6th April 2009, Singapore – Infinity 21 has been appointed as the “Supporting Organization” for the forthcoming 2009 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Excellence in Healthcare Awards, to be held on the 21st April 2009 at the Inter-Continental Hotel, Singapore.

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, presents Awards to companies demonstrating best practices in a variety of regional and global markets. These Awards recognize superior planning and execution of product launches, strategic alliances, distribution strategies, technological innovations, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings. A host of other crucial marketing factors such as leadership, strategy, service, innovation, integration, and development are also recognized. Founded over 40 years ago, Frost & Sullivan is recognized as a global market analysis and solutions leader with offices located worldwide Our Awards are respected worldwide by the investment community, the end-user market, your customers and the media community. We would like to invite you to celebrate this outstanding achievement, and we offer a variety of sponsorship packages, each designed to accommodate the unique needs of our partners.

About the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Excellence in Healthcare Awards
In 2006, the Healthcare team at Frost & Sullivan undertook an in-depth market analysis of the Asia-Pacific Clinical Research Outsourcing (CRO) Market (India, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand & Australia) and put together an Asia-Pacific Clinical Development & Outsourcing Summit 2006: Understanding the Paradigm Shift to recognize outstanding performance by companies in this CRO practice.

The remarkable response of the Asia-Pacific Clinical Development & Outsourcing Summit 2006 brought about the introduction of Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Healthcare Awards Banquet 2007: Innovations and Discoveries, Honouring Laureates.

In keeping with our time-honored commitment in pursuit of excellence and innovation, the award categories offered each year are carefully reviewed and evaluated to reflect the current market landscape and include new emerging sectors.

The contenders of the Awards are benchmarked on actual measurable performance of the companies in the preceding financial year, such as revenue growth, market share and growth in market share, breadth of products and solutions, leadership in product introduction and innovation, etc. Substantial research and detailed analysis will be undertaken by the Frost & Sullivan team of experienced analysts conducted specifically for this Award program.

The 2008 Excellence in Healthcare Awards attracted some of the leading names in healthcare industry on a single platform to compete for the most coveted titles in Healthcare. Benchmarked against the highest standards of measurement criteria, the recipients of these awards indeed represent the best-of-breed in Asia Pacific. Last year the award grew in stature and presented itself as a stand-alone awards banquet which included illustrious names such as Quintilles, Gleneagles GRC, APEX Pharmaceuticals, Covance and Siemens, amongst others were honoured.

Following the success it has garnered over the years, the 2009 Excellence in Healthcare Awards is an annual event established to recognise Asia Pacific companies with outstanding leadership excellence in growth and innovation in Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences, Medical Devices, Healthcare IT, and Medical Technologies. The 2009 Excellence in Healthcare Awards, in its fourth consecutive year, will be presented to the deserving recipients at the Awards Banquet to be held in Singapore on April 21, 2009.

The Frost & Sullivan Healthcare Practice team of over 85 highly qualified analysts and consultants focusing on 14 markets across the Asia Pacific region are involved in the research and benchmarking process, applying the same thorough approach employed in our research and consulting projects.

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