Colorado: Denver News
Valerie Sokolosky, Noted Author and Vice Chair Of The National Leadership America Organization To Keynote Invitational In Denver
The Rocky Mountain Region of Leadership America will host Valerie Sokolosky, noted author and Vice Chair of the national Leadership America organization, as its keynote speaker in Denver, October 12, 2005. The event is being held at the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce facility in the LoDo district of the city. - September 25, 2005 - Absolutely Public Relations
Baxa Corporation Honored as Colorado Top Company
Baxa Corporation was recognized as a Top Company in an award ceremony held today at the Denver Center for Performing Arts. The annual competition, established by Colorado Biz magazine in 1988, highlights the best of Colorado businesses – those demonstrating financial and operational excellence as well as a commitment to giving back to their communities. - September 08, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Repeater™ Pump Validated in Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour Sterilisation Tests
Baxa Ltd announces that their pharmacy peristaltic filling pump – the Repeater Pump (099E) – tested successfully through 26 gas sterilisation cycles at one cycle per day with hydrogen peroxide vapour. Bioquell (UK) Ltd, manufacturers of the Clarus® hydrogen peroxide gas generator system, performed the tests for Baxa at their Andover laboratory. The Repeater Pump exhibited no adverse effects on performance or accuracy of operations during the third-party testing. - September 07, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Exacta-Med® Oral Dispensers Eliminate Wrong-Route Errors And Inappropriate Clinical Line Connections
Baxa Corporation, a Denver-based manufacturer of medical devices and systems, offers the Exacta-Med Oral Dispenser specifically designed for safe oral liquid delivery. The Exacta-Med Dispenser’s design prevents the attachment of a luer needle hub and from engaging with a needleless connector, eliminating potential error from wrong-route oral liquid medication administration. Additionally, the dispenser is labeled “Oral Use Only,” further promoting patient safety. - August 31, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Nutrition Therapy and Continuous Infusion Case Studies From Baxa Corporation Now Available for Media Access at PublicRelationsNewsroom.com
Two case studies produced by Baxa Corporation are now posted on the Public Relations Newsroom Web site for media access. The first case details how a new Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) process minimizes medical errors and reduces man hours at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH). The second case focuses on the therapeutic benefits of continuous infusion of β-lactam antibiotics at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte, West Virginia. - August 31, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Named As Colorado Top Company Finalist
Baxa Corporation has been recognized as a finalist in coloradobiz magazine’s annual competition for Top Company. Established in 1988 by Colorado Business magazine (now coloradobiz), the Top Company competition recognizes Colorado’s most outstanding businesses in nine business categories. - August 25, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
What If Publishing a Book Was Easier Than Reading One?
Following in the footsteps of the alternative film and music industries, a publishing company in Colorado is making it possible for anybody to publish a book and list it on Amazon.com for sale. - August 18, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Baxa Corporation Announces Compliance To The European Directive On Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment
Baxa Corporation, a Denver-based manufacturer of equipment that automates fluid dispensing for hospital pharmacies, announces its compliance to the European Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment Directive, or WEEE. The WEEE Directive aims to reduce the quantity of waste resulting from used electrical and electronic equipment and increase its re-use, recovery and recycling. Baxa is the 2005 recipient of two excellence in exporting awards. - August 15, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Two Colorado Companies to Present at Midwest’s Largest Biotech and Medical Device Event
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has selected two private companies from Colorado to present at the BIO Mid-America VentureForum – Longmont-based MicroPhage Incorporated and Aurora-based Thinc Pharmaceuticals. The conference takes place at the Minneapolis Hilton, September 21-23. - August 15, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
BioWest 2005 Expands to Feature Venture Capital Award
The Rocky Mountain Region's premier networking event and trade show for the biotechnology and medical devices industries has expanded to include the first annual $10,000 Faegre & Benson Venture Showcase Award, to be presented to the winning emerging biosciences company at the Venture Capital program on November 8, 2005. The award, sponsored by the law firm Faegre & Benson, is designed to help support growing biotech companies. - August 15, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
The “Pioneer of the Day Spa” Says XTREME Performance Products Deliver Results
