AM Veryan Medical, Ltd.
    11:20 - 11:30 AM MiCardia Corporation
    11:30 - 11:40 AM Nonatec Medical Systems
    11:40 - 12:40 PM Box Lunch Essex Ballroom Center
     

    Top reasons to attend In3 East:

    • Catch up on the state of medical technology investment and partnering
    • Network with peers who face similar challenges in regulatory, reimbursement and clinical issues for medical devices
    • Benchmark your dealmaking against the best and the brightest
    • Winners and losers: Find out which companies and technologies are worth the investment
    • Get key trend analysis on medical technology deal structures
    • Maximize your strategic alliance opportunities by meeting business development leaders who’ll share practical advice and strategies on how to structure successful deals
    • Walk away with practical, real-life lessons from some of the most experienced dealmakers in the industry in the medical technology marketplace
    • Attended by senior-level decision-makers from the investment community and major medical technology, biopharmaceutical, biotech, venture capital and other companies
    • More than 50 participating companies
    • 10-minute presentations immediately followed by private, one-on-one meetings with company representatives
    • A range of technologies for such high-growth segments of the medtech industry as interventional cardiology, spinal and orthopedic surgery, drug delivery technology, and stroke management

    Maximize your strategic alliance opportunities by hearing C-level, venture capital and business development executives who share lessons learned, practical advice and strategies on medical technology dealmaking.

    In3 East has the most senior execs in attendance:

    • Presidents
    • CEOs
    • Chairmen
    • Venture Partners
    • Managing Directors
    • Vice Presidents/Directors of Business Development, Marketing, New Technology, Acquisitions, R & D & Sales
    • Senior Investment Analysts/Managers/Directors

    If you're on this list, you must attend this meeting.

    • Established medical technology companies seeking technology through licensing, partnering and acquisition to broaden or deepen product lines or build sector strength
    • Venture capitalists and investment bankers
    • Medical device, biotech, biopharmaceutical or other company executives seeking investments or partnerships
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    Presenting Companies

