Large Global Medtech Companies to Disclose M&A and Deal Trends at Elsevier’s Medtech Insight ‘Medical Device Investor Day’ in Boston June 23rd

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - June 10, 2009) - Medtech Insight, the leading strategic partner and investment conference organizer in the medtech industry, announced today that seven of the world’s most influential medtech companies will report from the podium what they are thinking, doing and planning in regard to their investment strategies.

Senior executives from Becton Dickinson (BD), Covidien, Depuy-Mitek/Johnson and Johnson, Integra LifeSciences Corp., Medtronic, Siemens Venture Capital, and Wright Medical Technology will make their presentations at Medtech Insight’s ‘Medical Device Investor Day’ on June 23rd at The Westin Copley Place, Boston.

“If you need to know which investment models of the big medtech companies are working, then this is a must-attend conference,” said David Cassak, Managing Director for Medical Devices at Elsevier Business Intelligence, who will moderate the Opening Keynote Panel Discussion: ‘Larger Medical Technology Company M&A/Deal Trends.’ “How are the large medtechs sustaining growth? What is their appetite for M&A? And how are they structuring and valuing deals? Answers to these and many other compelling questions will be covered in detail at this one-of-a-kind medtech industry event.”

‘Medical Device Investor Day’ is a prelude to ‘IN3 East’, also being held at The Westin Copley Place, Boston, on June 24th and 25th, which is the largest East Coast strategic partnership and investment meeting for medical technology executives.

For more information about ‘Medical Device Investor Day’ and ‘IN3 East’, contact Kristy Grimes at 480-985-9512, 888-290-2225 (U.S. toll-free), or email k.grimes@elsevier.com.