MarketMonitors, Inc. Co-Sponsoring Medtech Insight and Windhover Information’s “Investment In Innovation (In3) WEST” Medical Technology Investment and Partnering Conference, February 23-24, 2006 in Irvine, CA

MarketMonitors, Inc. (MMI) has announced that it is a proud co-sponsor of Medtech Insight and Windhover Information’s “Investment In Innovation (In3) WEST: A Preview of Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies” Conference, being held February 23-24, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Irvine in Irvine, California.

MMI, a provider of online business intelligence and analytic databases, will launch cvPipeline™ at the In3 Conference. cvPipeline is a comprehensive, daily-updated online service for tracking, analyzing, and reporting on R&D products for the cardiovascular technology market.

Technologies covered in cvPipeline include medical devices, biologics, and combination therapies in development for the U.S. market by major firms and private start-up companies. The cvPipeline service is designed for business executives, venture capitalists and investors, and Wall Street analysts in the medical technology and biologics industries.

Medtech and biologics industry participants today face the challenge of rapid, continual change in the cardiovascular product pipeline. The cvPipeline service is the first one-stop, continuously updated online resource that systematically tracks these changes and organizes them for busy decision-makers into one user-friendly, up-to-date resource. Sources include press releases, issued and pending patents, manuscripts, scientific meetings, presentations, SEC filings, FDA documents, and interviews with companies.

cvPipeline provides highly structured access to the details of new product development, including US and OUS status, technology descriptions, target markets, preclinicals, clinicals, issued and pending patents, and other key dimensions of competitive information. In-depth profiles of strategy, management, scientific advisors, and funding are included for startups. cvPipeline is a powerful productivity and decision support tool available on the Web in an easy-to-access format. Subscribers are able to drill down to analyze details or roll up across products to gain summary views of the competitive landscape.

cvPipeline currently covers three sectors:

        •   Atrial Fibrillation—55+ R&D programs, 30+ companies

        •   Heart Failure—85+ R&D programs, 50+ companies

        •   Heart Valves—70+ R&D programs, 30+ companies

Additional sectors scheduled for Q1 2006 release are Coronary Stents, Regenerative Medicine, and PFO Technologies. The Pipeline platform will be expanded to other high-growth segments of the medtech/biologics industries.

cvPipeline was created by MarketMonitors, whose board of directors includes David Cassak, Managing Director of Windhover Information; Sharon O’Reilly, Founder of Medtech Insight; and Hollis Call, President & CEO of MMI and a former co-founder of MD-DATA DIRECT. “cvPipeline is a revolutionary new approach to competitive business intelligence that permits up-to-date, sophisticated tracking of R&D changes for medtech and biologics,” says David Cassak.

To learn more about cvPipeline, visit www.cvpipeline.com. Or contact info@marketmonitors.com.

MarketMonitors, Inc. (MMI) (www.marketmonitors.com) provides online business intelligence and analytic databases to the medical device and biologics industries. Services include customized access to large-volume medical claims data for market analysis and sales force support.

A division of Windhover Information Inc., Medtech Insight is the leading provider of business information and market intelligence for the medical technology marketplace. In3 WEST, which will feature presentations by 50 emerging medical technology companies seeking funding and/or strategic partnership and will be attended by the biggest dealmakers in the medtech industry, is Medtech Insight's 20th investment and partnering event to date. To register to attend or for more information on Medtech Insight, please call Kristy Grimes at (480) 985-9512 or (888) 202-5939 toll-free in the U.S., e-mail kristy@medtechinsight.com, or visit www.medtechinsight.com.