    Presenting Companies
    Locations
    Technologies
    Ankota (First-Time Presenter)
    Wellesley, MA
    Ankota is the pioneering company in the field of Healthcare Delivery Management (HDM) providing technology to enable home health care providers to provide better patient care while improving operational efficiency by 20-30%. www.ankota.com
    Anulex Technologies (First-Time Presenter)
    Minnetonka, MN
    Medical technology to repair and seal the soft tissue of the spine (anulus) for patients undergoing a surgical procedure to remove a herniated disc (discectomy). www.anulex.com
    Arterain Medical (First-Time Presenter)
    Atlanta, GA
    An early-stage, medical device company focused on the development of a catheter for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. www.arterain.com
    Aura Medsystems, Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    New York, NY
    Company description coming soon.
    Axial Biotech
    Salt Lake City, UT
    Focused on developing and commercializing genetic tests and treatment solutions for spinal disorders. www.axialbiotech.com
    Biomedical Photometrics, Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    Ontario, Canada
    Digital clinical pathology systems.www.confocal.com
    CardiAQ Valve Technologies
    Winchester, MA
    CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CVT) is developing innovative approaches to heart valve replacement and is initially focused on Percutaneous Mitral Valve Replacement (PMVR).
    CardioMag Imaging, Inc.
    Schenectady, NY
    Non-invasive devices to identify patients with coronary artery disease and other life threatening cardiovascular conditions. www.cardiomag.com
    CoreSpine Technologies
    Minneapolis, MN
    Prepares the spinal disc for a nucleus replacement or minimally-invasive fusion device. www.corespinetech.com
    CorNova Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    Burlington, MA
    Develops next-generation endovascular devices that incorporate advanced fiber optics technology into currently used products and procedures to improve patient outcomes without adding to procedure time and cost. www.cornova.com
    CytoSorbents, Inc.
    Monmouth Junction, NJ
    CytoSorb™ is a proprietary blood purification resin in clinical trials to treat severe sepsis or “overwhelming infection” by reducing cytokine storm; a major cause of organ failure and death in sepsis. www.cytosorbents.com
    DiFUSION Technologies (First-Time Presenter)
    Austin, TX
    Reducing the rising incidence of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) in spinal surgeries. www.difusiontech.com
    Echo Therapeutics (First-Time Presenter)
    Franklin, MA
    Company description coming soon. www.echotx.com
    EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc
    Waltham, MA
    EyeGate® II uses iontophoresis technology to safely and non-invasively deliver therapeutics for ocular indications. www.eyegatepharma.com
    ICON Interventional Systems (First-Time Presenter)
    Atlanta, GA
    Emerging, medical device company providing cardiovascular solutions to patients and doctors around the world. www.icon-us.com
    Invendo Medical GmbH
    Kissing, Germany
    Improves the convenience and tolerability of gastroenterological endoscopic procedures, resulting in better patient compliance and increased procedure(s) performed. www.invendo-medical.com
    Medical Device Works
    Brussells, Belgium
    The only set of catheters for percutaneous isolation of an organ (liver) and local delivery of (any) high dosage chemotherapy for treatment of organ cancer. www.medicaldeviceworks.com
    Mespere Lifesciences, Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    Waterloo, Canada
    Non-invasive monitoring of Central Venous Pressure (CVP) for cardiology and nephrology diagnostic applications. www.mespere.com
    Methco (First-Time Presenter)
    Toronto, Canada
    Developing a disposable delivery device to improve asthma and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) diagnosis and ongoing disease management of asthmatics and other respiratory conditions.
    MiCardia Corporation (First-Time Presenter)
    Irvine, CA
    Company description coming soon. www.micardia.com
    MicroMed Cardiovascular Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    Houston, TX
    A pioneer in the accelerating field of Mechanical Circulatory Support. MicroMed manufactures a small implantable electric pump, the HeartAssist5, developed by NASA and famed heart surgeon Dr. Michael E. DeBakey that is intended to increase the cardiac output of a patient with a failing heart. www.micromedcv.com
    MicroPhage Inc.
    Longmont, CO
    Bacteriophage enabling technology that offers the ability to increase specificity and decrease time to results on existing immunodiagnostic platforms. www.micro-phage.com
    MicroTransponder Inc.
    Dallas, TX
    Developed a wireless neurostimulation device to treat refractory chronic pain. It is 100 times smaller than the current technology and injectable via a minimally invasive hypodermic needle. www.microtransponder.com
    Nonatec Medical (First-Time Presenter)
    Princeton, NJ
    Company description coming soon.
    NuOrtho Surgical Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    Fall River, MA
    Low level radio frequency energy that is combined with instruments and therapeutic agents designed to protect the treatment site during use and promote tissue healing and patient recovery. www.nuorthosurgical.com
    Optasia Medical, Ltd. (First-Time Presenter)
    Sudbury, MA
    Serving the needs of the large and growing market of musculoskeletal disease with highly scalable, high margin, proprietary medical image analysis software products. www.optasiamedical.com
    Pico-Tesla Magentic Therapies, LLC
    Littleton, CO
    Later-stage, web-enabled, non invasive, neuromodulation platform technology company, beginning a phase III Clinical trial (2009) involving Parkinson’s Disease.
    PLC Medical Systems, Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    Franklin, MA
    Company description coming soon. www.plcmed.com
    Profound Medical Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    Ontario, Canada
    Commercialising a unique, minimally-invasive approach for the treatment of prostate cancer. www.profoundmedical.com
    Replication Medical, Inc. (RMI)
    Cranbury, NJ
    Implantable hydrogel devices to be used for treating degenerative disc disease. www.replicationmedical.com
    Spartan Bioscience Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    Ottowa, Canada
    Canadian molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and markets DNA analyzers for on-demand applications. www.spartanbio.com
    Spinetronics LLC (First-Time Presenter)
    Coral Springs, FL
    Invented the Antalgic-Trak. The only articulating range of motion non surgical spinal decompression system. Treats herniated, bulged and injured discs. Current research reveals 95% treatment success with a 1 year patient satisfaction follow up of 86%. There are 40 systems across the US, Canada and Asia. www.Spinetronics.com
    SpinX Technologies, SA
    Geneva, Switzerland
    SpinX Technologies develops and commercializes a programmable lab-on-a-chip platform, for applications ranging from drug discovery to in-vitro diagnostics. www.spinx-technologies.com
    SquareOne Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    Mountain View, CA
    Internationally launching an aorto-ostial stent system for use in both peripheral and coronary ostial lesions. www.squareone-inc.com
    SynCardia Systems, Inc. (First-Time Presenter)
    Tucson, AZ
    World’s only FDA & CE approved Total Artificial Heart manufacturer to submit 12 lb Freedom™ discharge driver to FDA & CE in Q2/Q3. www.syncardia.com
    ThermalAngel (First-Time Presenter)
    Dallas, TX
    In-line, battery-powered disposable, lightweight and completely portable blood and IV fluid warming device, capable of intravenous application and irrigation warming. www.thermalangel.com
    Veryan Medical, Ltd.
    West Sussex, United Kingdom
    Vascular stents and grafts with increased patency by improved flow dynamics, reducing stenosis and restenosis. www.veryanmed.com
    VivoMetrics. Inc.
    Ventura, CA
    Next generation remote patient monitoring (RPM) - LifeShirt - continuously monitors vital life-sign functions such as heart rate, respiratory rate, body position, activity level and skin temperature. www.vivometrics.com
    Xylos Corporation
    Langhorne, PA
    Medical device company that develops unique biomaterials based on proprietary biocellulose technology for the treatment, repair, or placement of human tissue. www.xyloscorp.com

     

    *Cancellation Policy: Refunds will only be given through May 23, 2009. Paid cancellations thru May 23, 2009 will incur a $300 processing fee. Cancellations after May 23, 2009 will only be allowed a replacement attendee. No other credit, transfer, or refund will be offered.

     


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