News Release from the 2009 conference:
Seventeen Companies Accepted During 1st-Round Vetting For 2009 Rocky Mountain Life
Science Investor Conference
Organizers of the Inaugural Rocky
Mountain Life Science Investor Conference (RMLIC) have chosen 17 of the thirty presenting companies in first-round vetting
for the September 17th event at the Ritz Carlton in Denver. The conference will showcase the most innovative private
and public life science companies in a multi-state region to a targeted audience of national investors.
Denver, CO, July 31, 2009 – In its selection committee’s first round, the Rocky
Mountain Life Science Investor Conference (RMLIC) has chosen 17 of thirty regional companies to showcase their technologies
on Thursday, September 17th at the Ritz Carlton in Denver. The announcement is made by John Collar, President & CEO of
the Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA), whose organization is co-hosting the inaugural event with the Arizona BioIndustry
Organization (AZBio), along with regional industry partners in Montana, Utah, and New Mexico.
Companies selected in first-round vetting for the RMLIC include:
* Apoplogic - Aurora, CO - http://www.apoplogic.com
* BioAmps - Aurora, CO - http://www.bioamps.com
* BioDesix - Broomfield, CO - http://www.biodesix.com
* BiOptix - Boulder, CO - http://www.alphasniffer.com
* Coherex – Salt Lake City, UT – http://www.coherex.com
* GlobeImmune - Louisville, CO - http://www.globeimmune.com
* High Throughput Genomics - Tucson, AZ – http://www.htgenomics.com
* Inviragen - Fort Collins, CO - http://www.inviragen.com
* Kinetic Muscles - Tempe, AZ - http://www.kineticmuscles.com
* Lineagen - Salt Lake City, UT - http://www.lineagen.com
* Medivance - Louisville, CO - http://www.medivance.com
* miRagen - Boulder, CO - http://www.miragentherapeutics.com
* Myocept -Lafayette, CO - http://www.myocept.com
* Regenesis - Scottsdale, AZ - http://www.regenesisbiomedical.com
* ThermImage - Salt Lake City, UT - http://www.thermimage.com
* ValvExchange - Aurora, CO - http://www.valvexchange.com
* Vital Access - Salt Lake City, UT - http://www.vital-access.com
“The Rocky Mountain
Life Science Investor Conference is the region’s first and only life science investor conference and will bring together
leading investors, emerging companies and senior executives to cultivate partnerships within the industry,” said Collar.
“The conference will be an impressive representation of the region’s efforts in the life science arena.”
Thirty of the Rocky Mountain Region’s most innovative private
and public life science companies will ultimately be selected to present to a targeted audience of national investors. The
selected presenting companies will also gain access to business development professionals from national pharmaceutical, medical
device and biotechnology companies during the conference.
“Given
the explosive growth of biotech and medical device companies in the Rocky Mountain region in the last half-dozen years, this
conference will provide an excellent opportunity for leading companies to describe their work to interested investors. Both
are likely to be surprised at the opportunities for mutual interest,” says Chris Christoffersen, Partner, Morgenthaler
Ventures, who serves on the RMLIC selection committee.
“We
believe this region has a variety of exciting bioscience companies and this conference provides a great new opportunity for
them to reach the broader life-science investment community,” says Bob Eaton, AZBio president. “AZBio is pleased
to co-host this event with the Colorado BioScience Association and provide a forum to showcase the potential of some of these
intriguing firms.
To learn more about the conference, and the region’s
success, please visit the conference website at http://www.rmlic.com.
About Arizona BioIndustry
Association
The Arizona BioIndustry Association is a not-for-profit,
501(c)(6) trade association that seeks to unify, empower and advance its member organizations, allowing them to benefit individually
by acting collectively. AZBio strives to enhance the environment that makes Arizona a place where bioscience companies can
grow and succeed. AZBio is the state affiliate in Arizona for the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the preeminent
trade association for the biotechnology industry in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.azbio.org.
About Colorado BioScience
Association
CBSA is a not-for-profit corporation providing services
and support for Colorado's growing biosciences industry. With more than 400 members, CBSA actively works to promote the growth
of the industry by working for a better business environment, grow the state's biotech workforce, fight for policies that
support a strong bioscience industry in the state and speak with a single voice on behalf of the industry. For more information,
visit http://www.cobioscience.com.
Contacts:
April Giles, Executive Vice President, Administration & Operations, Colorado BioScience
Association, 303-592-4071 or agiles@cobioscience.com
Maggie Chamberlin Holben,
APR, Absolutely Public Relations - http://www.absolutelypr.com - 303-984-9801, maggie@absolutelypr.com
