Colorado BioScience Association Partners with PrIME Health Collaborative to Offer a

BioWest 2014 Pre-Event, the Digital Health Venture Showcase

ColoradoBioScienceAssociation(CBSA)ispartneringwiththePrIMEHealthCollaborative(PrIME)tohost
theBioWestPreEvent,the2014DigitalHealthVentureShowcase.Thedigitalpreeventwillbeheldtheday
beforeBioWest,September9(1to9p.m.)atCSUDenver,47517
th
Street,2
nd
FloorAtrium.Featuringa
curatedandvettedselectionofpitchesfromthebestandbrightestColoradodigitalhealthcompanies,
finalistswillvieforashareof$50,000inprizesawardedbyPrIMEinpartnershipwiththeColoradoHealth
Foundation.

Denver,CO,August20,2014ColoradoBioScienceAssociation(CBSA)forthefirsttimeishostingaPreEventtoits
BioWestConferencelineup,the2014DigitalHealthVentureShowcaseinpartnershipwiththePrIMEHealth
Collaborative(PrIME).Thedigitalpreevent(thefinalpitcheventfortheFinanceTrackofPrIMEsDigitalHealth
Challenge)willbeheldthedaybeforeBioWest,September9(1to9p.m.)atCSUDenver,47517
th
Street,2
nd
Floor
Atrium.TheannouncementismadebyCBSAPresident&CEOAprilGiles,whosays,We'rethrilledtoannouncethisfirst
cohostedBioWestpreeventinpartnershipwithPrIME,arelativelyneworganizationrepresentingthedynamic
ecosystemofDigitalHealthcompaniesinColorado.Weplanforaseriesofeventsexploringtheemergingdigitalhealth
segmenttofollowinthefuture.
ThisBioWestPreEventfeaturesacurated,vettedselectionofpitchesfromthebestandbrightestColoradodigital
healthcompanies.Thesefinalistcompanieswillvieforashareof$50,000inprizesawardedbyPrIMEinpartnership
withtheColoradoHealthFoundation.Additionally,aneveningCocktailReceptionwilltakeplacefollowingtheVenture
Showcase,whichwillprovideanopportunityfortheattendeesofboththeDigitalHealthVentureShowcaseandthe
BioWestconference.ThereceptionisfreetoinvestorsattendingtheDigitalHealthVentureShowcase.Othersmay
attendatanominalfeeof$25,byregisteringonlineathttp://cobioscience.site
ym.com/events/event_details.asp?id=487688.ForadownloadableInvestorsDealbook,visit:
http://primehealthco.com/invest/.
Note:thefinalpitcheventfortheAccessTrackofPrIMEsDigitalHealthChallenge@DenverStartupWeekison
September17
th
,wherefinalistswillpitchliveinfrontofapanelofhealthcareexecutivesandagroupofmorethan100
interestedonlookers.Formoreinformation,visit:http://primehealthco.com/about/challenge/.
Investmentindigitalhealthtechnologycompaniesisboomingacrossthecountry,growingmorethan100%annuallyand
nowonpacetotop$4billionininvestmentnationwidein2014.Further,Gilessays:HereinColorado,werehometoan
impressiveclusterofmorethan90digitalhealthcompanies,rangingfromwidelyrecognizednameslikeiTriage(recent
$40MacquisitionbyAetna)andWelltok(raised$50MMin2013)toahostofexcitingemergingcompaniesthathave
raisedsignificantroundsofangelandseedfunding.
AboutthePrIMEHealthCollaborative
FoundedinJulyof2012,thePrIMEHealthCollaborativeisagrowingcommunityofmorethan450healthcare
administrators,physicians,technologists,academics,entrepreneursandinvestorsimprovinghealthcare
outcomesandreducingcostthroughthecommercializationofemergingtechnologies.Formoreinformation,visit:
http://primehealthco.com/about/.
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AboutBioWest2014|September10,2014

TheBioWestConferenceisaonedayeventattendedbymorethan300industryleaders,governmentrepresentatives,
executives,researchers,investorsandentrepreneurs.

TheconferencefeaturesspeakersMargaretA.Hamburg,M.D.,CommissioneroftheU.S.FoodandDrugAdministration
(herUpdateontheFDAkeynotewilloccurat4:45p.m.)andkeynotepanelists;JandelAllenDavis,M.D.,Vice
President,GovernmentandExternalRelations,KaiserPermanenteColorado;JamesHill,Ph.D.isProfessorofPediatrics
andMedicineattheUniversityofColoradoSchoolofMedicine;LenTacconi,President,HMRWeightManagement
ServicesCorp.,asubsidiaryofMerck&Co.Inc.;andRussellSlifer,Director,UnitedStatesPatent&Trademark,Rocky
MountainRegionalOffice.Thefullscheduleofthedayseventsisfoundat:
http://www.cobioscience.com/biowest/schedule.

ConferenceRegistrationisnowopenathttp://www.CoBioScience.com/BioWest.Ratesformembersstartat$325and
$375fornonmembersandpassesfortheexpohall&receptiononlyare$125formembersand$150fornonmembers.
Groupratesareavailableforcompaniesandorganizations.TheconferencealsoincludesanExhibitHallwithover40
exhibitorsshowcasenewtechnologies,productsandservicestoattendees.

AboutColoradoBioScienceAssociation

CBSAisanotforprofitorganizationprovidingservicesandsupportforColorado'sbioscienceindustry.Withmorethan
350members,CBSAactivelyworkstopromotethegrowthoftheindustrybyadvocatingforabetterbusiness
environment,growingthestate'sbiotechworkforce,fightingforpoliciesthatsupportastrongbioscienceindustryinthe
state,andspeakingwithasinglevoiceonbehalfoftheindustry.Formoreinformation,visit
http://www.cobioscience.com.

MediaCredentialsRequestform:
http://www.cobioscience.com/BioWest%202014/Biowest2014_Media_Credentials_Form%20NotFillIn.pdf

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
Blogger:http://coloradobio.blogspot.com
YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/COBioscience
Pinterest:http://pinterest.com/COBioscience
Google+:https://plus.google.com/u/0/101998361861247247369/posts
Tumblr:http://cobioscience.tumblr.com
Instagram:http://instagram.com/coloradobioscience

Contacts:

MaeDesaire,DirectorofMarketing,ColoradoBioScienceAssociationhttp://www.cobioscience.com
7203825918,mdesaire@cobioscience.com

JakeRishavy,Cofounder,PrIMEHealthCollaborativehttp://primehealthco.com7202316542,
jake@primehealthco.com

MaggieChamberlinHolben,APR,AbsolutelyPublicRelationshttp://www.absolutelypr.com3039849801,
maggie@absolutelypr.com