Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC) 2010 is a two-day educational and business conference focused on personalized medicine. Topics that will be covered include:

• Personalized medicine diagnostics and therapeutics that are already helping to revolutionize treatment for major indications like cancer and heart disease
  
  
• How companies and government are working together to create solid policies to overcome the regulatory and safety
  challenges of pioneering the new frontiers of personalized medicine
  
  
• Presentations by emerging companies that are already creating technologies to save costs by eliminating unnecessary treatments and improving patient outcomes

On the second day of the conference, Stephen Thau will moderate a panel discussion entitled, "Investing in Personalized Medicine: Are We There Yet? The Promise, the Challenges, and the Rewards."

Moderator:
Stephen B. Thau, Partner, Co-chair, Life Sciences Group

Panelists:
Sue Sigel, MDV
Mickey Urdea, Ph.D., Tethys Bioscience, Inc.
Vijay Lathi, New Leaf Venture Partners

For more information about the conference, please visit www.pmwc2010.com.