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Life Science Investors & Strategic Partners Convene In Denver This Week For 2013 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor & Partnering Conference

Morethan30leadinginvestorsandstrategicpartnersfromacrossthecountrywillcometoDenverto connectandinvestintheregionsemerginglifesciencecompaniesatthe2013RockyMountainLifeScience Investor&PartneringConference.SpearheadedbytheColoradoBioScienceAssociationincollaboration withassociationsinArizona,Montana,NewMexicoandUtahtheconferenceopenswithareceptionat theColoradoGovernorsMansionSeptember18thandfollowswithafulldayofcompanypitchpresentations September19thatTheRitzCarlton,Denver.

Denver,CO,September16,2013 Morethanthirtyoftheindustrysleadinginvestorsandstrategicpartnerswillattend presentationsbytheregionsmostinnovativelifesciencecompaniesatthe2013RockyMountainLifeScienceInvestor andPartneringConference(RMLIPC),September1819attheTheRitzCarlton,Denver. TheannouncementismadebyAprilGiles,President&CEOoftheColoradoBioScienceAssociation(CBSA)whosays, Leadingbiotech,medicaldevice,diagnosticandpharmaceuticalinvestorsfromacrossthecountrywillbecomingto Denvertoconnectandinvestintheregionsemerginglifesciencecompanies.Eachcompanywillmakea10minute presentationtoanaudienceoftheirpeers,investorsandpartners,followedbya5minuteperiodofquestionsthis typeofhighpressurepitchingistypicalinvyingforhighlycovetedVCfunding. TheRMLIPCreallyshowcasesthebestcompaniesfromtheregionandprovidesinvestorsanopportunitytoevaluate thesefreshinvestmentopportunitiesandmeetoneononewiththeirfoundersandexecutiveteam,saidGiles.Its importanttonote,theRockyMountainregionisakeyplayerinthelifescienceindustry.Therehasbeenover$1billion ininvestmentintheregionoverthepastfiveyears.
The following investors and strategic partners will be attending RMLIPC 2013:

AmgenVentures,ThousandOaks,CA AphelionCapital,MillValley,CA BayCityCapital,SanFrancisco,CA BioGenerator,St.Louis,MO BoulderVentures,Boulder,CO CharterLifeSciences,SantaClara,CA Covidien,Mansfield,MA EpicVentures,Albuquerque,NM GEHealthcareFinancialServices,Chicago,IL GoodworksVentures,MT HighCountryVenture,Boulder,CO Johnson&JohnsonDevelopmentCorporation, NewBrunswick,NJ KMGCapitalPartners,DenverCO Level5Partners,FortCollins,CO LightstoneVentures,Boulder,CO MercuryFund,Houston,TX MileHighFund,Denver,CO

http://www.amgen.com/partners/amgen_ventures http://www.aphelioncapital.net http://www.baycitycapital.com http://www.biogenerator.org http://www.boulderventures.com http://www.charterls.com http://www.covidien.com http://www.epicvc.com http://www.gehealthcarefinance.com http://www.goodworksventures.com http://highcountryventure.com http://www.jjdevcorp.com http://l5partners.com http://lightstonevc.com http://www.mercuryfund.com http://www.comilehighfund.com

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Page2 MorgenthalerVentures,MenloPark,CA NewEnterpriseAssociates,MenloPark,CA NovartisVentureFunds,Cambridge,MA RedScriptVentures,NewBrunswick,NJ Remeditex,Dallas,TX SaltLakeLifeScienceAngels,SaltLakeCity,UT SanderlingVentures,SanMateo,CA SignalPeakVentures,SaltLakeCity,UT SiliconValleyBank,Broomfield,CO SplitRockPartners,MenloPark,CA SROne,CorporateVCArmofGlaxoSmithKline, SanFrancisco,CA VolcanoCapital,NewYork,NY WayneBrownInstitute,SaltLakeCity,UT WexfordCapitalLP,Greenwich,CT http://www.morgenthaler.com http://www.nea.com http://www.venturefund.novartis.com http://www.jjdevcorp.com http://remeditex.com http://www.sllsa.com http://www.sanderling.com http://signalpeakvc.com http://www.svb.com http://www.splitrock.com http://www.srone.com http://www.volcanocap.com http://www.waynebrowninstitute.org http://www.wexford.com

AbouttheRockyMountainLifeScienceInvestor&PartneringConference The2013RockyMountainLifeScienceInvestor&PartneringConferencespearheadedbytheColoradoBioScience AssociationincollaborationwithassociationsinArizona,Montana,NewMexicoandUtahwillopenwithareception attheColoradoGovernorsMansionSeptember18thandfollowwithafulldayofcompanypitchpresentations September19th.ThekeynotebreakfastwillincludeKyleLefkoff,founderandGeneralPartnerofBoulderVentures, leadingaconversationwiththeCEOsofColorado'stwopremierpubliclytradedpharmaceuticalcompaniesPatrick Mahaffy,FounderandCEOofClovisOncologyandRonSquarer,CEOofArrayBioPharma.ThekeynotelunchtitledNew ApproachestoHealthcareInnovationwillbeapresentationfromJeffCalcagno,M.D.,VentureInvestmentswith Johnson&JohnsonDevelopmentCorporation.Formoreinformationandregistrationdetails,visit http://www.RockyMtnBioInvest.com. OnTwitter,pleaseusethehashtag#RockyMtnBioInvestforyourtweets. AboutColoradoBioScienceAssociation TheCBSAisanotforprofitorganizationprovidingservicesandsupportforColorado'sbioscienceindustry.Withmore than350members,CBSAactivelyworkstopromotethegrowthoftheindustrybyadvocatingforabetterbusiness environment,growingthestate'sbiotechworkforce,fightingforpoliciesthatsupportastrongbioscienceindustryinthe state,andspeakingwithasinglevoiceonbehalfoftheindustry.Formoreinformation,visit http://www.cobioscience.com.
CBSAalsoisfoundonthesesocialmediasites: Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/COBioscience LinkedInGroup:http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=98468&trk=anet_ug_grppro FacebookFanPage:http://www.facebook.com/ColoradoBioScienceAssociation NewsFeed:http://coloradobio.blogspot.com YouTubeChannel:http://www.youtube.com/COBioscience Pinterest:http://pinterest.com/COBioscience Tumblr:http://cobioscience.tumblr.com ### Contacts: MaeDesaire,DirectorofMarketing,ColoradoBioScienceAssociationhttp://www.cobioscience.com7203825918, mdesaire@cobioscience.com MaggieChamberlinHolben,APR,AbsolutelyPRhttp://www.absolutelypr.com3039849801,maggie@absolutelypr.com