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WEDC, BioForward and University Research Park Offer Opportunity for Businesses to Take Part in BIO 2014 in San Diego
MADISON, Wis. --(Business Wire)--
In partnership with the Wisconsin
Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and University
Research Park, BioForward is
awarding 25 attendees from Wisconsin companies scholarships to
participate in the BIO
International Convention, the largest biotechnology conference in
the world.
Recipients will receive access to one-on-one partnering with
internationally recognized companies in the bioscience industry and
access to BIO's business partnering system, which provides access to
more than 3,000 companies attending the convention. Additionally, WEDC
will host meetings for the scholarship recipient companies with
international delegations and companies at the convention, which will be
held June 23-26 in San Diego.
The scholarship recipients are:
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Aldevron (Madison), a world-class service organization
specializing in plasmid DNA and protein production technologies,
antibody technologies, and custom services with operations in the
United States and Europe and a client base spanning the entire globe www.aldevron.com
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Aztalan Engineering Inc. (Lake Mills), an employee-owned
manufacturer of precision machines parts and assemblies www.aztalan.com
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Biology Based Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Lodi), an early-stage
pharmaceutical company that provides flexible cell based and
immunology based assay solutions which include development,
production, purification, and quality analytic services under GLP and
cGMP www.biobasedpharma.com
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BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Blood Research Institute. (Milwaukee) www.bcw.edu
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Bridge to Cures Inc. (Wauwatosa), a nonprofit
corporation created to help scientific entrepreneurs in southeast
Wisconsin start and grow companies that turn their research and
inventions into products that target unmet medical needs. www.bridgetocures.com
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Centrose LLC (Madison), a biotechnology company focused on the
development and commercialization of new technologies that improve
patient health; developed the first-ever synergistic drug targeting
systems called the Extracellular Drug Conjugate System (EDC) www.centrosepharma.com
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DNASTAR, Inc. (Madison), a global software pioneer company
offering the best in sequence analysis software, next-gen sequencing
software, primer design software, and gene expression software for
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EigenBio LLC (Madison), a newly formed subsidiary of ioGenetics
LLC that has developed breakthrough informatics capabilities and an
applied mathematical system to provide rapid and accurate immunome
analysis of proteins www.eigenbio.com
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Intense Engineering (Madison) designs, develops, and builds
custom instruments, devices, and automated systems providing product
development and engineering services for companies in the bioscience
sector and high-tech start-up community www.intense-engineering.com
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InvivoSciences, Inc. (Madison), a leading developer and
supplier of proprietary 3D cell/tissue culture models for
highly-predictive, multi-parameter phenotypic assays in pharmacology
safety and discovery screening; unique combination of tissue
engineering technology with assay automation and sample
miniaturization offers a rapid and cost effective platform for
unprecedented therapeutic discovery www.invivosciences.com
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ioGenetics LLC (Madison), a holding company with platform
technologies in immunoinformatics and recombinant protein expression
that is developing novel first/best-in-class anti-infectives called
"DBAF" (Directed Biocide® antibody fusions) to treat difficult
infections such as MRSA and Strep. Pneumonia www.iogenetics.com
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Isomark, LLC (Madison), has developed the Canary TM Breath
Delta Value (BDV) analyzer, which uses patented, breath monitoring
technology and offers a unique non-invasive method for rapid detection
of invasive infections www.isomark.com
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Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (Marshfield) a division
of Marshfield Clinic consisting of research centers in clinical
research, agricultural health and safety, epidemiology/population
health, human genetics, and biomedical informatics www.marshfieldclinic.org
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Nexcyon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Madison), a global veterinary
pharmaceutical company located in Madison and London focusing on
developing medically-needed therapeutics for companion animals,
obtaining regulatory approvals in the USA and EU, and setting up
manufacturing process and manufacturing the approved medicines www.nexcyon.com
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Next Generation Clinical Research (Madison), a Clinical
Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Functional Service Provider
offering development consulting, clinical trial management and medical
safety services to biopharma and medical device organizations with
particular expertise in Critical Care, Chronic Kidney Disease and
Central Nervous System Disorders www.nextgenclinical.com
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PeptiMed (Madison), a seed-stage biopharmaceutical company that
is developing a potent siRNA molecule to down-regulate an oncogene
target to treat cancer, as well as a novel nanoparticle delivery
system to enable its use in animals and humans www.peptimed.com
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Primorigen Biosciences, Inc. (Madison), provides innovative
solutions for stem cell maintenance, proliferation, characterization
and assay development, including Vitronectin XF, MesoTotal, a variety
of human growth factors and cytokines, and high qualities antibodies
and proteins for developmental markers www.primorigen.com
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Quintessence Biosciences, Inc. (Madison), a private, clinical
stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel anti-cancer compounds
based on patented EVADE TM Ribonuclease technology www.quintbio.com
About the sponsors:
BioForward-
BioForward is the member-driven state association that is the voice of
Wisconsin's bioscience industry and a state chapter of the national Biotechnology
Industry Organization. We advocate actively on our members' behalf
for public policy that supports the industry, save our members money
through our Select Savings group purchasing program, and provide a
variety of opportunities for connections to funding, partners,
customers, and employers and employees through our events and online
resources. Our professional, service oriented staff also provide
one-on-one support to members with specific requests. Our members
include bioscience companies, universities, non-profits, service
providers, and government agencies.
Wisconsin
Economic Development Corporation- As Wisconsin's lead economic
development agency, with more than 600 regional and local partners, the
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) fosters the
cooperation necessary to support sustainable business growth and job
creation. Our model is customer-service focused and aligns with the
needs of businesses. To ensure we are effective and efficient, we
collaborate with our state economic development network to deploy tools,
provide financial and technical support, encourage entrepreneurship, and
advance industries.
University
Research Park- University Research Park, established in 1984 and
located three miles west of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus,
is home to more than 126 companies that employ over 3,500 people. The
non-profit, internationally-recognized research and technology park has
37 buildings with more than 1.8 million square feet of office and
laboratory space used by a broad range of start-up companies, many of
which are focused on biotechnology. URP's groundbreaking approach and
innovative tenant solutions encourage the development and
commercialization of new, cutting-edge ideas. Its efforts enhance the
state and local economies, while benefiting research and educational
programs at the UW-Madison. The park is a partner of UW-Madison, where
the world-renowned research faculty holds more scientific patents than
at any other public university in the country. The partnership generates
great jobs in the community while affording tremendous access and
support for URP companies at the university.
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