Canon Communications Acquires Pharmapack and Enters $9 Billion European Market for...

Canon Communications Acquires Pharmapack and Enters $9 Billion European Market for Pharmaceutical Packaging

Company will co-locate BIOMEDevice conference and exhibition in
2009
LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Canon Communications LLC today announced its acquisition of the
Pharmapack trade show from French organizer Oriex (Organization of
International Congresses and Exhibitions), which begins today in
Paris. Pharmapack is Europe's leading pharmaceutical packaging event
and was successfully converted in 2007 from a biannual to an annual
format. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquisition expands Canon's coverage of the pharmaceutical
manufacturing sector. In the United States, the company publishes
Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, Med Ad News and R&D
Directions magazines; produces the PharmaLive.com website and
interactive products; and organizes the Drug Development Summit, and
the Manny Awards program. Last month, Canon announced the launch of
PharmaMed Marketing & Media, a conference and exposition for
pharmaceutical and medical product marketing executives.

Pharmapack serves Europe's $9 Billion (EUR 6 billion)
pharmaceutical packaging marketplace with a special focus on the
sectors fastest growth area--drug delivery packaging. While the
overall European pharmaceutical packaging industry is expanding at 6%
per year, advanced packaging such as prefillable syringes, inhalers,
smart packaging, government-required unit doses, and high barrier and
anti-counterfeit packaging is experiencing double-digit increases.
Established in 1997, Pharmapack is the recognized forum for senior
R&D, operations, and production executives from Europe's leading
pharmaceutical manufacturers. The executive level conference addresses
a wide range of emerging technologies and regulatory issues, while the
130 exhibitor tradeshow features the industry's leading suppliers to
this sector.

Canon also announced that it will introduce the BIOMEDevice Europe
conference and exhibition and co-locate this new show alongside
Pharmapack in Paris. BIOMEDevice, the leading forum for the dynamic
convergence marketplace of combination devices and biopharmaceuticals,
sold out and wait listed its exhibit space when it debuted in San
Jose, California, in October 2007, and attracted 3,010 attendees

"The synergies between these two shows could not be stronger,"
said Kevin O'Keefe, Senior Vice President of Canon's Events Division.
"The addition of BIOMEDevice Europe to the highly successful
Pharmapack show will broaden audience appeal to include senior design
and manufacturing titles from Europe's leading medical device and
biopharmaceutical producers. BIOMEDevice is all about collaborative
product development of combination or drug delivery devices and
partnering between medical device and pharmaceutical executives.
Pharmapack focuses on the latest in drug delivery packaging."

About Canon Communications

Canon Communications LLC, a portfolio company of Apprise Media
LLC, is the leading publisher, trade show producer, and digital media
company for the world's $3 trillion advanced, technology-based
manufacturing industry, including medical device, packaging, design
engineering, process technology, automated assembly, electronics,
quality control, and plastics processing.

Further information about Canon's business-to-business
publications, trade shows, and digital media is available at
www.cancom.com.

About Apprise Media

Apprise Media LLC acquires, enhances, and builds niche media
companies in both the business-to-business and consumer sectors.
Further information about Apprise is available at
www.apprisemedia.com.

Canon Communications
Dan Cutrone, 310-445-4200
dan.cutrone@cancom.com

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