RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 27, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) --
The Informed Investors Forum, to be held March 23 in New York,
will provide investors with the opportunity to hear analyst-style
presentations and question company executives directly by
attending onsite or online
Informed Investors, a leader in providing sector-specific investor Forums online and in locations throughout the country, will be hosting a Biotech/Healthcare Stocks Forum on March 23. The event is open to the public and will take place at the E*TRADE Financial New York Center at 540 Madison Avenue in New York City. Informed Investors Forums allow investors to hear directly from company executives and get their investment information straight from the source.
Executives from several Biotech and Healthcare companies will discuss their strategies and answer questions at the March 23 Forum. The event will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and will include several presenting companies and industry insight from two keynote speakers. Information and registration are available at www.informedinvestors.com or by calling 888-301-6618.
Current and potential investors will get 'straight from the source' presentations from senior executives of Biotech and Healthcare sector companies including Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS), Gene Logic, Inc. (Nasdaq:GLGC), and VaxGen (Nasdaq:VXGN). Executives from each company will give 20 minute analyst-style presentations, and a 5-10 minute question and answer session with the investor audience follows each presentation. Gabe Hoffman, Co-Manager of the Welch Life Sciences Fund, will give the opening keynote address. The closing keynote address will be delivered by Robert S. Kass, Ph.D., Chairman of Pharmacology Department at Columbia University. Kate Bohner, noted financial writer and CNBC Business News reporter, will serve as master of ceremonies. All presentations will be archived on the Internet at www.informedinvestors.com, www.vcall.com, and www.investorconference.com.
Nancy Christman, VP of Marketing for Informed Investors, states, "Our customers have clearly indicated that our Forums are effective in helping them make educated investment decisions. By having this Forum at the E*TRADE Financial New York Center, a whole new group of investors will experience the benefits of Informed Investors Forums."
Informed Investors is the leading producer of online and offline industry-specific investment conferences for individual investors and a member of the World Investor Link family of companies serving self-reliant investors.
About World Investor Link: Since 1992, World Investor Link (www.worldinvestorlink.com) has opened information channels between public companies and potential investors. This year World Investor Link will make more than 5 million investor introductions to over 4,600 corporate clients through services including The Annual Reports Service, The Fund Info Service, Vcall (www.vcall.com) Investor Conference (www.investorconference.com) and Informed Investors Forums (www.informedinvestors.com). These services provide investors free access to onsite and webcast investor events and company financial reports through World Investor Link's relationships with over 204 leading financial media channels including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron's and Yahoo!Finance. For companies and mutual funds, these services enable compliance with regulation fair-disclosure requirements and provide visibility with investors at the precise point investors are making decisions.
World Investor Link, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WILink.com plc (WLK on The London Stock Exchange), began operations in Richmond, Va. in 1993.