AdvaMed advocates for a legal, regulatory and economic environment that advances global health care by assuring worldwide patient access to the benefits of medical technology. We promote policies that foster the highest ethical standards, rapid product approvals, appropriate reimbursement, and access to international markets. www.advamed.org

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP is an Atlanta law firm that serves the business needs of growing public and private companies. Through mergers and acquisitions, capital markets financing, strategic alliances, joint ventures, litigation and other business-related guidance, the firm helps clients across a broad range of industries turn legal challenges into business opportunities. AGG's primary objective is to provide creative solutions that help you succeed. Our commitment to meeting and exceeding expectations is measured by the success of our clients. For more than six decades, we have helped companies like Sysco, PRG-Schultz, Costco, CryoLife, Georgia Baptist Health Care System and Lynk Systems become industry leaders. www.agg.com

Atlanta Catheter Therapies (ACT) is an early-stage research and development medical device company with an innovative and targeted portfolio of catheter technologies for the treatment of vascular disease and restenosis. ACT has developed a revolutionary drug delivery device for the treatment of restenosis (re-blockage of blood vessels) and is developing devices for endovascular debulking (clearing of blocked blood vessels).
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Ballard Spahr LLP is an Am Law 100 firm with more than 475 attorneys in 12 offices across the United States. We provide a full range of intellectual property services, including patent, copyright, and trademark counseling; due diligence; licensing; and infringement, trade secret, and other litigation. Our clients include Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, life sciences and technology companies, health systems, investors and developers, government agencies and sponsored enterprises, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. www.ballardspahr.com

Big Bang is an Atlanta based design and engineering firm that develops products for healthcare and consumer markets. We’ve spent nearly two decades developing and refining the application of innovation, which has resulted in a wide range of award winning and top selling products that exceed user, patient and business expectations. Clients represent established market leaders such as Siemens, Philips/Respironics and CR Bard, as well as emerging businesses like Altea Therapeutics, OrbusNeich and Docuys. With a diverse toolbox that includes end-user research, ergonomics, GUI, electro-mechanical design and engineering, our cross disciplinary team has solved hundreds of complex and simple product development challenges. http://www.bigbangip.com/discovery.htm

CardioMEMS is a medical device company that has developed and is commercializing a proprietary wireless sensing and communication technology for the human body. Our technology platform is designed to improve the management of severe chronic cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure and aneurysms. Our miniature wireless sensors can be implanted using minimally invasive techniques and transmit cardiac output, blood pressure and heart rate data that are critical to the management of patients. Due to their small size, durability, and lack of wires and batteries, our sensors are designed to be permanently implanted into the cardiovascular system. Using radiofrequency, or RF, energy, our sensors transmit real-time data to an external electronics module, which then communicates this information to the patient’s physician. http://www.cardiomems.com/

The Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) is the first and only one of its kind in the Southeast. The independent, not-for-profit, full-service product development organization helps new product teams enhance their product development, shorten time to market, and achieve significant cost savings throughout the process. The Center, currently under development, will be located in midtown Atlanta near Georgia Tech. The GCMI is a partnership of Georgia Tech, Piedmont Hospital, Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute and Georgia Research Alliance. http://devices.net/

Harbert Venture Partners provides growth capital to early stage information technology and healthcare companies primarily across the Southeastern U.S. We seek to capitalize on what we believe are compelling regional dynamics, such as a strong and fast-growing economy, significant research and development activities, an established entrepreneurial community and a relative lack of residential institutional venture capital, that make the Southeastern U.S. more attractive than other traditional United States venture capital markets. With offices in Birmingham, Alabama, Richmond, Virginia and Gainesville, Florida, we are well positioned to identify attractive opportunities throughout the Southeast. www.harbert.net

Providing engineering solutions for client programs in the area of contract manufacturing and plastics injection molding since 1982, Infinity Plastics Group is a multi-facility operation located in southern Indiana. Infinity currently offers design for manufacturability guidance, tool design, and product fulfillment in addition to core disciplines of custom molding and contract assembly. Infinity serves international clientele as well as long-time domestic customers. Infinity features an ISO class 7 clean room facility and is ISO 13485 registered. www.infinity-mai.com

Investissement Québec is both a financial institution and an economic development agency that can provide you with advice on Québec Medical Technology Industry and offer business solutions tailored to your needs. In Québec we grow creativity and build on talent. www.investquebec.com

