Alliance for Better Bone Health (P&G - sanofi Aventis)

The Alliance For Better Bone Health
- an alliance of Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals and sanofi-aventis

Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals (www.pg.com) and sanofi-aventis (www.sanofi-aventis.com) invite you to this exhibit to learn the latest information on Actonel® (risedronate sodium tablets)

Amgen Europe GmbH

Company Address: Dammstrasse 23, PO Box 1557, CH-6301 Zug
Website: http://www.amgen.com

Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers innovative human therapeutics. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen was one of the first companies to realize the new science's promise by bringing safe and effective medicines from lab, to manufacturing plant, to patient. Amgen therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other serious illnesses. With a deep and broad pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives. To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visit www.amgen.com

Biomedica

Company Address: Divischgasse 4, 1210 Wien, Austria
Website: http://www.bmgrp.com

Biomedica Gruppe, an ISO 9001:2000 certified company, is a privately owned group of companies with head-quarters in Vienna (Austria).

Our field of action comprises the distribution of medical devices, focussed on in vitro diagnostics and biochemical reagents, nephrology and intensive care, cardiology, cardiac surgery, and the research and development as well as production of innovative immunoassays for cardiovascular investigations (BNP, ANP, NT-proCNP, Big / ET, MGP) and bone metabolism (OPG, sRANKL, Cathepsin K, DKK-1).

For detailed information on our company and products please visit our website www.bmgrp.com.

Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH

Company Address: Zielstattstrasse 48, 81379 Munich, Germany
Website: http://www.daiichi-sankyo.eu

DAIICHI SANKYO is a global pharmaceutical company that focuses on researching and marketing innovative medications. With net sales of more than 5.4 billion € in fiscal year 2007, DAIICHI SANKYO is one of the world’s 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. The headquarter is in Tokyo. DAIICHI SANKYO has affiliates in 12 European countries and has been one of the strongest Japanese pharmaceutical companies in Europe. The company’s research activities focus on the areas of cardiovascular diseases, haematology, diabetes, anti-infectives and cancer. Its aim is to develop medications that are “best” in their class or to create new classes of pharmaceutical drugs.

Eli Lilly

Website: http://www.lilly.com

We were founded by Eli Lilly in 1876, and are now the 10th largest pharmaceutical company in the world. We have steadfastly remained independent, but not isolated. Across the globe, Lilly has developed productive alliances and partnerships that advance our capacity to develop innovative medicines at lower costs. Lilly is consistently ranked as one of the best companies in the world to work for, and generations of Lilly employees have sustained a culture that values excellence, integrity, and respect for people.

Elsevier

Company Address: P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website: http://www.elsevier.com

As the world’s leading publisher of science and health information, Elsevier serves more than 30 million scientists, students, and health and information professionals worldwide. By delivering world-class information and innovative tools to researchers, students, educators and practitioners worldwide, we help them increase their productivity and effectiveness. Elsevier is the publisher of Bone, a leading journal in the field.

European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS)

Company Address: PO box 337, Patchway, Bristol BS32 4ZR, UK
Website: http://www.ectsoc.org

The European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) is the major organisation in Europe for researchers and clinicians working in the field of calcified tissues and related fields.  For almost 50 years the Society has acted as a forum for broad ranging high quality research through its annual conference and training courses. The ECTS funds various grants and awards including the Career Establishment Award, ECTS PhD Studentships and ECTS Postdoctoral Fellowships, ECTS Exchange Grants and ECTS Travel and New Investigator Awards. The company-sponsored Alliance for Better Bone Health Iain Boyle Award, ECTS/Amgen Bone Biology Fellowship and the ECTS/Servier Research Fellowship are also offered and administered through the ECTS.  Full details on criteria and the application process are available from the ECTS website www.ectsoc.org. Membership is open to anyone working in the field at whatever stage in their career and full details on these and all activities can be found on the ECTS website.

Exakt Vertriebs GMBH

Company Address: Robert-Koch-Str. 5, 22851 Norderstedt, Germany
Website: http://www.exakt.com

EXAKT develops and produces machines for Sample Preparation for studies on Undecalcified Bones with or without Implants.