XTREME Performance Inc. the designer and developer of innovative, safe, and natural performance enhancing nutritional products today announced Anna Marie Colavito, the founder and president of Beauty Body Wellness Associates serves XTREME Performance products. - July 26, 2005 - XTREME Performance
Baxa Corporation’s CEO Greg Baldwin Tours Gregg Moss of 9News Through The Company’s Sterile Medical Device Manufacturing Facilities on “Where In The Town Is Gregg Moss”
As anchors say during the widely viewed 9News Denver regional broadcasts, “Gregg Moss took his Rambler on the road today.” This time to Englewood, Colorado, on the morning of July 22, 2005. He took viewers to the world headquarters of Baxa Corporation and toured the company’s state-of-the art, sterile medical device manufacturing facilities. CEO Greg Baldwin served as tour guide for Gregg Moss during three, early-morning business news segments on Denver’s NBC affiliate, 9News. - July 22, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Colorado BioScience Association Announces The Second Annual Issue of Bioscience Colorado Magazine
Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) has released the 2005 edition of its annual four-color magazine, Bioscience Colorado. Published in collaboration with the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the magazine is distributed at international conferences, such as BIO and AdvaMed, to national site selectors and throughout the local community. The magazine includes articles on the Colorado bioscience industry, plus a directory of all Colorado life science companies. - July 21, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
CBSA’s Denise Brown Is Now Profiled at the Expert Information for Journalists Website
Denise Brown, Executive Director of Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), is now profiled on the Expert Information For Journalists website – Expert411.com. Brown provides expert perspective on the Colorado Bioscience Industry, including backgrounding regarding Colorado's biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device and agricultural biotech initiatives. She is also able to connect reporters to other individuals throughout the state for additional relevant information and expert commentary. - July 19, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Colorado BioScience Association Endorses Referendums C & D In Its Summer 2005 Edition of The CBSA FOCUS
Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has published the second issue of its quarterly newsletter, “The CBSA FOCUS.” Featured articles in the Summer 2005 publication cover Referendums C & D; PR Pharmaceuticals based in Fort Collins; and William W. Cimino, Ph.D., President of Sound Surgical in Louisville. Other topics covered include upcoming CBSA events, executive report, CBSA’s public policy process, regulatory update on compliance as a competitive advantage, and news briefs. - July 19, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Colorado BioScience Association and Biotechnology Industry Organization Jointly Sponsor August 9th Bioscience Forum
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) are jointly sponsoring the Bioscience Forum on Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. , on the Fitzsimons Campus. This educational event focuses on the outlook of the Bioscience Industry in Colorado. Keynote Speakers include The Honorable Bob Beauprez (R-District 7-CO), The Honorable Andrew Romanoff, Speaker of Colorado House, and The Honorable James Greenwood, President & CEO, BIO. - July 19, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Three Colorado Newspapers Turn To Denver’s Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, For Public Relations Insight Regarding The Recent PR E-Mail Snafu At The University of Colorado
The Colorado Daily, Denver Post and The Daily Camera in Boulder recently interviewed and included quotes from Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, owner of Denver’s Absolutely Public Relations. The Colorado Daily article on last month’s PR E-mail snafu at the University of Colorado ran June 10th; Denver Post, June 12th, also relating to the E-mail situation and the communications plan -- at the time under development -- to improve CU’s image; and The Daily Camera, July 10, focusing on media training. - July 15, 2005 - Absolutely Public Relations
Baxa Corporation’s Jeff Baldwin Provides Business Perspective To Denver’s 9News Regarding UK Terrorist Attacks
Jeff Baldwin, President and COO of Denver-based Baxa Corporation was interviewed by Mark Koebrich of Denver’s NBC affiliate, 9News, about the business ramifications for Colorado companies with holdings in the UK. Baldwin served as Managing Director of Baxa Limited, the company’s UK subsidiary for for two years prior to returning to the US as Chief Operating Officer. He had been to London the week prior, riding the Underground while attending meetings with Baxa hospital customers in the city. - July 14, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Denver Video Firm Co-Founder Matt King Now Has Patent Application Published For New DiscProtectors™, DiscShields™ and DiscPreservers™ Products
Denver-based video production firm Co-founder and Co-owner Matt King of Remember When now has the patent application published for a new line of products – DiscProtectors, DiscShields and DiscPreservers -- that help keep CDs and DVDs free of “CD/DVD rot,” including off gas clouding, scratching, dust and other contaminants for future generations of use. Remember When’s original product line of memorial video tributes and life stories is what resulted in the need for the new products. - July 13, 2005 - Remember When
