(Source: Business Wire)More than 80 biotech companies, biopharma manufacturers, equipment suppliers, and service providers will exhibit their products and services at the NYBA 18th Annual Meeting (April 20-21 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City), making it the largest bioscience exhibition in the Northeast. From laboratory supplies to research equipment, from legal services to public relations, bioscience is open for business at the NYBA 18th Annual Meeting.

Nathan Tinker, Executive Director of NYBA, said, "The NYBA Annual Meeting is the place to meet potential partners, customers, entrepreneurs, investors, suppliers, scientists”pretty much anyone you might need to build your life sciences business. It is by far the largest and most important gathering of the bioscience community in the Northeast, and the must-attend event of the year for anyone interested in the success of biotech in the region."

Among the many premier companies exhibiting at the NYBA 18th Annual Meeting are

Pfizer Inc.

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Conner Strong Companies

Mintz Levin

Genentech Inc.

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.

Opus Scientific

New York City Economic Development Corporation

Italian Trade Commission

AMRI (Albany Molecular Research Inc.)

Kenyon & Kenyon

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.

Taylor Performance Solutions

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

There is still time to reserve exhibition space and showcase your company's products and services before the 650+ senior executives attending the NYBA 18th Annual Meeting. Call Joe Tortorice at 631-444-8861 for details.

Registration is now open at http://www.nyba.org/annual-meeting.php with significant registration discounts through March 20. For the full conference schedule, information and registration visit www.nyba.org or contact Patricia Wadington, NYBA Director of Membership, at 631-444-8895 or pwadington@nyba.org.

About New York Biotechnology Association

NYBA is the leading advocate for advancing the success of the biotechnology industry in New York State and is its main representative to policy makers, the media and the communities in which we work. NYBA's mission is to support the development and growth of New York's biotechnology industry, and to serve our members and the biotechnology community by providing a network for information exchange, shared services and collective action. NYBA's membership comprises bioscience companies, world-class research institutions and related professional services. Under the banner of The Cures Start Here®, our goal is to amplify the success New York has had and continues to have in discovering major medical advances and growing a vibrant biotech industry.

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