P&M Corporate Finance and Robin Young Announce Agenda for 2011 Spine Technology Summit

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- P&M Corporate Finance, LLC, a middle market investment banking firm, is pleased to announce the agenda for the 2011 Spine Technology Summit (STS) to be held on Thursday, May 12th, 2011 at The Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, California.

STS, which is co-hosted with industry expert Robin Young, has become the premier annual technology conference for the $9 billion spinal repair industry. This one-day event provides investors, industry practitioners, and analysts with new strategies for successfully navigating the rapidly evolving spine technology industry.  In addition to company presentations spread across relevant industry segments including diagnostics, biologics and MIS, the Summit will also conduct surgeon-led panels and presentations focusing on the application of new technologies in clinical practice.  Recognizing how critical access to the capital markets is for spine technology companies at any stage, this year's STS will have an investing focus.

"The spine market has faced real challenges from a regulatory and reimbursement perspective, but in the face of this companies continue to develop innovative products to better diagnose and treat spinal disorders," stated Bryan Hughes, Director and Head of the Medical Technology Practice at P&M Corporate Finance. "Diagnostics, biologics and MIS techniques are advancing the spinal care landscape. Through company and surgeon presentations, this year's STS will effectively and efficiently provide attendees with an update on the changing environment."

Confirmed presenters and panel participants include:

• AFCell
• Alphatec Spine, Inc.
• Amedica/USSpine
• Bacterin*
• Baxano
• Benvenue Medical*
• CoAlign Innovations*
• Cytonics Corporation*
• Innovative Surgical Solutions*
• ISTO Technologies*
• Intelligent Implants*
• Interventional Spine, Inc.
• LifeSpine, Inc.*
• MagRod*
• Nocimed*
• NuVasive, Inc.
• Orthopedic Sciences*
• OrthoPediatrics*
• Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.
• Replication Medical *
• SafeWire*
• SI-Bone*
• Simpirica Spine*
• SpineGuard, Inc.
• SpineLab*
• SpineSmith*
• Dr. Neel Anand
• Dr. Kenneth Pettine

*Represents new companies and panel participants compared to last year's STS

About P&M Corporate Finance

P&M Corporate Finance, LLC, an investment banking firm, is a leading M&A advisor within the medical technology market. The firm specializes in providing merger and acquisition services to middle market medical device and diagnostics companies in North America and Europe. P&M Corporate Finance provides a broad range of services including sale advisory, acquisition advisory, capital raising and strategic advisory. The firm also has dedicated industry teams focused on providing services to the healthcare services, business services, plastics and packaging and industrial industries. P&M Corporate Finance has offices in Chicago and Detroit.

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