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Acacia Research Corporation's subsidiaries partner with inventors and patent owners, license the patents to corporate users, and share the revenue.  Their partners are primarily individual inventors and small companies with limited resources to deal with unauthorized users but include some large companies wanting to generate revenues from their patented technologies.

Akerman is a leading transactions and trial law firm known for its core strengths in middle-market M&A, within the financial services and real estate industries, and for a diverse Latin America practice. With more than 500 lawyers and government affairs professionals and a network of 19 offices, we are ranked among the top 100 law firms in the U.S. by The National Law Journal NLJ 250 (2012).

Alliant's Life Science and Medical Products Specialty Group serves clients in every state and in many foreign countries because we deliver cost-effective solutions that optimize coverage and meet your specific needs. Providing coverage audit, insurance/asset protection, and risk management services to hundreds of life science manufacturers and distributors; our clients include public and private companies with operations ranging from start ups conducting clinical trials to extensive global manufacturing & distribution.  Ranking among the 15 largest U.S. insurance brokerages; Alliant provides property & casualty, workers' compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services to more than 20,000 specialized clients. 

Argenta Reimbursement Advisors provides strategically integrated reimbursement solutions to life science companies. Argenta’s focus is to deliver actionable strategic reimbursement counsel in order to work in concert with achieving the client’s business objectives. The Argenta team has the unique ability to leverage its expertise along the full continuum from strategy formation and coding and payment systems analysis to payer negotiations and customer reimbursement support. This means that Argenta can be a single-source solution for addressing the unique and often complex reimbursement needs of companies in the medical device industry.

Canaan Partners is a global venture capital firm that invests in people who turn visionary ideas into valuable and significant technology & healthcare companies.

10% premium credit*

For more than 25 years, member insurers of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies ("Chubb") have been providing cost-effective risk management and insurance protection tailored to the unique requirements of medical device companies. Chubb's insurance professionals specialize in the medical device market; they understand the issues and develop solutions for unique insurance needs. This experience and expertise, coupled with Chubb's financial strength and superior claims service, were the reasons MDMA selected Chubb as its preferred insurer for Property, Package, Clinical Trials Liability, Errors and Omissions Liability Insurance, Products Liability & Professional Liability Insurance.

The insurance offered by Chubb is:

• Clinical Trials and Product Liability: Insurance for commercialized products as well as products in all stages of human clinical trials.
• Errors and Omissions Liability Insurance: Insurance for financial loss to third parties arising out of negligence.
• Professional Liability: Insurance for companies conducting contract research.

Member Benefits

Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) Member Benefit:

• 10% premium credit (*subject to our rates and rules and regulatory limitations)
• Competitive premiums for companies at all stages
• Low minimum premiums for early stage companies
• Broad insurance to meet the unique needs of the medical device industry

More Information

More information about Chubb's capabilities in serving the Life Sciences industries can be found at www.chubb.com/mdma
To learn about specific details about the program, including coverages and premium rates, contact a Chubb appointed insurance agent or broker.

Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is a marketing name used to refer to the insurance subsidiaries of The Chubb Corporation. For a list of these subsidiaries and general information, please visit our website at www.chubb.com/mdma. Actual coverage is subject to the language of the policies as issued. Chubb, Box 1615, Warren, NJ 07061-1615.

Gov't Affairs and Corp. Communications Research and Consulting

Disposable Instrument Company manufactures custom metal disposable medical components and devices, as well as a line of standard wound drainage trocars for the medical manufacturer. As components, our devices contribute high value through overall quality including unsurpassed sharpness, smoothness and cleanliness, freedom from manufacturing defects and corrosion, outstanding appearance and reasonable prices. All of our products are manufactured to our customer’s specifications and require additional components, packaging and sterilization before they are ready for distribution or sale to doctors or hospitals.

In addition to wound drainage trocars, the company manufactures aluminum and stainless-steel products such as laparoscopic trocars, Steinmann pins, K-wires, obturators, tunnelers, introducers, passers, guide pins, bone drills, special suture needles, and cannula/trocar assemblies. The company also offers prototyping services for product development.

Venture Capital Firm

A boutique law firm that specializes in FDA regulations for products at all stages of the product life cycle. Clientele includes companies that market and manufacture pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biologics, nutritional supplements and foods. These clients range in size from Global Fortunie 500 companies to small start-ups.

Dymedex Consulting is the thought leader in med-tech market analysis. Eight out of ten med-tech ventures fail to deliver significant returns to investors, despite experienced leadership and sufficient capital. Good decisions aren't possible when based on bad information. Dymedex delivers the reliable foundation of fact-based market insights that executives need to inform core strategies and key investments. In today's economy, there may be just one chance to get it right. From start-ups to large enterprises, we provide confidence for strategic decisions by deconstructing your technology adoption curve and quantifying the key elements that will accelerate commercial success.

Emergent Medical Partners is a life sciences investment firm that focuses on medical device and healthcare companies.

Consulting Services

The FaegreBD Consulting Health & Biosciences Practice group works with medical device manufacturers, industry groups and voluntary health associations to offer advisory, advocacy, regulatory, reimbursement, government funding, federal affairs, strategic counseling, public-private partnerships, economic development and legal services. Our strategic counsel helps clients navigate these often-changing, complex and challenging policy areas. FaegreBD Consulting is a division of Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP.

Fasken Martineau is a full-service international law firm with offices in all major cities in Canada, as well as London, Paris and Johannesburg. Our Life Sciences team (comprising regulatory, licensing,  IP protection and litigation, outsourcing, corporate, corporate financing and tax practitioners) works with businesses across the life sciences spectrum at various stages of growth. Our clients include medical devices companies, multinational and specialty pharmaceutical businesses, and biotechnology companies.  Our medical devices team has earned international recognition, and has strong technical capabilities in all medical disciplines as well as extensive experience in all aspects of medical devices regulation in Canada and Europe.

With more than 375 intellectual property lawyers, Finnegan is one of the largest IP law firms in the world practicing all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law, including counseling, prosecution, licensing, and litigation. Finnegan has delivered successful, sophisticated legal strategies to help medical device clients protect, advocate, and leverage their valuable IP assets.   Our clients are involved in diverse medical technologies, such as interventional cardiology, endoscopic surgery, diabetes management, and diagnostic tools and methods that allow for earlier detection of diseases and less invasive drug-delivery methods. For more information, please visit www.finnegan.com.

Fredrikson & Byron's Life Sciences Group advises companies and investors through all stages of development.

With over $17 billion invested, GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services is a premier provider of capital and services to the healthcare industry, with investments in more than 40 sub-sectors including senior housing, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Our team of professionals provides deep industry expertise to create business and financial solutions tailored to meet the individual needs of our customers.  For more information, visit www.gecapital.com/healthcare

Research and private equity specialists in orthopedics

HillCo HEALTH, an advisory services firm of seasoned principals that count among its clients the most successful global healthcare financing, manufacturing and service entities