Originally Published MX January/February
2002
MARKET ANALYSIS
Panelists
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Christa Bähr is head of the life sciences equity research team at DZ Bank (Frankfurt, Germany), an investment banking firm that covers European life sciences companies with a special focus on German small- and midcaps. The firm focuses its research activities on the healthcare sector, paying particular attention to medical technology, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals. |
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| Timothy A. Dugan is a partner at One Equity Partners (Chicago), a leading private investor in healthcare companies. The firm focuses its investment activity around medical products and devices in companies with revenues between $50 million and $500 million. |  |
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Thomas J. Gunderson is managing director and senior research analyst for medical technology at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray (Minneapolis). |
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| Manoj Kenkare is research manager for the healthcare and life sciences practice at Frost & Sullivan (San Antonio, TX). His field of expertise is in the area of life sciences, particularly drug-discovery technologies, clinical diagnostics, medical devices, and healthcare IT. |  |
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Joseph Kozikowski, MD, is managing partner of Proformant Inc. (Framingham, MA), a corporate-development consultancy focused on building public and private medical technology companies. His expertise is the creation of shareholder value with new medical technologies. | ||
| Joseph G. Solari is senior vice president and Christopher L. Suscha is an associate in the healthcare group at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin (Chicago), an international investment bank with an emphasis on the middle market. They assist medtech companies in various stages of the business cycle, from raising capital to mergers and acquisitions to financial restructuring. |  |
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| Eliot Lazar, MD, is an ophthalmologist who works as a consultant in the medical device industry, often serving as a liaison between clinicians and the corporate healthcare sector. Additionally, he works with the analyst community to assess technology and carry out the due-diligence process, while also assisting in the "packaging" of companies. Lazar is based in Buffalo, NY. | |||
| Ash Vahman is a partner at Millennium Research Group (Toronto), a market research firm that provides competitive intelligence to medical technology companies that develop and market medical equipment and supplies, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. | |||
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