Keynote Speakers Announced for Modern Drug Summit
Executives from Wyeth Research, GlaxoSmithKline, Abbott and Senior Counsel of Policy Directions, Inc are announced as Keynote Speakers for the 2nd Modern Drug Discovery & Development Summit (M3D).

/Pharmaceutical News Articles/ - MONROVIA, CA, August 06, 2006 - A Spokesperson for GTCbio confirmed the participation of the five keynote presenters who will open up this year's Modern Drug Discovery & Development Summit. Mahdi Fawzi of Wyeth Research), Allen D. Roses of GlaxoSmithKline, James Summers of Abbott Laboratories, Keith James of Pfizer and Lester Crawford, Former FDA Commissioner and Senior Counsel of Policy Directions, Inc will be the first of over 250 speakers to present at this event.

"Our goal was to assemble plenary speakers who could provide a clear vision of the biotech and pharmaceutical landscape today as well as offer their insights on the future of modern medicine" commented Rania Hafez of GTCbio. "I believe that we have accomplished that."

The Modern Drug Discovery & Development Summit will take place December 4-6, 2006 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Over 250 speakers will participate in 11 concurrent conferences focused on accelerating drug development. For more information, visit http://www.gtcbio.com or email[email] christy.bowman@gtcbio.com [/email].

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