Publishing Mogul Shares Insider Information
The President and CEO of Outskirts Press, Inc. reveals over 150 publishing secrets based upon real-world experience in his new reference guide, Publishing Gems: Insider Information for the Self-Publishing Writer. - June 26, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Baxa Corporation’s Brian Baldwin Wins 2005 Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award
Brian Baldwin, founder and Vice Chairman of Baxa Corporation, was selected as an Ernst & Young 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year in a ceremony last evening at the Donald Seawell Ballroom of the Denver Center for Performing Arts. Brian, the winner for the medical and health sciences category, joined eight other award winners in six different categories for the Rocky Mountain Region. - June 24, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Rae Ann Dougherty and Maggie Chamberlin Holben Named Regional Leadership Coordinators for the Rocky Mountain Region of Leadership America
Rae Ann Dougherty, president and CEO of Golden-based R&R Strategies, and Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, owner of Lakewood-based Absolutely Public Relations have been appointed regional leadership coordinators (RLC’s) for the Rocky Mountain Region of Leadership America. The Rocky Mountain Region of Leadership America consists of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. - June 23, 2005 - Absolutely Public Relations
Baxa Corporation’s Brian Baldwin Selected As Finalist For Ernst & Young 2005 Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards
Brian Baldwin, founder and Vice Chairman of Baxa Corporation, has been selected as a finalist for the Ernst & Young 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year® Awards. Nominated this year for the first time, Baldwin is one of 24 finalists in the Rocky Mountain Region selected from nearly 100 nominations by a panel of independent judges consisting of area leaders from business, academic and civic organizations. - June 15, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Awarded Best Sales Team In 2005 American Business Awards
Baxa Corporation, a medical device manufacturer focusing on hospital pharmacy applications, was awarded a 2005 American Business Award for Best Sales Team in a ceremony held June 6th at the New York City Marriott Marquis. The national American Business Awards is the only business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace. The third annual American Business Awards ceremony featured Ali Velshi, host of CNN’s The Turnaround, as Master of Ceremonies for the program. - June 08, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Sponsors Team In Courage Classic Fundraiser For Children’s Hospital
Baxa Corporation is sponsoring a bicycle racing team for the 16th annual Courage Classic ride to raise money for The Children’s Hospital of Denver. Baxa will provide financial support for the team, along with jerseys and riders. Team captain Jerrod Milton, Director of Campus Transition and Occupancy for the hospital’s new Fitzsimons facility, will lead 35 riders for Team Road Rage, including Baxa executives and associates. - June 01, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Colorado BioScience Association Debuts Quarterly Newsletter: The CBSA FOCUS
Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has published the first issue of its quarterly newsletter, “The CBSA FOCUS.” Featured articles in the Spring 2005 issue cover the Colorado Technology Survey; McKinley Medical company’s new pain management product targeting the plastic surgery industry; and Dr. Michael Bristow, noted professor, physician and founder of both the Myogen and ARCA Discovery biotech companies. - May 31, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Baxa Corporation Receives Small Business Exporter Of The Year Award
Baxa Corporation was honored as Colorado’s Small Business Exporter of the Year at an awards ceremony held at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on May 25, 2005. The award was presented by the Colorado Small Business Administration, and accepted by Baxa President and Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Baldwin. - May 30, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Colorado BioScience Association Names Ed Wood Chairperson and Appoints Four New Board Members
Ed Wood, CEO of Summit Roundtable in Lakewood, CO, is the new Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA). He was appointed at the Association’s 2005 Annual Meeting held in April. Wood assumes chairperson responsibilities from Ralph (Chris) Christoffersen, General Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures, Boulder, CO, office. Vice Chairperson of the board is Jack Wheeler, CEO of Microphage, Inc., Longmont, CO. - May 30, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Family Business Experts Credits Family Business Synergy As Key To Baxa Corporation’s Success
