MEDIA RESOURCES

May 1, 2006 - - Dallas - - The Dallas Forum for BioMedical Technology (DFBT) and the SMU Cox MBA Healthcare and Biotechnology Club co-hosted “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Medical Product Development” on May 3, 2006 at a breakfast meeting in Ernst & Young Gallery, Fincher Building on the SMU campus.

Thomas C. Thompson, cofounder, president, and CEO of Neuro Resource Group, Inc, described his history as a serial entrepreneur—telling how an electrical engineer came to found three profitable medical product companies in North Texas. Connie L. Luthy, Ph.D., MBA, Product Architect of Medical Product Innovation and cofounder of the DFBT, served as the moderator.

“We are proud help the Dallas Forum for BioMedical Technology bring these leading companies before the DFW business community,” said Jerry F. White, director of Cox School's Caruth Institute, founder of Southwest Venture Forum and advisor to DFBT. “Our moderator and Cox alum, Dr. Connie L. Luthy, works at the national and international levels and has done much to develop a sense of community in the local biomedical industries. She had an interesting story to tell the students, entrepreneurs, and investors who attended this forum.”

Prior to founding Neuro Resource Group, Tommy Thompson was president and CEO of Quest Medical, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed medical device company, which he co-founded in 1979. Quest has since changed its name to Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSI), which was sold to St. Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ) in November 2005 for $1.3 billion. In 1970, Thompson was one of the founders of Vicra Sterile, Inc., which was acquired by Baxter Labs, Inc. He subsequently spent five years with Baxter. He is also a co-founder and was founding chairman of the Medical Device Manufacturers' Association (MDMA), which played a key role in US FDA legislative reform in 1997. Thompson received his B.S.E.E. from the University of Texas.

For more information about DFBT, visit its website at www.dfbt.org

About SMU Cox
SMU’s Cox School of Business offers a full range of business education programs, including BBA, full-time MBA, Professional MBA (PMBA), Executive MBA (EMBA), Master of Science in Management (MSM), and Executive Education. The school also offers a number of unique resources and activities for students, ranging from its Business Leadership Center (BLC), Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, Maguire Energy Institute, and American Airlines Global Leadership Program (AAGLP) to its Associate Board Executive Mentoring Program and an international alumni network with chapters in more than 20 countries. SMU Cox is ranked among the top business schools nationally and internationally by major publications, including BusinessWeek, The Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and U.S. News & World Report.

The SMU Cox MBA Healthcare and Biotechnology Club at provides networking opportunities within the local and national healthcare community. The Club aims to educate MBA candidates about career opportunities in the healthcare industries and to develop recruiting relationships between healthcare companies and the Cox School of Business.