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Focus Turns To Biotech Next Week

The week of January 10th is perhaps one of the biggest weeks in the biotechnology  industry. Three significant healthcare conferences will take place in San Francisco, headlined by the 29th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. The event is attended by the “Who's Who” of the healthcare industry, with currently over 350 companies registered to attend. Two smaller conferences will also take place next week concurrent with the massive J.P. Morgan conference, the 4th annual OneMed Forum 2011 held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and the Biotech Showcase 2011 held at the Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel feature smaller companies from the biotech and medical device industries.

These conferences are an outstanding opportunity for biotech investors to meet face-to-face with both industry leaders and the next great pioneers in the healthcare field. Zacks Small-Cap Research (“Zacks SCR”) analysts that will be in San Francisco to meet with companies and investors are Jason Napodano, CFA, the firm's Managing Director for Institution Equity Research and Senior Biotechnology Analyst, and Brian Marckx, CFA, the firm's Senior Medical Device and Technology Analyst. Companies covered by Zacks SCR that are expected to be around these events include: Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Transcept Pharmaceuticals (TSPT), Oxygen Biotherapeutics (OXBT), Pozen Inc. (POZN), Nile Therapeutics (NLTX), Cytomedix (GTF), Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD), Cytori Therapeutics (CYTX), Aastrom Biosciences (ASTM), Zalicus Inc. (ZLCS), Transdel Pharmaceuticals (TDLP), Depomed (DEPO), Redpoint Biosciences (RPBC), Spherix Inc. (SPEX), Datatrack International (DATA), Pressure Biosciences (PBIO), and Chembio Diagnostics (CEMI). Zacks SCR research reports are available on all the above companies prior to the event by emailing SCR@Zacks.com with the ticker in the subject line. Updated research reports following the event will become available later in the month.

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