Baxa Corporation is featured in a recently published “Family Business Experts” profile detailing the key to the company’s 30 years of success in product innovation and customer responsiveness. The company was selected as the featured family business for the Family Business Institute’s (FBI) top-ranked Internet site, because Baxa met criteria as both a positive family and a business success story. - May 23, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Awarded Colorado Governor’s Award For Excellence In Exporting
Baxa Corporation has been chosen to receive the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Exporting in an announcement made last week by Governor Bill Owens. The award honors Colorado companies that have made significant contributions to exporting during the past year. This is the second exporting award Baxa has received this year. - May 16, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Named Finalist In 2005 American Business Awards
Baxa Corporation has been selected as a finalist in the Best Sales Team category for the third annual American Business Awards. Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post (September 22, 2002), The American Business Awards are the first national, all-encompassing... - May 11, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Denver PR consultancy, Absolutely Public Relations, announces its third contract agreement with Colorado-based medical device manufacturer Baxa Corporation
Denver public relations resource, Absolutely Public Relations, is continuing to provide media relations consulting services to Baxa Corporation this year. The announcement is made by Absolutely PR owner, Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, who says this is the third contract her consultancy has engaged in with Baxa since 2003. - May 07, 2005 - Absolutely Public Relations
Baxa Corporation Honored With Two American Inhouse Design Awards In The National 2005 Competition Sponsored By Graphic Design USA
The Graphic Design team at Baxa Corporation was awarded two 2005 American Inhouse Design Awards from Graphic Design USA – a national magazine for design professionals – for their humorous and creative work on a three-part direct mail campaign for the company’s Rapid-Fill™ Automated Syringe... - May 07, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Absolutely PR’s Maggie Chamberlin Holben To Introduce Noted Colorado Historian Tom Noel, Dr. Colorado, At The First Session Of Leadership America’s American Issues Forum
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, has the honor of introducing Tom Noel, Dr. Colorado, to the 2005 Class of Leadership America at the first session of the organization’s American Issues Forum 2005 being held at the Wyndham Denver Tech Center in Denver, April 17-20. Holben, who was a member of the inaugural class of Leadership America in 1988, is the founder and owner of Denver-based Absolutely Public Relations. - April 17, 2005 - Absolutely Public Relations
Baxa CEO Greg Baldwin Is Now Profiled at the Expert Information for Journalists Website and Available to Address Selected Business Topics
Greg Baldwin, Chairman and CEO of Baxa Corporation of Englewood, Colorado, is now profiled on the Expert Information For Journalists website – Expert411.com. Baxa Corp., a privately held company is a leader in serving hospital pharmacy systems for handling, packaging and administering liquid medications from oral to multi-ingredient IV. Baxa is a registered medical device manufacturer with the FDA and has sales in over 35 countries. - April 02, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Celebrates 30 Years of Product Safety and Innovation for Hospital Pharmacies
In March 1975, two entrepreneurs with experience in pharmacy sales and product development started Baxa Corporation, a medical device company focused on products that ensured patient safety. Thirty years later, the company’s first product – a dispenser dedicated to safe delivery of oral medications – is still the market leader, alongside a full line of devices and systems designed to streamline fluid drug handling, admixture and packaging activities in hospital and alternate-site pharmacies. - March 24, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Introduces Four New Microfuse® Infusion System Administration Sets
Baxa Corporation announces the addition of four specialty administration sets to the MicroFuse® Syringe Infusion System line. These new sets incorporate a T-site for the convenient administration of coronary vasodilators during myocardial perfusion imaging. Their design resulted from customer feedback on safety and ease of administration for this specialty cardiac application. - March 17, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Introduces New Amber Oral Dispenser Packaging For Ward And Bedside Applications
Baxa Corporation announces the release of new packaging configurations for its amber Exacta-Med(R) Oral Dispensers. Oral dispensers are syringe-like devices designed specifically to provide safe and accurate delivery of oral liquid medications, without the possibility of wrong-route administration through a patient’s IV or epidural line. Their amber coloring promotes further differentiation of oral dispensers from standard hypodermic syringes. - March 07, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Cleanrooms: A Question & Answer Document from Baxa Corporation is Now Posted on PublicRelationsNewsroom.com for Media and Professional Access
