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CEOs Keynote 2013 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor & Partnering Conference in Denver

CEOsfromClovisOncologyandArrayBioPharmawillkeynotetheopeningbreakfastatthe2013Rocky MountainLifeScienceInvestorandPartneringConference(RMLIPC)September19atTheRitzCarlton, Denver.Inaddition,theconferenceluncheonwillfeatureJeffCalcagno,M.D.,Principal,Venture Investments,Johnson&JohnsonDevelopmentCorporation.

Denver,CO,September13,2013The2013RockyMountainLifeScienceInvestorandPartneringConference(RMLIPC) keynotebreakfastwillincludeKyleLefkoff,founderandGeneralPartnerofBoulderVentures,leadingaconversation withtheCEOsofColorado'stwopremierpubliclytradedpharmaceuticalcompaniesPatrickMahaffy,Founderand CEOofClovisOncologyandRonSquarer,CEOofArrayBioPharma.TheannouncementismadebyAprilGiles, President&CEOoftheColoradoBioScienceAssociation(CBSA)whosaystheregionalconferencewillalsofeaturea keynoteluncheonpresentationbyJeffCalcagno,M.D.,Principal,VentureInvestments,Johnson&JohnsonDevelopment Corporation. Lefkoff,oneoftheregionsleadingventurecapitalistsandamemberoftheconferencesteeringcommitteesince2009, says:ClovisOncologyandArrayBioPharmahavebeenincrediblysuccessfulreachingbothfundinganddevelopmental milestones.Thisisagreatopportunitytohearfirsthandfromtheirleadershiphowtheyhaveachievedthissuccessand whattheylookforwardtointhefuture. RegardingtheconferenceasawholeLefkoffsays:ItsimportantforustoshowcaseColoradoandotherregional companiestoinvestorsfromtherestofthecountry. Dr.Calcagno,RMLIPCluncheonkeynote,joinedJohnson&JohnsonDevelopmentCorporationin2013aftertwoyearsat theJohnson&JohnsonCorporateOfficeofScience&TechnologyandtheCaliforniaInnovationCenter.Hehasovertwo decadesofhealthcareandbusinessexperience:asaclinician,managementconsultant,researchanalyst,entrepreneur, andventureinvestoratScaleVenturePartners,aventurefundwithover$1Bundermanagement. AbouttheRockyMountainLifeScienceInvestor&PartneringConference The2013RockyMountainLifeScienceInvestor&PartneringConferencespearheadedbytheColoradoBioScience AssociationincollaborationwithassociationsinArizona,Montana,NewMexicoandUtahwillopenwithareception attheColoradoGovernorsMansionSeptember18thandfollowwithafulldayofcompanypitchpresentations September19thatTheRitzCarlton,Denver.Nowinits3rdbiennialcycle,theRMLIPCistheregionsonlyinvestor conferenceforthelifescienceindustry.Theconferencewillbring30oftheregionsmostinnovativeprivateandpublic lifesciencecompaniestogethertopresenttoatargetedaudienceofbiotech,device,diagnosticandpharmainvestors andstrategicpartners.Formoreinformationandregistrationdetails,visithttp://www.RockyMtnBioInvest.com. OnTwitter,pleaseusethehashtag#RockyMtnBioInvestforyourtweets. More

 Page2 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