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Beyond Great Science & Annual Early-Stage Venture Competition

Beyond Great Science brought together a premier group of bioentrepreneurs, investors, and industry professionals to hear firsthand from the executives who directed some of the best deals of the prior year. This exclusive group of industry heavyweights delivered behind-the-scenes stories, best business strategies, and lessons learned as they guided their companies from start-ups to success.

2005 Keynote: John Maraganore, President, CEO and Director, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2004 Keynote: James Young, President, Research and Development, MedImmune, Inc.

2003 Keynotes: Julian Davies, EVP, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Cabot Brown, Partner, Seven Hills Group LLC
Rita Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation

Conference Sessions Included: Turning Concepts into Companies, Creating Shareholder Value, Strategic Partnerships & Business Development, and Grooming for Series B & Beyond.




Annual Early-Stage Venture Competition:
Launchpad for Innovative Bioscience Technologies


In conjunction with Beyond Great Science, ASMR presented competitive fields of the country's most promising bioscience start-ups. Selected on the basis of innovation and business viability, these top companies presented their opportunities to panels of venture capitalists, private investors, investment firms, and entrepreneurial business leaders.

The 2005 Winners:

1st Place: RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc.
2nd Place: Expression Pathology, Inc.
3rd Place (tie): Bioavailability Systems and BioVigilant Systems

The 2004 Winners:

1st Place: Hemodyne, Inc.
2nd Place: Advanced Vision Therapies, Inc.
3rd Place: NeoTropiX, Inc.

The 2003 Winners:

1st Place: A&G Pharmaceutical, Inc.
2nd Place: EpiVax, Inc.
3rd Place (tie): 20/20 GeneSystems, Inc. and PriTest, Inc.




2005 Sponsors and Program Partners:

Platinum Sponsor:
The Hopkins Capital Group www.hopkinscap.com

Gold Sponsors:
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary www.dlapiper.com
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP www.wilmerhale.com

Silver Sponsors:
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company www.whiting-turner.com
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC www.wcsr.com

Partners:
Canadian Embassy www.canadianembassy.org
DMS Data Systems www.dmsdatasystems.com
MdBio www.mdbio.org
NIH Office of Technology Transfer ott.od.nih.gov
Springboard Enterprises www.springboardenterprises.org
World's Best Technologies 2005 www.worldsbesttechnologies.com

2004 Sponsors and Program Partners:

Silver Sponsor:
BioAccelerator of Fairfax County, VA www.fairfaxcountyeda.org

Partners:
DMS Data Systems www.dmsdatasystems.com
MdBio www.mdbio.org
NIH Biosciences Business Interest Group http://www3.cancer.gov/bbig/
NIH Office of Technology Transfer ott.od.nih.gov


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Beyond Great Science & Annual Early-Stage Venture Competition

Biotech Boot Camp

A.M. Biobusiness Series

P.M. Bioentrepreneur Series

     



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