BioMed Expo 2002 to Feature Startup Showcase; Early Stage Companies to Present At Expo.

Business Editors

BIOMED Expo 2002

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2002

BIOMEDEXPO 2002: ROAD TO SUCCESS, a one-day trade show for the life sciences industry happening on October 24, 2002 at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, will feature a showcase highlighting new life science companies.

The Start-up Showcase, co-sponsored by Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Business School and Tullis Dickerson & Company, is an opportunity for start-up and early-stage life science companies to highlight their technologies and products under development. By highlighting new companies, the Showcase enhances Company contacts with venture capital, government, industry and academia support services, as well as other start-ups to advertise developmental needs.

Eleven companies will highlight and display their technologies and products under development in an exclusive poster-style presentation. Company representatives will be available at designated times throughout the day to answer questions for attendees.

"I feel that participating in the Start-up Showcase was an important aspect of Velcura Therapeutics' (formerly known as Osteomics) getting started last year," said Michael Long, CEO of Velcura, a participant in the 2001 Start-up Showcase. "We were able to meet a number of potential employees and new service providers, and get in touch with our colleagues in the biotech funding area. On the whole, it was an excellent experience."

    Companies slated to participate in the Showcase include:

    AppliedAutogenomics - Ann Arbor-based company developing software
        enabling an integrated, personalized wellness program
    Biomes Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Rockford-based natural product drug
        discovery company utilizing novel sources of microbes
    DataSpeaks, Inc. - Troy-based software company that provides
        computational measures for systems biology and health
    Frontier Medical, LLC - Ann Arbor-based company developing medical
        imaging processing services via the internet for oncology
    Genetics Squared, Inc. - Ann Arbor-based in silico discovery
        company developing new approaches in bioinformatics for drug
        discovery
    KeraCure, Inc. - Ann Arbor-based biotechnology medical device
        company with cellular delivery and advanced wound care
        products
    MERS, LLC - Ann Arbor-based technology company whose focus is
        nanoengineering of materials and informatics to drive
        innovation
    NephRx, Inc. - Portage-based biotechnology company developing
        therapeutic products for kidney and gastrointestinal treatment
    NT2, Inc. - Detroit-based biotechnology company developing
        technologies to discover molecular targets for drug discovery
    TriveraBiotechnology, LLC - Ann Arbor-based biotechnology company
        developing technology that enables gene discovery based on
        gene activity
    Yano Laboratories, Inc. - Ann Arbor-based chemoinformatics
        contract research company developing computational methods
        facilitating drug discovery

BioMed Expo: Road to Success is managed by Biotechnology Business Consultants, LLC. Registration is available on-line at www.biomedexpo.org. For more information, contact BioMed Expo at [phone] or visit the expo web site.

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