Colorado BioScience Association Salutes the State’s Leading Life Science Companies and Contributors at 2015 Awards Dinner

Medtronic Honored with Chairman’s Award, SomaLogic Named Company of the Year

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Colorado’s thriving life science sector celebrated the state’s most inventive bioscience companies, researchers and volunteers during the annual Colorado BioScience Association Awards Dinner. The 12th annual celebration honored the organizations and individuals who make Colorado a recognized center of bioscience innovation and investment:

Chairman’s AwardMedtronic is continually looking for ways to provide technologies, solutions and managerial results for the world’s healthcare challenges. Whether at the Boulder/Gunbarrel campus or the Louisville campus, Medtronic employees are focused on transforming healthcare and making a difference, each and every day. Colorado is now home to Medtronic’s third-largest U.S. employee base.

Company of the YearSomaLogic has developed a new proteomics technology with a mission to leverage its proprietary technology to discover, develop and commercialize revolutionary new life science research tools and breakthrough clinical diagnostic products that will transform healthcare.

Rising StarNivalis Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NVLS) is advancing its proprietary, novel class of disease-modifying therapies in the clinic with the aim of improving the lives of people with cystic fibrosis. Nivalis became a public company in June 2015.

Educator of the YearMandi Ruud brings math and science concepts to life for middle school students in the Adams 12 Five Star School District. As part of the Colorado BioScience Institute’s research experience for teachers program, she interned at Sharklet Technologies.

Volunteer of the YearMark Lupa is a partner in High Country Venture and a member of the CBSA Board of Directors. Mark played a significant role in the success of the 2015 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference and the launch of the Colorado BioScience Institute’s Executive Leadership Program.

April Giles, President and CEO of Colorado BioScience Association, says:“Colorado is home to 600 life science companies, generating 122,000 jobs. The companies, contributors and volunteers recognized at CBSA’s 12th Annual Awards Dinner represent an industry that is working together on big medical breakthroughs that start locally and impact globally.”

During the event, keynoted by six-time Olympic Swimming champion Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, CBSA also recognized Company of the Year nominees MedKeeper and KBI Biopharma, and Rising Star nominees dBMEDx and Mighty Oak Medical. Additionally, the Boettcher Foundation presented the 2015 Class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards program.

Connect with CBSA: Twitter @COBioscience, Facebook and LinkedIn

About the Colorado BioScience AssociationColorado BioScience Association champions life science. We serve as the hub of Colorado’s thriving bioscience sector by connecting innovators to funding, infrastructure, research and talent. From promising young companies to established corporations and institutions, we provide opportunities for networking, education and professional development. We grow the bioscience workforce and lead business expansion policies to advance the industry in our state. CBSA represents more than 350 member organizations, including biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic, ag bio and mobile digital health companies, research and academic institutions and service providers. Learn more about us at http://www.cobioscience.com.

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