Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

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JP Morgan is the biggest and most prestigious healthcare conference of the year. Being invited to present is a big deal. Invitations are typically reserved for JPM banking clients (or wannabe banking clients), or companies that are in a therapeutic space of particular interest.

Every biotech company dreams of being invited to present. Few are. I’m not saying the presentation will or won’t be a market-moving event from a content perspective but nevertheless it is not insignificant that Missling will be presenting because the cream of the crop of biotech investors as well as healthcare journalists attend. There are also all kinds of social networking events.

The JP Morgan conference completely takes over the Westin. Many companies go to San Francisco during this time but most do 1X1 meetings in off-site hotels. There are also several satellite conferences, most of which are a waste of time. I typically attend some of the events since I’m here in San Francisco, but I’m not going in January because I’m concerned this could be a super-spreader event.