The preparation of Histologic Thin Sections down to a thickness of 10µm allows studies at the Interface of Bone and Implant or Morphometric studies. The product range varies from systems for Dehydration, Inflitration and Embedding to Diamond Cutting Systems and Grinding Systems.

The newly developed Pathology Saw especially for Pathology purposes is shown on the Exhibition.

GE Healthcare Lunar

Company Address: GE Medical Systems Benelux NV/SA, Lunar product division EMEA, Kouterveldstraat 20, B-1831 DIEGEM, Belgium

GE Healthcare Lunar, the #1 densitometry equipment partner world-wide, delivers annual breakthroughs enabling a wide spectrum of specialty clinicians and researchers to assess skeletal  health. On our booth number at ECTS’09, you will find out all you want to know about the Lunar Densitometry portfolio and it’s clinical and research application.
Densitometry Re-imagined.

Hologic, Inc.

Company Address: 35 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 01730 USA
Website: http://www.hologic.com

Discovery is the single platform you need to support a broad spectrum of patients over a lifetime of care. It allows you to assess not only vertebral fractures, but also provides visualization of abdominal aortic calcifications with a single scan. By providing you the best diagnostic tools to support the early detection and treatment of osteoporosis, Discovery offers the most comprehensive platform for complete bone health assessment, obesity and more — now and in the future.
Join us at the ECTS, Booth #5h & 5g, and see how Hologic is leading the way in bone health assessment.

IDS

Company Address: 10 Didcot Way, Boldon Business Park, Boldon, Tyne and Wear, NE35 9PD, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.idsplc.com

IDS can now offer the most comprehensive range of manufactured assays for bone and cartilage diseases. These include 25 and 1,25 Vitamin D, CTX-I & II, TRAcP 5b, BAP, and many more, including the NEW Aggrecan and Rat/Mouse PINP EIA.
IDS will also be exhibiting their new analyser, IDS-iSYS for the automation of key bone and mineral parameters for clinical and pharmaceutical research.

Medtronic GmBH

Company Address: Earl-Bakken-Platz 1, 40670 Meerbusch, Germany
Website: http://www.medtronic.com

Medtronic bietet einzigartige Lösungen zur anterioren Reposition und Stabilisierung von Wirbelfrakturen über einen perkutanen posterioren Zugang an. Gemeinsam mit erfahrenen Operateuren entwickeln wir innovative Produktlösungen zum Nutzen der Patienten. 

Medtronic offers solutions for anterior repositioning and stabilisation of Vertebral Compression Fractures with a percutaenous posterior access. A combination of trained surgeons and innovative Product solutions can provide the best care to patients.

Mindways Software, Inc.

Company Address: 3001 S Lamar Blvd Ste 302, Austin TX 78704-4799, USA
Website: http://www.qct.com

Mindways Software Inc. produces and sells QCT bone densitometry & bone biomechanical integrity assessment products. QCT PRO takes advantage of any DICOM CT scanner to produce 3-dimensional volumetric spine and DXA-equivalent hip measurements for a fraction of the price of DXA. But density is not enough. Move beyond densitometry with BIT, Bone Investigational Toolkit, a new product that provides bone strength, structure, and geometric analysis.

Novartis Pharma AG

Company Address: Novartis Campus, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Website: http://www.novartis.com

About Novartis

Novartis AG provides healthcare solutions that address the evolving needs of patients and societies. Focused solely on healthcare, Novartis offers a diversified portfolio to best meet these needs: innovative medicines, preventive vaccines, diagnostic tools, cost-saving generic pharmaceuticals, and consumer health products. Novartis is the only company with leading positions in these areas. In 2008, approximately USD 7.2 billion was invested in R&D activities throughout the Group. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis Group companies employ approximately 96,700 full-time-equivalent associates and operate in more than 140 countries around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.novartis.com.

Nycomed

Nycomed, with corporate headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, provides products  around the word in a selected number of therapeutic areas.
Company mission is to bring medicines, like Preotact®  and Calcichew® D3,  that make a real difference to both patients and healthcare providers
Preotact® is approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women at high risk of fractures. It’s taken as a daily injection with a pen specially designed for osteoporosis patients.
Calcichew® D3 is approved as an adjunct to specific osteoporosis treatment of patients who are at risk of calcium and/or vitamin D deficiency. Calcichew® D3 contains 500 mg of calcium and 400 IU of vitamin D3.

