" Participatingemployers,atprogramlaunch,include:
Allosource Amgen BaxaCorporation CaridianBCT,BecomingTerumoBCT ColoradoBioScienceAssociation ColoradoInstituteforDrug,DeviceandDiagnosticDevelopment(CID4) GlobeImmune Merck SandhillScientific SharkletTechnologies Tolmar
"Inadditiontothese'foundingemployers,'we'vehadinterestfromyetanothersixcompanies.Ourteamhas beenverypleasedwiththepositiveresponsefrombothemployersandouruniversities,"MarkSpiecker, President&CEOofSharkletTechnologiesandChairoftheCBSAEducationCommittee,explains."Nowmore thanever,there'sanextremeneedforuniversitystudentstoobtainrealworldexperience,inadditiontotheir timeintheclassroom." AprilGiles,CBSAExecutiveVicePresident,adds,Generatinganeducatedandskilledworkforceisessentialto ourindustrygrowth,andtheCBSAindustrypartnerslaunchingournewInternshipProgramaretakingthe importantfirststepineffectivelyengagingstudentsandbridgingtheirtransitionfromuniversitystudytothe businessworld.Thisisawinwinforallconcerned,withstudentsgainingtremendousknowledgeand companiescreatingtheirnextgenerationoftalent.TheCBSAisextremelyexcitedandhonoredtobethe catalystinbringingbothpartiestogether. More
Page2 AboutColoradoBioScienceAssociation TheCBSAisanotforprofitorganizationprovidingservicesandsupportforColorado'sgrowingbiosciences industry.Withmorethan350members,CBSAactivelyworkstopromotethegrowthoftheindustryby workingforabetterbusinessenvironment,growthestate'sbiotechworkforce,fightforpoliciesthatsupport astrongbioscienceindustryinthestateandspeakwithasinglevoiceonbehalfoftheindustry.Formore information,visithttp://www.cobioscience.com. CBSAalsoisfoundonthesesocialmediasites: Twitter:http://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 ### Contacts: AprilGiles,ExecutiveVicePresident,ColoradoBioScienceAssociation,3035924071or agiles@cobioscience.com MaeDesaire,DirectorofMarketing,ColoradoBioScienceAssociationhttp://www.cobioscience.com720 3825918,mdesaire@cobioscience.com MaggieChamberlinHolben,APR,AbsolutelyPublicRelationshttp://www.absolutelypr.com303984 9801,maggie@absolutelypr.com