Fourth Annual NASDAQ Healthcare Forum Spotlights Many of the Industry's Most Dynamic Companies; Addresses Emerging Trends and Challenges Facing the Industry
NEW YORK and BOSTON, Nov. 25, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NASDAQ OMX Group (Nasdaq:NDAQ), the world's largest exchange company, and Leerink Swann, the leading healthcare investment banking firm, today announced they will co-host a one-day conference, The NASDAQ OMX Healthcare Industry Forum, exploring "The Intersection of Healthcare and the Capital Markets," from its NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, NY.
The conference will be the exchange's fourth annual forum in this sector and will continue its tradition of including innovative NASDAQ listed healthcare companies and other premier healthcare corporations along with industry influencers at the event. This year, NASDAQ OMX is partnering with Leerink Swann, together with their experienced professionals and other senior healthcare executives. The Forum will cover topics that explore capital markets and creating shareholder value in challenging times, healthcare reform, winning regulatory and clinical strategies, and the reality and promise of healthcare IT. Keynotes and panelists will include officials from Merck (NYSE:MRK), Imclone (Nasdaq:IMCL), Henry Schein (Nasdaq:HSIC), Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), and Athena Healthcare (Nasdaq:ATHN).
The complete agenda for the event can be viewed at: http://www.magnetmail.net/images/clients/NASDAQ/attach/HealthcareForumAgenda1117.pdf
"Leerink's reputation as the healthcare investment bank nicely complements NASDAQ OMX's position as the exchange of choice in this industry and we are excited to partner with them this year for our fourth annual event," said Bruce Aust, Executive Vice President of NASDAQ OMX. "The NASDAQ OMX HealthCare Industry Forum is being hosted at a critical time for the industry in which challenges, key developments and reform are on the horizon. We hope that our Forum's broad focus on the intersection of healthcare and the capital markets provides attendees with interesting, thought provoking perspectives and key insights on the future direction of this critical industry sector."
"Leerink Swann is pleased to join forces with the NASDAQ OMX Group for this interesting exchange of ideas and emerging trends in the healthcare industry at such a pivotal time for the capital markets," said Jeff Leerink, Chairman and CEO of Leerink Swann. "It is increasingly important for institutional investors, venture capitalists, hedge funds, bankers and company executives to better understand how the changing political and economic environment will affect the healthcare industry."
The conference is being held on Monday, December 8, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:15 p.m. at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, New York.
