Colorado BioScience Association Announces 2014

BioWest Venture Showcase Finalists

ColoradoBioScienceAssociation(CBSA)willholditsBioWestConference,September10,2014,atthe
MarriottCityCenter,Denver.Thethreefinalistsinthe2014VentureShowcasecompetitionatBioWest
include:dBMEDx,Littleton;KromaTiD,Inc.,FortCollins;MightyOakMedical,Englewood.

Denver,CO,August19,2014TheColoradoBioScienceAssociation(CBSA)announcesthe2014BioWestConference,
September10,attheMarriottCityCenter,1701CaliforniaStreet,Denver.TheannouncementismadebyCBSA
President&CEOAprilGiles,whosays,BioWestistheRockyMountainregion'spremiermedicaldeviceand
biotechnologyconferencethatbringstogethertheindustryforaonedayonlyconferencethatincludestheVenture
Showcasecompetition."

TheVentureShowcasefinalistspitchtheirtechnologiesandbusinessplansinfrontofaliveaudienceatBioWesttoa
panelofbioscienceexpertsandventurecapitalists.Thewinner,announcedattheendoftheconferenceday,will
receivea$7,500cashprize.

Thethreefinalistsinthe2014VentureShowcasecompetitioninclude:

dBMEDxLittleton
dBMEDxisdevelopingbreakthrough,realtimeclinicaldecisionandpatientmonitoringdevicesusingourpatented,non
invasivescanningtechnology.Visit:http://www.dbmedx.com.

KromaTiD,Inc.FortCollins
KromaTiDisdedicatedtocreatingnewproductsfordiseaseresearch,mutationdetectionandchromosomeanalysis.
Visit:http://www.kromatid.com.

MightyOakMedicalEnglewood
MightyOakisdevelopingaprizewinningspinetechnologythatfeaturesanaffordableanddisposableoptionforsurgical
navigation.Visit:http://www.mightyoakmedical.com.

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.

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

TheconferencealsoincludesanExhibitHallwithover40exhibitorsshowcasenewtechnologies,productsandservices
toattendees.

NewBioWestPreEventSept9:DigitalHealthVentureShowcase
IncollaborationwiththePrIMEHealthCollaborative,CBSAiscohostingtheBioWestpreevent,the2014DigitalHealth
VentureShowcaseonSeptember9(1to9p.m.)atCSUDenver,47517
th
Street,2
nd
FloorAtrium(thisisthefinalpitch
eventfortheFinanceTrackofPrIMEsDigitalHealthChallenge).Theeventwillfeatureacurated,vettedselectionof
pitchesfromthebestandbrightestColoradodigitalhealthcompanies.Thesefinalistcompanieswillvieforashareof
$50,000inprizesawardedbyPrIMEinpartnershipwiththeColoradoHealthFoundation.Toregister,visit:
http://cobioscience.siteym.com/events/event_details.asp?id=487688.
Note:thefinalpitcheventfortheAccessTrackofPrIMEsDigitalHealthChallenge@DenverStartupWeekison
September17
th
,wherefinalistswillpitchliveinfrontofapanelofhealthcareexecutivesandagroupofmorethan100
interestedonlookers.Formoreinformation,visit:http://primehealthco.com/about/challenge/.
AboutColoradoBioScienceAssociation

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

BioWest2014MediaCredentialsRequestform:
http://www.cobioscience.com/BioWest%202014/Biowest2014_Media_Credentials_Form.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

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