Adventures at AdvaMed 2009

I have made my way to Washington D.C., more specifically the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, for AdvaMed 2009. During my short stay here I have seen and been in contact with many medical technology CEOs and executives, not to mention policy-makers, media, financiers, and many other industry leaders from around the world. I, however, am the only intergalactic guest attending this event…for this year at least. I’m sure, that after I bring back to Beakeris all of this information I have collected, all of the medical technology conference’s intergalactic registration rates will increase exponentially!

I have listened in on a couple plenary sessions, which featured speakers such as former President Bill Clinton. There are roughly 40 companies from the Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region participating here, including Meta Biomed Inc., NeuroInterventional Therapeutics, Kaplan EduNeering, and Southern Lights Biomaterials, not to mention a handful of the renowned speakers…which is incredible for the tri-state region! It truly shows the size and strength of the medical device sector and the level of innovation harbored there. As I have been making my way through the exhibit hall, marveling at all of the incredible companies and their various medical technologies, I have been dreaming about Biotech 2009, and how it will also feature an entire session track on Drug Delivery, Device, and Diagnostics.

…aaah to think…in just 34 days I will be sitting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center…listening to the exciting and enlightening session on new trends in drug delivery of biotechnology-derived therapeutics on Monday at 10:30 a.m….or maybe the forward thinking and incredibly innovative advancements for the diagnostics and treatment of neurological disorders session with panelists Paul Gilbert, CEO of MedAvante, Inc., John Mordock, president and CEO of Neurologix, Inc., J. Howison Schroeder, president and CEO, Neuro Kinetics, Inc., and Dan Skovronsky, CEO of Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc…and maybe…just maybe…I may be fortunate enough to catch a word or two with David Holveck, president and CEO of Endo Pharmaceuticals - Biotech 2009 dinner keynote speaker of course…or Schering-Plough Corporation Chairman and CEO Fred Hassan, Tuesday’s luncheon keynote speaker…snap out of it Helixman…you have a mission to accomplish here…to gather as much information as you can for the Grand Centrifugium Assembly!

I will continue my adventure at AdvaMed and then retrace my route back to the tri-state region and see what else I can uncover there, but later stop at the conveniently located Hotel Helix for some rest and relaxation…it seems more than adequate for a double helix like myself.

Until next time…

Helixman