Celebrating 125 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm with more than 800 lawyers in Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Dubai, Frankfurt, Houston, London, New York, Paris, Riyadh (affiliated office), San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. The firm represents half of the Fortune 100 and, according to a Corporate Counsel survey in August 2009, ranks fifth in its total number of representations of those companies. www.kslaw.com

Founded by leading practitioners from long-established Intellectual Property firms, McKeon Meunier focuses on the essential elements of IP legal practice. Our clients benefit from the responsive personal service, minimal conflict issues and rate structure of a smaller firm. Yet, our team of patent attorneys and agents offers unrivaled skill, experience and depth of technical knowledge. www.m2iplaw.com

Medical Device Daily is the news source of record for the high-tech medical technology industry and is relied on by thousands of industry insiders every business morning. This business-focused intelligence service is the flagship publication of BioWorld's med-tech group, the publishers, also, of Biomedical Business & Technology, the annual Medical Device Daily State of the Industry Report, and much more. BioWorld Today, the news source of record for the biotechnology industry, is read by biotechnology professionals worldwide for its hard-hitting, objective news reporting. BioWorld Today is delivered via e-mail every business morning, and is also found exclusively online. The BioWorld online web site has been internationally recognized as the most comprehensive resource for strategic biotechnology news and information available today.www.medicaldevicedaily.com and www.bioworld.com

Founded in 1833, Mercer University is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. The University enrolls more than 8,000 students in 11 schools and colleges – liberal arts, law, pharmacy, medicine, business, engineering, education, theology, music, nursing and continuing and professional studies – on major campuses in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah and at three regional academic centers across the state. Mercer is affiliated with two teaching hospitals — Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah and the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, and has educational partnerships with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Warner Robins and Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta. www.mercer.edu.

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of medical devices used in diagnostic and interventional cardiology and radiology procedures. Its primary products consist of inflation devices used in angioplasty, stent placement and discography; diagnostic and therapeutic catheters used for various procedures in cardiology and radiology; guide wires used to place balloon angioplasty catheters within a patient's coronary arteries; products used to manage and monitor the administration of contrast and other fluid solutions during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; thrombolytic catheters and fluid dispensing systems; angiography accessories; and standard and custom angiography kits. The Company has achieved a world leadership position in inflation devices and hemostasis valves and is renowned for its product innovation, customer service and product quality. www.merit.com

The Metro Atlanta Chamber mobilizes and connects the business community to drive economic development and public policies that promote sustainable growth. Our board draws from Atlanta’s top business leaders. We have a professional staff of 90 and serve 4,000 member companies who employ nearly one million workers. We create value in return for our members’ time and investment by producing results on each issue we choose to tackle. www.metroatlantachamber.com

Morley Research Consortium represents the next-generation CRO, with an emphasis on expediting commercial viability by successfully achieving regulatory endpoints. Key services include research compliance, trial management, contract management, and training and education. The company’s team of highly experienced professionals has successfully managed all phases of clinical trials in a wide variety of therapeutic areas. In addition to comprehensive clinical trial project management services ranging from studies in the earliest stages of development through clinical trials and post-approval research, MRC also provides contract management services encompassing all aspects of the clinical trial contracting and management process. Learn more at www.morleyresearchconsortium.com.

Morris, Manning & Martin is a full-service law firm with national and international reach. We dedicate ourselves to the constant pursuit of our clients’ success. To provide our clients with optimal value, we combine market-leading legal services with a total understanding of their needs to maximize effectiveness, efficiency and opportunity. MMM enjoys national prominence for its real estate, litigation, technology, healthcare, intellectual property, capital markets, environmental, green industry, insurance, mergers & acquisitions, global sourcing and timberland & forest products practices. MMM has offices in Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, Savannah, Taipei, Beijing and Washington, D.C. and an alliance with FGCN in São Paulo, Brazil. www.mmmlaw.com

OneBeacon Technology Insurance focuses solely on the technology industry, making it a source for technology insurance and risk management needs. We provide a truly integrated and seamless solution for all aspects of the technology industry. Our company is committed to growth, through broadening expertise, risk appetite and market capabilities. Our Technology offerings feature professional liability, data privacy liability, copyright & trademark infringement, general liability, property, workers' compensation, and international coverage solutions, for the information technology industry. Targeted industry segments include software, hardware, telecommunications and service related industries. www.onebeacon.com

Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute (SJTRI) is a private, nonprofit research institute that combines the efficiencies of a commercial contract research organization with the resources of an academic institution. SJTRI was founded as the American Cardiovascular Research Institute by Nicolas Chronos, M.D., in 1999. In 2003, ACRI merged into the Saint Joseph’s Health System providing the vast resources of the Catholic Health East network. While academically focused, SJTRI understands the end goal of bringing devices and therapies to market, which is why half of the SJTRI employees have experience in private industry. SJTRI offers preclinical and clinical resources, regulatory support, collaborative funding opportunities and physician education and training. For more information, visit www.sjtri.org.

