Bioscience Day at the Capitol: Patrick Kelly, Biotechnology Industry Association, YouTube Now Posted

Patrick Kelly, vice president for state government relations and alliance development for the Biotechnology Industry Association, spoke about industry legislation at the federal level at the 2010 Bioscience Day at the Capitol.

Location: Colorado State Capitol - January 27, 2010.



This is the first of four parts.

Link to the CBSA YouTube Channel

CEO Collar leaves Colorado BioScience Association

From the Denver Business Journal:

"John Collar has resigned as CEO and president of the Colorado BioScience Association, effective Feb. 1, according to an announcement sent to association members Friday morning.

Denise Brown, the organization’s former top executive, will fill the position until a replacement is found."

Link to the DBJ posting

Colorado BioScience Association's CEO moves on

From the Daily Camera - Feb 5, 2010:

"John Collar, the chief executive officer and president of the Colorado BioScience Association, resigned this week to pursue other business opportunities, officials for the Denver-based organization said Friday.

Collar headed the nonprofit association since December 2008.

Officials named Denise Brown as the organization’s interim executive director while a search is conducted for Collar’s replacement."

Link to the Daily Camera posting

Archived from Jan 22, 2010 -- BioScience Day at Capitol to showcase industry Jan. 27

"The Colorado BioScience Association will host BioScience Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 27, to highlight the bioscience advances made in the state and to learn about industry-related legislation likely to come up in the current session.

The day will start at 7:30 a.m. with a networking breakfast at the Capitol, followed by an overview of the association’s 2010 legislative initiatives at 8 a.m. and then a discussion by legislators about their views of the bioscience industry.

Link to the archived Briefcase item

Recap: Bioscience Day at the Capitol

CBSA held its second annual day at the Capitol on January 27th, featuring brief remarks from several state legislators affirming their support for the industry along with a presentation from Patrick Kelly of BIO and a panel discussion on state legislative priorities.

Link to the Rocky Radar recap

January 22, 2010 - InDevR Featured in the Boulder County Business Report

Quote from CBSA:

"John Collar, chief executive and president of the Colorado Bioscience Association, applauds InDevR's efforts and intentions, noting the increasing importance of bioscience to the Colorado economy. 'We hope they stay here and grow rapidly,' he said.

Collar believes InDevR's plan to fund its own growth, while difficult to execute, aligns with an environment that has changed dramatically in the last few years. 'Angel investors and venture capitalists are less interested in early-stage companies now,' he explains, 'so if you can make it through the early stages self-funded, do it.'"

Link to the article

From January 15, 2010 -- Pico Tesla Featured in the Denver Business Journal

Quote from CBSA:

"All medical-device makers face a big challenge in raising money to prove a new technology, said John Collar, head of the Colorado BioScience Association trade group for biotechnology and medical device companies.

'There is still money out there, but you have to be lucky enough to find the investment houses looking for the kind of investment at your company’s stage of development,' Collar said.

There are some venture capital firms and angel investors that specialize in seeding small, experimental startups in the hope of finding a major breakthrough in treatments, he said."

Link to the article