Frost & Sullivan to Present the 2010 Excellence in Medical Devices and Life Sciences Awards

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that the consulting firm will be naming the recipients of its 2010 Excellence in Medical Devices and Life Sciences Awards. The Awards will be announced during a banquet that will take place on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in San Francisco, California.

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The Medical Devices and Life Sciences Awards are given to companies that have made a significant contribution to the pharmaceutical, biotech, drug discovery, clinical diagnostics, medical imaging, and medical device industries.  Such companies have shown success at meeting the needs of patients and other stakeholders in the healthcare industry, building world-class companies with strong management teams, and fostering a culture of innovation.

Dr. Thomas Fogarty will serve as Keynote Speaker, and will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.  Dr. Fogarty is an internationally recognized cardiovascular surgeon, inventor, and entrepreneur, and is the recipient of countless awards and honors.  He currently creates new medical devices with Fogarty Engineering and the Institute for Innovation.

The banquet will take place from 5:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at The Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf, located at 555 North Point Street, San Francisco, California 94133.

The Awards banquet will be co-located with the event, 15th Annual Medical Devices 2010:  A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange, taking place March 14-16, 2010.  For more information on this event, please visit http://www.frost.com/dev.

Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices.

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