Since 1989, STATKING Clinical Services, a Division of STATKING Consulting, Inc., has provided strategic protocol development and data-related services (Biostatistics, Clinical Data Management, Clinical Study Monitoring, Medical Writing, Project Management, Clinical Trial Management and Safety Reporting) for clinical trials performed to obtain regulatory approval of new pharmaceutical and medical device products. STATKING has participated in over a dozen NDA and PMA submissions during its 21 year history and has worked on over 125 different studies in 25 different therapeutic areas. STATKING offers full Phase I services through partner clinical study sites and provides both electronic data capture and paper CRF formats for data management services. STATKING staff are highly experienced in interacting with FDA personnel to negotiate study designs and appropriate statistical analysis plans, provide answers to FDA questions and requests on submission material and appearing in front of FDA committees and panels to answer statistical questions. The dedication of our highly experienced staff to produce high quality, on-time deliverables has made STATKING a trusted partner in drug and device development.

Stat-Tech Services is a Chapel Hill, NC based biostatistics consulting and data management group providing statistical consulting & analysis, clinical data management, SAS programming solutions, and report production to pharmaceutical, biologics and medical device companies. Stat-Tech Services is committed to improving lives by helping clients bring much needed products to the market. www.stattechservices.com

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is a law firm with global reach known for solving challenging business problems and resolving sophisticated legal issues for many of the world’s largest companies. Founded in 1924, the firm handles matters throughout the United States and worldwide. Seven major practice areas—corporate, energy and environmental, financial services, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, and tax—provide the framework for an extensive range of focus areas, allowing Sutherland attorneys to serve a diverse client base that ranges from small and medium-sized start-up businesses to a significant number of Fortune 100 companies. www.sutherland.com

TAMM Net professionals provide biomedical companies expertise in: capital acquisition, obtaining reimbursement, performing research with government resources, regulatory issues and applications, distribution to closed systems, business development, and strategic accounts. www.tamm-net.com

Technology Enterprise Park (TEP) is Atlanta’s premier biotech research park supporting the sophisticated requirements of commercial biotechnology companies and providing them an interface with the Georgia Institute of Technology. The prestigious home of Atlanta’s biosci community, TEP is the quickest and easiest place to locate your company and the only multi-tenant bio-lab facility in Atlanta. Conveniently located in thriving Midtown adjacent to the GT campus and convenient to the airport, I-75/85 and Marta trains, the Park occupies over 172,000 SF of lab and high-tech space housing companies such as Altea Therapeutics, CardioMems, Kemira and SJTRI's world-class preclinical facility, including angioscope, MRI, PET, and CT imaging services. www.technologyenterprisepark.com

Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP (Thomas|Kayden) is a law firm dedicated to the practice of intellectual property law. Our primary focus is patent law, and we have a wealth of experience in the acquisition, management, and enforcement of patents. Our attorneys hold degrees in various areas of technology pertinent to medical devices, including mechanical engineering, biology, and microbiology, and many of our attorneys have specific patent experience with medical devices. This enables us to specialize and deliver our clients the expertise needed to turn medical innovations into valuable assets. www.tkhr.com

TÜV SÜD America Inc., Product Service division, is a leading EU Notified Body for the Medical Devices, Active Implantable Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostic Directives. TÜVSÜD America is an SCC-qualified ISO 13485 Registrar for the Canadian Medical Device Regulations and provides FDA 510(k) reviews and third-party inspections. In addition, TÜV SÜD provides ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and ISO 14001 quality system certifications, NRTL certification to ANSI/UL 60601-1, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), electrical, mechanical and functional safety testing, and additional global conformity assessments. For more information, visit www.TUVamerica.com.

VitaminD Creative is a boutique healthcare advertising and marketing agency that offers a unique alternative to how traditional healthcare agencies do business. We believe that smart, compelling, and most importantly, demand-driving healthcare marketing can be accomplished more efficiently and cost-effectively than through the multiple layers and overhead carried by most agencies. We know that everyday you are asked to do more with less and we believe your agency should do likewise. Our promise is to ensure that you get the most out of every marketing dollar without sacrificing quality strategic insights, powerful creative, or close personal service. www.vitamindcreative.com