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2006-2007 Colorado Bioscience Magazine Unveiled At Colorado BioScience Association 2006 Annual Membership Meeting
Colorado BioScience Association released new 76-page issue of Bioscience Colorado Magazine at the 2006 Annual Membership Meeting. In addition, seven new appointments were made to the Board of Directors, along with eight reappointments; 2006 Corporate Sponsors were introduced; and Brandon Shaffer, Colorado State Senator District 17, was presented the national Biotechnology Industry Organization Legislator of the Year Award. - April 18, 2006 - Colorado BioScience Association
Seven New Board Members Named To The Colorado BioScience Association Board Of Directors At The 2006 Annual Membership Meeting
Seven new appointments were made to the Board of Directors of Colorado BioScience Association at its 2006 Annual Membership Meeting, along with eight reappointments. In addition, the 2006 Corporate Sponsors were released; Brandon Shaffer, Colorado State Senator District 17, was presented the national Biotechnology Industry Organization Legislator of the Year Award; and the 2006-2007 Bioscience Colorado Magazine was unveiled to members at the event. - April 18, 2006 - Colorado BioScience Association
State Senator Brandon Shaffer Receives National BIO Legislator of the Year Award at Colorado BioScience Association 2006 Annual Membership Meeting
Brandon Shaffer, Colorado State Senator District 17, was presented the national Biotechnology Industry Organization Legislator of the Year Award at the Colorado BioScience Association 2006 Annual Membership Meeting. The award was presented by Amgen Colorado’s Eric Bergenson. Senator Shaffer was singled out nationally for his ongoing and extensive support of the bioscience industry in the state. - April 18, 2006 - Colorado BioScience Association
Baxa Corporation Wins National Design Awards from Graphic Design USA Magazine
Two campaigns designed and executed by the Baxa in-house design team have been selected for 2006 American Inhouse Design Awards for creative work on a recent direct mail campaign (‘right equipment’) and a national customer promotion (‘real pharmacy’). Graphic Design USA – a national magazine for design professionals – has sponsored design competitions for four decades. The 2006 winners were chosen from nearly 3,500 submissions, less than 20% of which received awards. - April 13, 2006 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation Announces Its UK Subsidiary, Baxa Ltd, to Expand into New Facilities, More than Doubling in Size from the Present Location
International healthcare-product manufacturer, Baxa Ltd, UK subsidiary of Denver-based Baxa Corporation, announces the relocation of its sales and marketing operations to Bracknell, Berkshire, as of the end of April. The new 10,000-square foot facility includes state-of-the-art demonstration rooms and enhanced training areas. Baxa Corporation’s investment in Baxa Ltd’s new Berkshire location provides a foundation for rapid sales expansion in the UK and across Europe. - April 05, 2006 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation’s Jeff Baldwin Honored as a Top Business Leader by the Denver Business Journal
In an awards ceremony held Friday at the Denver Marriott City Center, Baxa President and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Baldwin was recognized as one of the top 40 business and community leaders in the Denver area. The 2006 winners were chosen on three criteria: business leadership, personal accomplishment and community involvement. - March 18, 2006 - Baxa Corporation
PR.com Interviews Marvel Comics Icon Stan Lee
PR.com Senior Editor, Allison Kugel, interviews legendary comic book icon Stan Lee about his life, his career and his new company POW! Entertainment. - March 17, 2006 - PR.com
Baxa Announces the release of New Adapta-Cap™ Bottle Adapter
New cap fits sterile water bottles, expanding the line of Baxa accessories that facilitate easy access with Exacta-Med® Oral Dispensers. Designed to ensure dose accuracy while preventing med errors and wrong-route administration of IV drugs, oral dispensers and accessories are recommended by the Institute for Safe Medication Practice (ISMP) for use in oral and enteral fluid drug delivery. - February 09, 2006 - Baxa Corporation
Denver PR Resource, Absolutely PR, Recaps 2005’s Key National and Local Editorial Media Placements, Plus Reviews Yearend Highlights
2005 marked Absolutely Public Relations’ sixth year in business in the Denver area. This news release is a yearend review of placement accomplishments for the Colorado-based media relations consultancy. - January 18, 2006 - Absolutely Public Relations
Best-selling Author Increases Royalties by 300%
A best-selling author moves his book to Outskirts Press and starts making an additional $10 in profit for every book he sells through Amazon.com. - January 11, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
“Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs” Technical Paper from Baxa Corporation Now Posted on PublicRelationsNewsroom.com For Media Access
Discussions from a scientific advisory board on the impact of USP 797 and the NIOSH Alert for guiding the safe handling of hazardous drugs in healthcare settings are the topics of a new technical paper posted at the Public Relations Newsroom Web site. This posting joins a related page at the Expert Information for Journalists Web site (Expert411.com) featuring James Jorgenson, RPh, MS, and Martha Polovich, MN, RN, AOCN, industry experts on the subject of safe handling. - December 22, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Christine Shapard To Leave Governor’s Office In January To Join Colorado BioScience Association
Christine Shapard, Director of Biosciences and Emerging Technologies for the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) for the past two years, will join the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) in January as the association’s Director of Marketing and Communications. During 2006, Shapard will maintain a 25% appointment with OEDIT tracking and completing major efforts currently in progress. - December 09, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Baxa Corporation Signs Agreement to Market SMARTPAK® Sterile Bulk Bag for Prescription Compounding
Baxa Corporation, Denver-based provider of systems for automated compounding of sterile medications, announces a co-marketing agreement with Samson Medical Technologies LLC for the promotion of the SmartPak Bags. SmartPak provides a closed system for sterile compounding that complements the Baxa Rapid-Fill™ Automated Syringe Filling System and Repeater™ Pump for fast and accurate production of sterile IV syringes. - December 05, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Selects Neenan Company for Design/Construction of New Headquarters
New Baxa world headquarters to be built in Englewood, Colo., by The Neenan Company of Fort Collins, Colo. Baxa chose Neenan after an extensive search for a design-build partner that focused on collaboration and shared values. - December 02, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Baxa Corporation and Carmel Pharma ab End Exclusive Distribution Agreement for PhaSeal®
Carmel Pharma elects to end Baxa distribution and establishes a US headquarters: Baxa Corporation announced today that its exclusive US distribution rights for the PhaSeal Products will end on December 31, 2005. The products’ Swedish manufacturer, Carmel Pharma ab, has elected not to continue the agreement. Over the course of the agreement, Baxa more than tripled annual PhaSeal product sales. Today, PhaSeal is used in more than 300 leading cancer treatment facilities nationwide. - November 14, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
InViragen Wins The First Annual Faegre & Benson Venture Showcase Award, Presented At BioWest 2005
Fort Collins-based InViragen LLC has won the first annual Faegre & Benson Venture Showcase Award at the BioWest 2005 conference in Denver. The announcement is made by Chris Shapard, bioscience director at the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), who says the $10,000 Venture Showcase Award was provided by the Faegre & Benson law firm and announced at the Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) Awards banquet held earlier this evening. - November 09, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Colorado BioScience Association Names Baxa Corporation 2005 Company of the Year
CBSA awarded Baxa Corporation its Company of the Year designation during BioWest 2005 in Denver, acknowledging operational excellence and commitment to giving back to the community as key to the recognition. Chairman and CEO Greg Baldwin accepted the award for Baxa at the Colorado Convention Center last evening. - November 09, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
2005 Colorado BioScience Association Awards Honor The Best of Colorado's Bioscience Industry
The Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) is announcing winners of its 2005 Awards Program at a banquet currently underway at the Colorado Convention Center. Held in conjunction with the 2005 BioWest conference, the annual awards program honors the best of Colorado’s bioscience industry. - November 08, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
SPARX Systems’ Unveiling of Integration with Microsoft’s New Visual Studio 2005 to Coincide with Microsoft’s Nov 7 Launch
SPARX Systems has worked wioth Microsoft to integrate SPARX' UML modeling tool into Microsoft's new Visual Studio. SPARX today announed it will release working beta versions of the integration software on November 7, 2005 to coincide with the Microsoft launch of Visual Studio 2005. - November 03, 2005 - SPARX Systems
This New Textbook (Written in Spanish) for Graduate Students and Practitioners, with a Holistic Updated Approach. There is Nothing Similar Written in Ibero America.
