Registration Now Open for the Seventh Annual BIO Investor Forum

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BIO announced today that media, investor and general registration is now available for the seventh annual BIO Investor Forum that will take place October 29-31, 2008 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Calif.

The BIO Investor Forum is a national investor conference featuring more than 190 leading private and emerging public biotechnology companies. The meeting is designed to appeal to healthcare venture and private equity investors, as well as the buy-side and sell-side investor community. In addition, the BIO Investor Forum draws business development executives from leading global pharmaceutical and mature biotechnology companies.

This year’s BIO Investor Forum program will explore current and competitive therapeutic development trends and investment opportunities in life sciences through therapeutic, business and plenary panels led by clinical thought leaders, industry analysts and biotechnology executives.

To learn more about the BIO Investor Forum, including registration and program information, please visit http://investorforum.bio.org. Registration is complementary for qualified investors and credentialed members of the media.

About BIO

BIO represents more than 1,200 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world.

Upcoming BIO Events

Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy

Sept. 10-12, 2008

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Intellectual Property Council Committee Fall Conference and Meeting

October 20-22, 2008

Orlando, Fla.

BIO HR Conference 2008

October 26-28, 2008

San Diego, Calif.

BIO-LES Advanced Business Development Course

October 27-29, 2008

San Francisco, Calif.

BIO Investor Forum

October 29-31, 2008

San Francisco, Calif.

Advanced Business Development Course

November 14-16, 2008

Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany

BIO-Europe 2008

November 17-19, 2008

Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany

2009 BIO International Convention

May 18-21, 2009

Atlanta, Ga.