"Understanding Cleanrooms: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions," authored by Pat Hynes, VP of Global Quality for Metro Denver-based Baxa Corporation is now posted for media and professional access on PublicRelationsNewsroom.com. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) released USP 797 in January 2004 and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) published its 2004 alert on the health risks posed to those working with hazardous drugs. - February 27, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Expands Headquarters Facilities
Baxa Corporation announces the addition of a new building to its corporate headquarters in Metro Denver. The expansion provides a 15,000 square-foot facility accommodating the sales, marketing and technical support operations for the medical device manufacturer. Two years after the company built a state-of-the-art production facility in Englewood, Colorado, unprecedented business growth constrained the office and administration space. - February 27, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
"Understanding USP 797" and "Environmental Controls for Sterile Compounding" Technical Papers are Now Posted on PublicRelationsNewsroom.com
Two technical papers produced by Baxa Corporation – “Understanding USP 797” and “Environmental Controls for Sterile Compounding” are now posted for media and professional access on PublicRelationsNewsroom.com. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) released USP 797 in January 2004 and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) published its 2004 alert on the health risks posed to those working with hazardous drugs. - January 30, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Denver Public Relations Resource, Absolutely PR, Recaps 2004's Key National and Local Placements, Plus Results of Trade and Denver Localization Media Awareness Campaigns
2004 marked Absolutely Public Relations' fifth year in business in the Denver area. This news release is a yearend review of placement accomplishments for the Colorado-based media relations consultancy. Links to related pdf supportive documents are found at the right for those readers desiring additional information. - December 31, 2004 - Absolutely Public Relations
The national Style(tm) Network features Golden's Adventures In Color Technology, an Absolutely PR client, on a recent episode of its Stripped series
Adventures in Color Technology, Ltd., was featured on the February 10, 2004, episode of the Style Network's Stripped series - featuring an in depth look at how contact lenses are tinted and painted for cosmetic and therapeutic uses. The Style Network, a property of E! Entertainment Television, currently counts 33 million subscribers with commitments to reach over 40 million in 2004. Absolutely PR was contacted last fall to arrange the taping for the national cable broadcast for her client. - March 16, 2004 - Absolutely Public Relations
News Radio 850 KOA's Alex Stone turned to Absolutely PR's Maggie Chamberlin Holben for her thoughts on crisis management in light of the ever-unfolding scandal at CU
The Denver Post this week is reporting the estimate for "crisis cleanup" of the CU scandal to now be up to $450,000 (of which, "$100,000 is for a liaison between the president's office and the athletic department, and another $100,000 is for university public relations and media inquiries related to the scandal"). Now more than ever, the situation at CU demonstrates how lack of proactive media relations and skilled crisis communication strategies can be both reputation damaging and costly. - March 07, 2004 - Absolutely Public Relations
Public Relations Expert Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, Places Bylined Article in the National Discover Business Services Inside Biz Newsletter
Maggie Holben, owner of Denver's Absolutely Public Relations has placed the bylined article, "PR 101, A Quick Review" in the current issue of the national Discover Business Services Inside Biz merchant newsletter. Holben's article is included in the volume 4, number 1 Public Relations Issue, which disseminates to just shy of 1.3 million recipients and posts on the Discover Card website for an indefinite period of time. - February 26, 2004 - Absolutely Public Relations
Video Production Company in Denver -- Remember When (tm) -- Was Featured in the September 26, 2003, Rocky Mountain News Business Section
Matt King and Fern Bray, owners of Denver's Remember When(tm), were interviewed and pictured in the September 26, 2003, Rocky Mountain News article entitled "Remembrances: Using videos and DVDs, company creates a lasting memory and helps families work through their grief while preserving a piece of history." The article was written by Nora Caley, reporter, as a Special To The News. - October 05, 2003 - Remember When
Denver Video Production Company, Remember When™, Records Family Memories for Posterity, Preserving Life Stories Through Extensive Interviews, Music and Old Photographs
Matt King and Fern Bray, owners of Denver’s Remember When™, are masters at turning lives of Coloradoans into wonderful videotaped histories for family and friends to enjoy for many years to come. They meticulously gather old photos and memorabilia from their clients, then – guided with a list of carefully crafted questions – masterfully help clients to tell their life stories on video. Extensive editing follows yielding a state-of-the-art production with razor-sharp pictures in either DVD or VHS - September 11, 2003 - Remember When