Alquest CEO to Deliver Opening Talk at 2009 Southeastern Medical Device Association Conference

Medical device regulation under the Obama administration and new Congress
ATLANTA--(Business Wire)--
Linda Alexander, CEO of Alquest, Inc. - the medical device industry`s leading
regulatory and clinical services firm - will deliver the opening presentation at
the Feb. 10 Southeastern Medical Device Association Conference. Alexander will
discuss potential changes in FDA medical device regulation under the Obama
administration and new Congress.

Her talk will cover:

* current economic realities
* commercialization planning, and development timelines and costs
* the new Congress, including hot buttons of certain key Congressional members
* emerging clinical data requirements
* post-market approval requirements
* FDA's agency mindset for 2009

Before founding Alquest 16 years ago, Alexander was a regulatory affairs veteran
of the medical device industry, having worked in management and director
positions for Medtronic, Bioplasty and Brennan Medical. During her career she
has established worldwide regulatory and clinical strategy and requirements for
over 50 devices for indications in cardiovascular, audiology, interventional
vascular, dental, neurovascular, orthopedic, plastic surgery, general surgery,
neurology, gastroenterology and urology.

SEMDA's annual conferences have become the Southeast`s premier gathering for the
medical device industry. The 2009 event will be held Tuesday, Feb., 10 at the
Georgia Aquarium, 225 Baker Street, in Atlanta, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more
information, visit http://www.semda.net/conference/

About Alquest

Alquest is a U.S.-based regulatory and clinical services firm (Contract Research
Organization - CRO) specialized in medical devices, in vitro diagnostics and
combination products. Alquest provides full-service regulatory, clinical and
compliance services through its offices in Minneapolis, Minn., and Los Altos,
Calif. Since 1993 Alquest has supported more than 400 medical device firms
worldwide. For more information, visit www.alquest.com.

About SEMDA

Created in 2004 the Southeastern Medical Device Association (SEMDA) is a
non-profit trade association that supports and promotes medical device companies
in the Southeast. The association provides a unique resource and networking
opportunity for medical device companies, inventors, physicians and investors
interested in accelerating the growth of the medical device industry in the
Southeast. For more information, visit www.semda.net.

Alquest, Inc.
Tom Huyck, +1.763.287.3830
customercare@alquest.com

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