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Deloitte Announced as Lead Sponsor for 10th Life Sciences Accounting & Reporting Congress

BOSTON, March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — CBI is pleased to announce Deloitte as the lead sponsor for the 10th Life Sciences Accounting & Reporting Congress, which will be held March 17-19, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. The congress is the premier finance and accounting event for life science executives in CFO, controller, accounting and finance leadership roles.

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Anchored by conference chairperson Cathy Engelbert, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, the event will feature perspectives from more than 20 industry leaders, representing companies including Actavis, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Covance, Eli Lilly & Company, Epizyme, Gilead Sciences, H.D. Smith, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Onconova Therapeutics, Inc., Sanofi, Sunovion, The Medicines Company and Zoetis.

Program attendees will be able to:

  • Learn directly from the SEC about hot topics and pharma/bio comment letter trends;
  • Hear a Wall Street address on key performance indicators and sector snapshot;
  • Hear directly from a panel of CFOs during a panel discussion on finance innovation;
  • Customize their own agendas with two options for pre-conference seminars, three options for in-conference workshops and two options for program tracks; and,
  • Earn CPE credits.

New features for the congress' tenth anniversary year include:  a town hall interactive forum, offering attendees insight directly from PCAOB on new rules and higher standards; innovative business model tracks, analyzing technical accounting guides and business models for growth; and, table talks, enabling attendees to join roundtable discussions to share lessons learned and plans for the year ahead.

For more information on the conference or to view the entire agenda, please visit www.cbinet.com/accountingFor registration assistance, please contact Christian Alongi at 339.298.2131 or Email.

About CBI:
CBI, a subsidiary of Advanstar, is the leading provider of market-driven, unbiased conferences for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and healthcare industries. CBI offers specialized information presented in interactive formats by thought leaders and regulators. For more information, please visit www.cbinet.com.