Organizational Improvement and Change. This text-book, written in Spanish, will help your company to change- whether it is a gradual and incremental or the wholesale transformation of your business processes, organizational behavior or corporate direction- and retain competitiveness. - November 02, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
How Placing Power in the Hands of Everyday People Can Truly Affect Those in Need
“There are thousands of creative ways to address your urge to help and to make a huge difference in the world that don’t cost a lot of money or necessarily consume a great deal of your time. That’s what this book is all about.” - November 01, 2005 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Process Changes at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Result in Safer and More Efficient Nutrition Compounding
The introduction of the Baxa automated compounder and Monterey Medical Software allows a leading children’s hospital to minimize med errors, reduce man hours and improve clinical efficacy. - October 31, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
Denver Film Production Company--Remember When TM Announces it's First Feature Film TV Broadcast, The Story of a Singing Christmas Tree
Remember WhenTM announces it's association with KBDI Channel 12 PBS, in Denver, CO and it's first full featured film broadcast, airing for the first time, December 22 at 8pm(MST) and December 25 at 3:30pm(MST). The story of a Singing Christmas Tree is a collection of music (CD) and documentary (DVD) "The film is perfect family entertainment and just in time for holiday gift giving." - October 30, 2005 - Remember When
Colorado BioScience Association Features Replidyne, iBalance Medical, BioWest 2005 and the Recent Bioscience Forum in the Fall 2005 Edition of The CBSA FOCUS
Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has published the third issue of its quarterly newsletter, “The CBSA FOCUS.” Featured articles in the Fall 2005 publication cover BioWest 2005, Coming Events, Executive Report, iBalance Medical, Regulatory Update, Replidyne, Bioscience Forum, and News Briefs. The newsletter helps further share the many success stories and highlights of Colorado’s medical device and biotechnology industries. - October 28, 2005 - Colorado BioScience Association
Absolutely PR’s Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, Receives Certification as an Industry Analyst Relations Practitioner
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, owner of Absolutely Public Relations in Metro Denver has been certified as an Industry Analyst Relations Practitioner (CIARP). Holben adds this professional certification to her credentials, in addition to being accredited in public relations (APR), which she achieved and has maintained through the Public Relations Society of America since 1985. The CIARP certification is offered through The Knowledge Capital Group Inc. (KCG), Austin, TX. - October 23, 2005 - Absolutely Public Relations
Absolutely PR’s Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, Appointed to Colorado BioScience Association Board of Directors for a Three-year Term
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, owner of Absolutely Public Relations in Metro Denver has been appointed to a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA). In addition, Holben is chairing the CBSA’s newly formed communications committee. The announcement is made by Holben who says she was recruited to the board earlier this year by her client Greg Baldwin, Chairman and CEO of Baxa Corporation, who also serves on the CBSA board. - October 21, 2005 - Absolutely Public Relations
Baxa Corporation Receives Design Award from Art Directors Club of Denver
The Graphic Design team at Baxa Corporation received a 2005 Environmental Design award for their “right equipment” trade show graphic. The award, sponsored by the Art Directors Club of Denver, recognizes design excellence from Denver metro area agencies and in-house graphics teams and was one of several presented at the ADCD Annual Show. - October 03, 2005 - Baxa Corporation
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