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ValveXchange Wins The Third Annual Faegre & Benson Venture Showcase Award, Presented At BioWest 2007
ValveXchange holds patented technology on a two-piece bioprosthetic tissue valve that resolves the compromises between conventional mechanical and tissue heart valves. The company’s technology is easily adopted by surgeons with a clear regulatory path and a $1.2 billion market opportunity. For more information, go to http://www.valvexchange.com.
ValveXchange competed against five other companies for this honor. Additional participants included mBioSystems (Boulder, CO), Nanodisc, Inc. (Boulder, CO), Sierra Neuropharmaceuticals (Boulder, CO), Solix Biofuels (Fort Collins, CO), and Ventrus Biosciences Inc. (Greenwood Village). A brief explanation of each company can be found at http://www.cobioscience.com/2007VentureShowcase.pdf.
According to Shapard, representatives of each competing company had 10 minutes to present their technologies and business plans to a panel of bioscience venture capitalists on Friday morning. The venture capitalist panelists included: Harry Ross, Panel Chair, Aweida Ventures; Paul Grand, RCT BioVentures; Mark Lupa, Tango Group; Steve Murchie, Keiretsu Forum Angels; and Dan Watkins, Draper Fisher Mercury Fund.
About Colorado BioScience Association
CBSA is a not-for-profit corporation providing services and support for Colorado’s growing biosciences industry. For more information, visit http://www.cobioscience.com.
About Faegre & Benson LLP
Faegre & Benson LLP is a full-service law firm with offices in Denver, Boulder, Minneapolis, Des Moines, London, Frankfurt and Shanghai, with more than 100 attorneys in Colorado and more than 475 worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.faegre.com.
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Christine Shapard, Deputy Director, Colorado BioScience Association http://www.cobioscience.com –
303-592-4089 or cshapard@cobioscience.com
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, Absolutely Public Relations http://www.absolutelypr.com –
303-984-9801, maggie@absolutelypr.com
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