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BioScience Association Commends the State of Colorado For Granting $3.135 Million To Advance Bioscience Research from Bench to Marketplace
Lastweek$3.135MillioninCommercializationInfrastructuregrantswereawardedbyColoradosOfficeofEconomic andInternationalTrade(OEDIT)undertheBioscienceDiscoveryEvaluationGrantProgram(BDEGP).Colorado BioScienceAssociation(CBSA)appreciatestheOEDITforitsongoingcommitmenttothestatesbioscienceindustry throughtheBDEGP,whichwascreatedin2006bytheColoradoGeneralAssembly.

Denver,CO,November20,2013The ColoradoBioScienceAssociationcommendstheColoradoOfficeofEconomic DevelopmentandInternationalTrade(OEDIT)forawarding$3.135MillioninCommercializationInfrastructuregrants undertheBioscienceDiscoveryEvaluationGrantProgram(BDEGP)lastweek.AprilGiles,President&CEOofthe ColoradoBioScienceAssociation(CBSA),says"CBSAappreciatestheOEDITforitsongoingcommitmenttothestates bioscienceindustrythroughtheBioscienceDiscoveryEvaluationGrantProgram,whichwascreatedin2006bythe ColoradoGeneralAssembly.Thesekeycommercializationinfrastructuregrantsfundedlastweekarecriticalto advancingbioscienceresearchfromthebenchintothemarketplace."

CommercialInfrastructuregranteesannouncedbytheOEDITinclude:

TheColoradoInstituteforDrug,DeviceandDiagnosticDevelopment(CID4):$1,350,000 CID4ismanaginglifesciencediscoveriesfromColoradoresearchinstitutionsandColoradostartupsandearly stagebusinesseswiththegoalofcreatingbiosciencejobsinColorado.Grantfundssupportoperationsandthe developmentandmanagementoflifesciencediscoveries.TheCID4hassevenearlystagecompaniesunderits guidancesupportingtheiroperationaldevelopmentandattractingadditionalinvestmenttomeettheirneeds. Visit:http://cid4.com ColoradoCenterforDrugDiscovery(C2D2):$750,000 BasedatColoradoStateUniversity,C2D2isaresourcetofacultyatColoradoresearchuniversities,bringing biologyandchemistryfacultytogethertousechemicallibraries,computationalresources,bioinformatics, cheminformatics,databasesupport,virtualhighthroughputscreening,andComputerAidedDrugDesignto pharmacologicallyvalidatedrugcandidateswithpatentprotectedchemicalmatterandinnovativetherapeutics forunmetmedicalneeds.C2D2supportsseveralinterinstitutionalprojectswithfundingandresources.Further, C2D2offerscompoundstoinvestigatorsthroughitsscreeninglibraryandmedicinalchemistryservicesthatare criticalinthedrugdiscoveryprocess.Visit:http://c2d2.org TheSkaggsSchoolofPharmacyandPharmaceuticalSciencesattheUniversityofColorado:$410,248 TheUniversityofColoradoSkagg'sSchoolofPharmacyatAnschutzdevelopedanHTS/HCS(high throughput/contentscreening)CoreFacilityfordrugdiscovery.Thisresourcehasbeenutilizedbymorethan 100researchersandcompaniesadvancingthescienceandhelpingtosecureintellectualproperty. http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/pharmacy/Pages/SchoolofPharmacy.aspx TheBioFrontiersInstituteattheUniversityofColorado:$624,752 TheBioFrontiersInstituteisastateoftheartresearchandeducationfacilitythatlinksthebasicsciences, engineering,clinicalpractice,andindustryattheUniversityofColorado'sBouldercampustosupport breakthroughdevelopmentsinareassuchasengineeringhumantissues,RNAenzymeandaptamerbased pharmaceutical,biorefining,andgenetics.Grantfundssupportequipment,resourcesandpersonnelcoststo developthecorefacilitiesoftheinstitute.Withgrantsupport,theinstitutehasdevelopedoneofthelargest repositoriesofshRNAsintheworldattheFunctionalGenomicsFacility.Coloradocompaniespartnerwiththe institutetoimprovetheirproducts.Ventria,aFortCollinsbasedpharmabiologicscompany,hasusedmass spectrometryservicestodetectoxidationinrecombinantproteinsamplesmanufacturesforhumanterapeutics. More

Page2 OPXBiotechnologiesbasedinBoulderutilizesmassspectrometrytodetectlevelsofintracellularmetabolytesin biofuelmoleculesamples.LongmontbasedAveryBrewingCo.haspartneredwiththeNextGenerationDNA SequencingFacilitytodevelopanearlydetectiontestforyeastcrosscontaminationtoreducewasteand inefficienciesintheirproductionprocess.Visit:http://biofrontiers.colorado.edu Gilesexplains,CBSAhasplayedakeyroleovertheyearsindraftingandsecuringsupportforthelegislationwhichhas madetheBDEGPpossibleandtakesparticularprideinseeingtheprogramhavecontinuitythroughboththeGovernor RitterandGovernorHickenlooperadministrations.Wefurtheracknowledgeallthosestatelegislatorsfrombothsidesof theaislewhohaveworkedtirelesslyovertheyearstocreatetheBDEGPinColorado. QuotingfromtheOEDITsNovember13release:"Congratulationstoourdeservinggranteeswhoprovidecritical servicestothebioscienceindustryandthestate,saidSonyaGuram,programmanageratOEDIT.Theorganizations providekeyassetsthatwewanttomakesolidforthelongterm.LinktotheOEDITrelease: http://www.advancecolorado.com/news/oeditgrantsover3millioncoloradobioscienceorganizations CommercializationInfrastructuregrantssupportjointeffortsofindustryandacademiatocreateresourcesthatare essentialtoindustrygrowth.Granteesidentifyandmanagetechnologies,andsupportcollaborationtobringnecessary expertisetogethertoadvancenovelColoradobiotechnologiestocommercialization.Inadditiontothe CommercializationInfrastructuregrants,theBDEGPalsoencompassesProofofConceptandEarlyStageCompany support.Formoreinformation,visit:http://www.advancecolorado.com/fundingincentives/financing/bioscience discoveryevaluationgrants AboutColoradoBioScienceAssociation CelebratingtenyearsofsupportingtheBioscienceIndustryinColoradoin2013,theCBSAisanotforprofitorganization providingservicesandsupportforColorado'sbioscienceindustry.Withmorethan350members,CBSAactivelyworksto promotethegrowthoftheindustrybyadvocatingforabetterbusinessenvironment,growingthestate'sbiotech workforce,fightingforpoliciesthatsupportastrongbioscienceindustryinthestate,andspeakingwithasinglevoiceon behalfoftheindustry.Formoreinformation,visithttp://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.com 7203825918,mdesaire@cobioscience.com MaggieChamberlinHolben,APR,AbsolutelyPublicRelationshttp://www.absolutelypr.com3039849801, maggie@absolutelypr.com