[November 26, 2014]

BioAlberta Members Recognized at 2014 AGM and Awards Gala

BioAlberta hosted its 15^th Annual AGM and Awards Gala in Calgary, with an audience of approximately 100 representatives from industry, government and educational institutions. The event recognized companies and individuals within Alberta's life sciences industry for their innovation, leadership and achievement.

BioAlberta would like to congratulate the following award recipients for inspiring new ways of thinking and for their contributions to the industry:

Dr. Bernhard Seifried is the recipient of the Scientific Achievement and Innovation Award. This award recognizes an individual or a team who is responsible for a breakthrough innovation with commercial application. Dr. Seifried, an expert in supercritical fluids and high pressure processing with over ten years of experience, is a co-inventor of PGX. In 2010, he joined Ceapro Inc. to scale-up and commercialize PGX. For more information, go to: www.ceapro.com.

BioNeutra North America Inc is the recipient of the Company of the Year Award. This award, accepted by President and CEO, Dr. Jianhua Zhu, is presented to a company that has shown significant achievement within the marketplace and Alberta's business community through strong performance or a leadership role. BioNeutra, an Edmonton-based company began in 2003 with a goal to introduce healthier eating options. The company identified a novel product that had been used in Asia for a number of years as an alternative sweetener called isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO). BioNeutra remains committed to continue research and development of their lead product. For more information, go to: www.bioneutra.ca.

"We are very proud to be honouring these exceptional organizations and individuals from Alberta's life science industry," said Paul Stinson, President and CEO of BioAlberta. "Alberta's drive to life science success is fueled by the enthusiasm, commitment and perseverance of industry leaders such as these award winners. They exemplify the excellence in the field that we have right here in our own province."

About BioAlberta
BioAlberta is the central voice and organizing hub for life sciences in Alberta. The association's vision is to create a thriving and competitive life sciences industry that fuels key sectors of Alberta's economy. BioAlberta is a private, not-for-profit industry association, representing more than 140 members of Alberta's steadily increasing life science industry of producers, users and supporters in the province. These members operate in specialized sectors such as health, pharmaceuticals, medical technology and devices, agricultural, natural health products, nutraceuticals, environmental and industrial biotechnology. BioAlberta's activities are focused on advocacy, promotion and proactively facilitating the growth of Alberta's life sciences industry. For more information, go to: www.bioalberta.com.

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