H.B. 1001 was signed by
Governor Bill Ritter on April 24, 2008

CBSA’s 2008 state legislation – H.B. 1001, sponsored by Representative Riesberg and Senator Bacon will provide $5.5 million for the current year, $4.5 million for the second year and back to $5.5 million for the remaining three years to programs that have proven to help grow the bioscience industry in Colorado.

Ü GOV. RITTER SIGNS LAW CREATING BIOSCIENCE GRANT FUND
Ü Click here for a one page summary of the legislation
Ü Click here for a copy of the bill
Ü 2008 Colorado General Assembly Legislative Session Outlook
Ü Weekly Legislative Report

The Colorado BioScience Association would like to thank Dr. Richard Duke, Founder of GlobeImmune, Inc. and ApopLogic Pharmaceuticals, LLC, and Chair of CBSA's Public Policy and Government Relations Committee for his leadership on our Public Policy Agenda.

Thank You!

 

The Colorado BioScience Association would like to thank
Erin Silver, our lobbyist, for all her help throughout the process
of H.B. 1001.

Thank You!

 

 
 
Ü   May 2008 Sponsors of the Month

 
 
Ü   Front Range sees growth in medical device industry, Denver Business Journal

Ü   The new ebook CLSDF—2007, What’s In A Year?—efforts to recognize the Herculean task of architecting and building a top-tier bio-cluster, and illuminates that the necessary elements are in place for Colorado to journey on towards this goal. To boil down to a single element of exactly what the work is, well that is simple, it’s a celebration of an array of milestones that have been achieved in the Colorado life science ecosystem in the past year.

Ü   National Cancer Institute Announces New Funding Opportunities for Small Businesses
Are you interested in learning how your small business can tap into the resources of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)?

Ü 5/19/08  Regulatory Affairs Seminar: Part 1
Ü 5/22/08  BioScience Larimer County
Ü 5/21/08  Boulder Science Teacher Initiative
Ü 5/28/08  Fort Collins Science Teacher Initiative
Ü 5/29/08  Denver Science Teacher Initiative
Ü 6/5/08  Amgen Conrtolled Environments Tour
Ü 6/25/08  Northern Colorado Health Research Coalition — Orthopaedics and Biomedical Engineering

Ü MEDdevice Acquisition Co., LLC Announces Board Members and Advisors
Ü Epsilon Securities, LLC, to Provide M&A Advisory Services to MEDdevice Acquisition Co., LLC
Ü Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo, Inc. Receives George Washington Carver Award at BIO's World Congress
Ü Array BioPharma lands $80M investment
Ü OPX to commercialize CU technology
Ü ARCA Biopharma's new drug attacks heart disease
Ü MEDdevice Acquisition Co., LLC Engages Catalyst Financial Resources
Ü Baxa Environmental Program Nets Significant Results

Ü 2008 Colorado General Assembly Legislative Session Outlook
Ü Weekly Legislative Report

2007 Bioscience Magazine Our 2007 edition of Bioscience Colorado Magazine recaps many important stories and information on the bioscience industry in Colorado. Colorado's Best Kept Secret: Federal Laboratories Boost Bioscience Research A Conversation with Colorado's BioScience Serial Entrepreneurs Breaking Boundaries in BioScience Development 2007 Company Directory Ü Bioscience Colorado Magazine

CBSA Focus Newsletter The latest developments in Colorado's bioscience industry are available on a quarterly basis through CBSA's Focus Newsletter. Colorado Bioscience Legislative Report Updated Bioscience Industry Plan for Colorado Communications Survey Results and New Members CBSA Programs Designed to Benefit You New Members UpComing Events Ü CBSA Focus Newsletter Archive