Advisory - Leading North American Healthcare Services Companies to Present at CIBC World Markets 2004 Healthcare Conference NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIBC World Markets will host its 15th Annual Healthcare Investors Conference on November 8th to 10th, 2004 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Following on fourteen years of success, the 2004 CIBC World Markets Healthcare Conference will once again feature informative presentations and panels by leading public and private companies and professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and healthcare services industries. Conference attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing healthcare companies today, including such topical issues as Medicare and Medicaid reform, generic drug regulation, development of new blockbuster pharmaceutical products, Food and Drug Administration policy, managed care and the current M&A environment. More information on the conference including an agenda and a list of speakers is available at http://www.cibcwm.com/conferences/health04/ Media planning to attend the conference in person are asked to pre-register at (416) 594-7774. An audio cast will also be available at http://www.cibcwm.com/conferences/health04/ CIBC World Markets is the wholesale banking arm of CIBC, providing a full range of integrated credit and capital markets products, investment banking, and merchant banking to clients in key financial markets in North America and around the world. We deliver innovative full capital solutions to growth-oriented companies and are active in all capital markets. We offer advisory expertise across a wide range of industries and provide top-ranked research for our corporate, government and institutional investor clients. CIBC World Markets' parent company is CIBC, one of North America's first and largest financial institutions with offices in 18 countries, including the world's major financial centers. DATASOURCE: CIBC World Markets CONTACT: Media contact: Rod Cumming, Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications, CIBC World Markets, at (416) 594-7774, or 416-895-7725 (cell), or

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