Elsevier Business Intelligence (EBI) places medical device and biopharma professionals, and those who focus on these industries, at the forefront of knowledge and insight, by providing a combination of news and information together with insight and analysis. Built on the heritage of F-D-C Reports, Windhover Information and Medtech Insight, Elsevier Business Intelligence is a leader in the field of healthcare industry information. EBI's medical device publications and databases, including: IN VIVO, Start UP, Medtech Insight, The Gray Sheet, The Silver Sheet and Strategic Transactions provide comprehensive strategic, innovation, regulatory and clinical coverage of the medical device industry. EBI's In3--Investment in Innovation conferences are the leading investment, partnering, and networking events in the medical technology industry.  And its MedTech market research reports business provides market data and analysis on dozens of medical device clinical segments.

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences Industry Group is dedicated to delivering effective solutions to the complex business challenges facing pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.  Through PwC's global network we provide industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services.  More than 155,000 people in 153 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice for our clients.

Versant Ventures is a leading healthcare-focused venture capital firm specializing in seed, early-stage, and selective later-stage investments in medical devices, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.   Versant’s seasoned investment team, with more than 125 years of venture capital and 115 years of operating experience, seeks to invest in visionary companies targeting segments where there is an opportunity to make significant clinical improvements through innovation. Versant currently manages four venture funds in excess of $1.6 billion. To date, Versant has funded more than 95 healthcare companies in more than 15 therapeutic areas,  including acquired companies such as Eyeonics, IntraLase, Liposonix, NovaCardia, Pharmion, Reliant, St. Francis Medical Technologies, and Syrrx, and a number of now-current public companies including Genomic Health (GHDX) and Insulet (PODD). Versant has offices in Menlo Park, Newport Beach, and  San Francisco, California. 

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier provider of legal services to life sciences, technology, and growth enterprises worldwide. The firm is nationally recognized as a leader in corporate governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions. Over the past two decades, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has developed an integrated life sciences practice, specifically focused on addressing the business and legal issues facing life sciences companies. We advise a large number of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic, medical device, and healthcare information and services companies at all stages of development. The firm, which is headquartered in Palo Alto, has offices in Austin, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C., and Shanghai.

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Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving large corporations, small- and middle-market businesses and individual consumers in more than 150 countries with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. Bank of America Merrill Lynch is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. The company provides, through various banking and broker-dealer affiliates, M&A advice, equity and debt capital raising solutions, lending, risk management, treasury, liquidity, and payments management. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

BioQuest is a retained executive search firm focused exclusively on recruiting senior
professionals for the Life Sciences industry for the past 25 years. Our clients range from VC-backed start-ups to public companies across the broad spectrum of the Life Sciences industry including medical devices, biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, molecular diagnostics, personalized medicine, research tools, healthcare IT, healthcare services and consumer/medical. We focus on the top two management tiers: CEO and VP level, along with board of director searches.

HillCo HEALTH, a boutique group of seasoned principals, provides advisory services including strategic policy planning, implications and solutions, reimbursement and coding insights and strategies and payer advocacy for leading health care delivery, financing, manufacturing, and service entities. Each of our principals has walked in the shoes of those they now seek to influence. Our team members are from government or the private sectors representing the clients we hope to attract – from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs/DMACs), State Medicaid, the White House, and private healthcare industry, including commercial payers. HillCo HEALTH has a solid reputation for being creative, candid, and relentless to ensure we do the right thing for the right reasons for our clients and for those we seek to influence.

Silicon Valley Bank is the premier commercial bank for companies in the life science, technology, venture capital, private equity and premium wine industries. SVB provides a comprehensive suite of financing solutions, treasury management, corporate investment and international banking services to its clients worldwide. Through its focus on specialized markets and extensive knowledge of the people and business issues driving them, Silicon Valley Bank provides a level of service and partnership that measurably impacts its clients’ success. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company serves clients around the world through 26 U.S. offices and international operations in China, India, Israel and the United Kingdom.

WCG is a global communications company offering integrated creative, interactive and marketing communications services to clients in healthcare, technology, consumer products and entertainment. WCG is creating the positive future of communications by focusing on the corporate, product marketing and communications needs of the world’s leading companies.

Established in 2001 by Jim Weiss, a 25 year veteran in healthcare communications, the agency has grown to nearly 250 employees serving clients from offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Austin, Los Angeles and London.

WCG’s professionals specialize in branding, design, digital, interactive, social and traditional marketing, location based marketing, corporate and product PR, media, investor and advocacy relations, clinical trial recruitment and grassroots direct-to-patient communications campaigns.