Spring 2011 issue of Horizons

• Boulder ranks first in the nation in its concentration of employment in the medical device sector among medium-sized metros and is one of only 14 metro areas that has a specialization in three of the four bioscience subsectors. • Since 2001, the Greater Fort Collins metro area has added 37 percent to its bioscience employment base. • Academic medical research and development grew more than 72 percent from 2002 to 2006, almost twice the national growth rate of 37 percent. • Thirty-eight bioscience companies were formed based on University of Colorado-developed technologies between 2002 and 2007, with CU now producing about 10 new bioscience companies annually. • Thirteen new bioscience companies were spun out of Colorado State University between 2002 and 2007.

• A total of $1.3 billion was invested in Colorado bioscience companies between 2002 and the second quarter of 2008. • Colorado ranks 11th among the 50 states in bioscience venture capital investments for the 2002–2007 time period.

Please contact us if we can help you and your organization compete in this growing industry.

RubinBrown’s Life Sciences Services Group RubinBrown provides specialized accounting services to life sciences, pharmaceutical, and medical device organizations across the country. Todd Pleimann, CPA - Kansas City Managing Partner, Kansas City Office 913.499.4411 todd.pleimann@rubinbrown.com Felicia Malter, CPA - St. Louis Partner-In-Charge Life Sciences Services Group 314.290.3249 felicia.malter@rubinbrown.com

Rodney Rice, CPA - Denver Partner Life Sciences Services Group 303.952.1233 rodney.rice@rubinbrown.com

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