ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 2006--Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Solvay, Pfizer, 3M Health Care, Genzyme and Eli Lilly are among the leading pharmaceutical and medical product companies committed to speaking at BioFusion 2006 for the purpose of identifying licensing and technology partners. The second annual meeting, which brings bioscience leaders together to meet one-to-one for evaluation of technologies from across the southeast U.S. and the international bioscience community, will be held in Durham, North Carolina, September 17-19, 2006 at the Washington Duke Inn