Nycomed Calcium stand

Nycomed, with corporate headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, provides products  around the word in a selected number of therapeutic areas.
Company mission is to bring medicines, like Preotact®  and Calcichew® D3,  that make a real difference to both patients and healthcare providers
Preotact® is approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women at high risk of fractures. It’s taken as a daily injection with a pen specially designed for osteoporosis patients.
Calcichew® D3 is approved as an adjunct to specific osteoporosis treatment of patients who are at risk of calcium and/or vitamin D deficiency. Calcichew® D3 contains 500 mg of calcium and 400 IU of vitamin D3.

OsteoMetrics, Inc.

Company Address: 1240 Clairmont Road, Suite 100, Decatur, GA 30030, USA
Website: http://www.osteometrics.com

• Serving the Bone Histomorphometry community worldwide since 1989.
• Our NEW WindowsXP version revolutionizes Bone Histomorphometry. Again.
• Now with new 12.5 MPixel Digital Color Camera support including drawing on live digital images, and integrated automatic microscope stage control.

Quidel Corp. & TECOmedical Corp.

Quidel:
2981 Copper Road
Santa Clara, CA  95051
USA
www.quidel.com

TECOmedical:
Gewerbestrasse 10
4450 Sissach
Switzerland
www.tecomedical.com

Quidel Corp. have developed a range of biochemical assays for quantitative assessment of bone turnover. Quidel provides these products to clinicians and researchers in the field of Bone & Cartilage Metabolism and for the area Bone & Diabetes. These assays can be utilized as highly effective tools in monitoring therapy and can also shorten the time of pre-clinical and clinical studies within osteoporosis, metastatic bone disease and arthritis. Biochemical Assays for culture, animal models and human samples. Products: BAP, DPD, TRAP5b, Hyaluronic Acid, Sclerostin, etc.
Quidel & TECOmedical have formed a strategic exclusive partnership in Europe.

Scanco Medical AG

Company Address: Fabrikweg 2, 8306 Brüttisellen, Switzerland
Website: http://www.scanco.ch

Scanco Medical (www.scanco.ch) is the leading manufacturer of a full range of state-of-the-art µCT scanners for research and clinical use (high-resolution specimen, in vivo animal and human extremity scanners). The scanners, together with built-in analysis and visualization software provide for 3-dimensional, non-destructive and comprehensive quantitative measurements. The in vivo scanners are uniquely engineered for high-resolution, rapid scanning with very low radiation exposure. Scanco Medical brings over 20 years of experience in micro-CT and has close to 250 installations worldwide. Scanco Medical also offers contract based scanning services for academic and industrial groups at facilities in the USA or in Switzerland.

SkyScan

Company Address: Kartuizersweg 3B, 2550 Kontich, Belgium
Website: http://www.skyscan.be

SkyScan is a fast growing company and one of the world’s leading producers of micro-ct systems for a wide range of applications.
Skyscan aims to bring to customers the newest technology, the best instrument quality and the highest level of support.
Responding to the demand from the growing community of micro-CT users, we are continually active in research and development into new methods for 3D X-ray microscopy.
Products:
SkyScan 1076 and SkyScan 1178, in-vivo micro-CT
SkyScan 1172, micro-CT
SkyScan 1174, compact micro-CT
SkyScan 2011, nano-CT

Stratec Medizintechnik GmbH

Company Address: Durlacher Str. 35, D-75172 Pforzheim, Germany
T: +49-7231-14540
F: +49-7231-145422
e-mail
Website: http://www.stratec-med.com

Stratec Medizintechnik is the world´s most successful producer of pQCT-based bone densitometry scanner for clinical and preclinical applications. These systems offer more than conventional 2-dimensional bone densitometry. Results are presented in real density units (g/cm³). Unlike in 2-dimensional absorptiometric machines pQCT derived density measures are independent of bone size. Therefore pQCT can be applied to all age groups and body sizes.  Additionaly geometrical properties of bone can be analysed which enables the user to estimate non-invasively bone´s mechanical properties. The combined analysis of muscle and bone parameters allows a detailed diagnosis and the differentiation of disuse osteopenia from true osteoporosis.