Emily Cieri, Managing Director of the Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs and Solixia co-founders Brian W. Smith, PhD and Irene Susantio, preside over the Closing Bell to celebrate their winning the 2008 Wharton Business Plan Competition.

About the Wharton Business Plan Competition:

The Wharton Business Plan Competition (WBPC) is among the leading global university-run business plan competitions. The WBPC was launched in 1998 by the Wharton Entrepreneurship Club and is now part of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs , which co-manages the event with a specially selected student committee. The WBPC is open to all students at the University of Pennsylvania and, since its inception, has drawn over 150 student teams annually, comprising nearly 400 participants from Schools across the University of Pennsylvania.

Solixia is an early stage radiopharmaceutial company developing products that allow doctors to target radiation specifically to solid tumors. Their portfolio of product candidates include SLX-1016, a breast cancer imaging agent, and SLX-804, a treatment for ovarian cancer.

For more information about Wharton Business Plan Competition, please visit bpc.wharton.upenn.edu.

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