| Platinum Sponsor |  | Merck & Co., Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. During 2006, Merck launched five new products – Gardasil, Januvia, Zostavax, Zolinza and RotaTeq. We also signed 53 strategic acquisition and alliance agreements which complement our internal research and development efforts and enhance our pipeline. In 2006, worldwide sales were $22.6 billion. Currently, Merck is focusing its resources on finding new treatments for: Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, novel vaccines, obesity, cancer, pain, and sleep disorders. | |
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| Totebag Sponsor |  | William Blair & Company, an independent, employee-owned firm, offers investment banking and asset management to individual, institutional, and issuing clients. Our international operation, headquartered in London for 20 years, manages global cross-border transactions to the middle market across industry sectors. In the past three years, we have completed 70-plus cross-border transactions for clients based in 16 countries including India, China, Israel, Holland, France, the UK, Canada, and the U.S., among others. | |
| Technology Workshop Sponsors |  |  | Quintiles helps improve healthcare worldwide by providing a broad range of professional services, information and partnering solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. Year after year we help develop or commercialize every one of the world's top 30 best selling drugs. Visit us at: quintiles.com |  | The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters provides information and knowledge to accelerate research, discovery and innovation. Our authoritative, accurate and timely information is essential for drug companies to discover new drugs and get them to market faster; researchers to find relevant papers and know what's newly published in their subject; and businesses to optimize their intellectual property and find competitive intelligence. | |
| Additional Sponsor |  | MedTRACK is the most comprehensive database of over 11,100 global private and public biomedical companies. Business development and financial professionals use MedTRACK to obtain competitive and strategic analysis data on pipeline, partnering and venture information on biomedical companies and products worldwide. www.medtrack.com | |
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