Monthly Archives: December 2011

Happy Holidays from Russo Partners

Posted on December 23, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Here at Russo Partners, we would like to wish everyone − our clients, friends and colleagues − happy holidays and all the best for the coming year.

2011 has been a year of positive change for us, with moves and expansions in staff occurring at both our New York and San Diego offices. For the New York move, construction delays temporarily left us virtual for a three-week period, challenging our team to be more flexible than ever.

In addition, with the knowledge that many are struggling to find places to live, work and study, Russo Partners has made a charitable contribution to BuildOn, an organization that builds schools in Africa and Central America, as well as sponsors inner city after school programs in the United States. We are proud to support an organization championing such a worthy cause.

Per our tradition, both of our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, with full activities resuming in the new year. During this time we are available for any of our client’s needs, and if a data announcement, partnership or other urgent news arises, we are always available.

Until then, here’s to a great 2012!

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Russo Partners’ West Coast Office Welcomes Attendees of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to San Diego

Posted on December 21, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Last week Russo Partners’ West Coast office welcomed clients, analysts, researchers as well as other life science insiders to the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). This year the meeting was held a few blocks away from our West Coast office at the San Diego Convention Center from Dec. 10-13.

One of the largest professional societies focused on the understanding, treatment and prevention of blood disorders, the ASH Annual Meeting is always an excellent forum for networking and interacting with leaders in the field and discussing the latest research and therapies in development.

Russo Partners worked to support client activities at the meeting in various capacities, ranging from coordinating meetings with key contacts in the investment community to drafting news releases announcing data presentations. In addition, due to the location of the conference, we were able to coordinate networking activities for San Diego-based clients with relevant attendees.

Clients attending the conference included Ambit Biosciences, S*BIO and TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals. Ambit Biosciences gave four oral and four poster presentations highlighting preclinical and clinical studies evaluating quizartinib, a FLT3 inhibitor for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and S*BIO gave oral presentations of Phase 2 study results for the company’s lead JAK2 inhibitor, pacritinib, in patients with myelofibrosis (MF). TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals also had an oral presentation of new data on its Smac mimetic drug candidate TL32711 demonstrating that it induced apoptosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, alone and in combination with chemotherapy.

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Russo Partners Kicks Off JPMorgan Preparations

Posted on December 14, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The Westin St. Francis in San Francisco’s Union Square

It’s that time of year again; the chill is in the air, perhaps the first snow has fallen (depending on where you are), the holiday decorations are appearing, and that also means…it’s time to prepare for the annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference!

One of the largest annual events in life science investing, this year JPMorgan’s 30th Annual Healthcare Conference will be held from Jan. 9-12 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco’s Union Square.

Last week Russo Partners kicked off our initial preparations for this year’s conference, including reaching out to the media, investors, analysts and bankers alike to determine attendance. In addition, as part of our initial outreach we were able to take steps to connect clients to relevant contacts in each of these spaces.

Are you attending this year’s JPMorgan Healthcare Conference? Do you have an interest in emerging life science companies with novel technologies, from stem cells and personalized cancer therapeutics to antibody drug conjugates?

Then feel free to contact us, and we can work to connect you with relevant companies. We look forward to speaking with you!

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Supporting Client Participation at the 23rd Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference

Posted on December 5, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Last week many of our clients were presenters and panelists at the 23rd Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference in New York City. The conference provided a forum for key industry executives, investors and professionals to provide their perspective on important issues and to discuss critical trends in the healthcare space.

Russo Partners supported our clients’ participation in multiple capacities, including preparing executives for their presentations with talking points and anticipated questions with suggested answers, as well as scheduling and coordinating meetings with the investment community. Other supportive activities included drafting teaser news releases announcing the presentations, utilizing Twitter to publicize webcasts and attending presentations to provide feedback and recommendations.

Clients presenting at Piper Jaffray included AVI BioPharma, Regulus Therapeutics, Flexion Therapeutics, GlobeImmune, Ardea Biosciences, Arena Pharmaceuticals and Alder Biopharmaceuticals.

Steve Worland, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Anadys Pharmaceuticals, participated as a thought leader on a panel discussing the recent advancements in the Hepatitis C space.

The conference featured a fireside chat presentation format, with questions and answers moderated by a Piper Jaffray analyst, providing an excellent opportunity for our clients to deliver a company overview and to address key questions from the investment community. Feel free to listen to sample webcasts of our clients’ presentations from the conference below.

Webcast of Arena Pharmaceuticals’ Presentation

Webcast of AVI BioPharma’s Presentation

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