Colorado’s life sciences community will be heavily represented at the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) International Convention, May 3-6 in Chicago. The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) will play a lead role in showcasing companies and partners helping to grow the bioscience industry in the state at The Colorado Pavilion, located in booth #1426 of the Exhibit Hall area.

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Colorado BioScience Association Showcases Colorado's Bioscience Industry at
BIO 2010 Conference In Chicago, May 3‐6
Colorado’s life sciences community will be heavily represented at the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s
(BIO) International Convention, May 3‐6 in Chicago. The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) will play a
lead role in showcasing companies and partners helping to grow the bioscience industry in the state at The
Colorado Pavilion, located in booth #1426 of the Exhibit Hall area.
Denver, CO ‐ May 3, 2010 ‐‐ Colorado, with the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) in the lead role, will be
heavily represented at the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) International Convention, May 3‐6 in
Chicago. The announcement is made by Denise Brown, CBSA Interim Executive Director, who says the event
will allow Colorado to showcase the exciting bioscience research and discoveries taking place here and
provides an opportunity to share the positive features the state has to offer relocating companies.
"This will be the seventh year that representatives from Colorado have attended the conference, but this year
Colorado’s presence will be greater than ever," Brown explains. "The Colorado Pavilion, located in booth
#1426 of the Exhibit Hall area, includes a number of companies and partners helping to grow the bioscience
industry in the state. As these companies can attest, the momentum of the industry in the Colorado, driven by
leading research institutions, investors, and the support of the State government, is truly remarkable. On
Tuesday evening, Roche Colorado Corporation and the CBSA will celebrate their partnership during a
hospitality reception in The Colorado Pavilion focusing on the state’s success in the biosciences."
The following companies and partners will be involved in the 2010 Convention:
- Amgen Colorado • Booth #5144
- ARCA Biopharma • Present at the Convention
- BiOptix • Booth #5033
- Bridging Health Matters • Booth #1426
- Colorado BioScience Association • Booth #1426
- Colorado State University • Booth #1426
- Emerson Consultants • Presenting at the Convention
- Fitzsimons Life Science District • Booth #1426
- Inviragen • Booth #1426
- Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology • Booth #1426
- OPX Biotechnologies • Present at the Convention
- Metro Denver Economic Development Council • Booth #1426
- MicroPhage • Present at the Convention
- Paragon Biomedical • Present at the Convention
- Roche Colorado • Booth #5512
- State of Colorado’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade • Booth #1426
- University of Colorado • Booth #1426 and Presenting at the Convention
- Luca Technologies • Presenting at the Convention
- Western States Biopharmaceuticals • Present at the Convention
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Presenters From Colorado
For the first time, the state will be represented during two of the conference’s breakout sessions. On Tuesday, May 4,
during the 8:00‐9:00 a.m. breakout session, both David Poticha, JD, Senior Licensing Manager, University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus Technology Transfer Office and Patty Telgener, MBA, Senior Reimbursement Director,
Emerson Consultants will be speaking on the panel entitled “How Health Care and Patent Reform May Affect Pipeline
Development for Drugs, Biologics and Devices.”
The second presentation, “Bioenergy From Buried Hydrocarbons,” will take place on Wednesday, May 4 from 8:00‐9:30
a.m., and includes Mark Finkelstein, PhD, VP Science, Luca Technologies. Luca is a Colorado‐based bioscience company
developing a novel, long‐term, biotechnology‐driven solution to rising U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources.
Magazines Releasing at the BIO Conference
Colorado will also be recognized and promoted in two magazines being released at the conference. The Colorado
BioScience Association (CBSA) will release its “2010 Bioscience Colorado” magazine, which features articles on
Colorado’s entrepreneurs, patients impacted by the industry, new start‐up companies and the Colorado Bioscience
Directory highlighting more than 400 Colorado bioscience companies. The “European Life Science Journal,” also being
released at the BIO Conference includes an article on the state’s bioscience industry, specifically focusing on the new
infrastructure that supports the industry across the State of Colorado.
Link to a pdf of Bioscience Colorado magazine: http://ow.ly/1CCi6
Link to a pdf of the European Life Science Journal (CBSA's article is on page 64): http://ow.ly/1EHPD
About BIO
BIO represents more than 1,200 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related
organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and
development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO
International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry‐leading investor and
partnering meetings held around the world. For more information, visit http://www.bio.org.
About Colorado BioScience Association
The CBSA supports the economic development of Colorado through the creation of a premier bioscience cluster within the state.
Representing more than 400 members, the CBSA facilitates growth of the bioscience industry in Colorado through advocacy,
representation and service. Poised to become one of the most exciting and advanced bioscience clusters in the country, Colorado is
currently home to a thriving industry community of biotechnology, medical device, pharmaceutical, health care providers, research
institutions and those businesses providing critical services and products to those companies. For more information about
Colorado's dynamic bioscience cluster, visit the CBSA at http://www.cobioscience.com.
CBSA also is found on these social media sites:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/COBioscience
LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=98468&trk=anet_ug_grppro
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/ColoradoBioScienceAssociation
News Feed: http://coloradobio.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/COBioscience
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Contacts:
Kathryn Bailey, Director of Operations and Communications, Colorado BioScience Association, 303‐592‐4089 or KBailey@cobioscience.com
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, Absolutely Public Relations ‐ http://www.absolutelypr.com ‐ 303‐984‐9801, maggie@absolutelypr.com