Published by: Colorado BioScience Association 600 Grant Street, Suite 306 Denver, CO 80203 www.cobioscience.com 303.592.4073 Designed by: The Bawmann Group 2137 S Birch Street Denver, CO 80222 www.goteamtbg.com 303.320.7790 You will find that in the unique approaches industry is innovating to address pain management beyond the traditional prescriptions. The problem is too large for any one person to solve. But, working together, Colorado is pioneering unique solutions that are improving lives. We also recognize a few exceptional individuals in our Rising Star profiles, while celebrating the networks and mentors they have used to climb to their current elevation. Colorado’s life science companies raised $1 billion in 2018! We are only able to tout our successes through the strength of the entire industry. We are proud of our sector’s continued advancement with another year of successful financing. Colorado BioScience Association works actively to accelerate investment in the state’s bioscience companies and will continue to work closely with our public and private partners to increase the industry’s access to capital. As new companies, fresh investments, and industry leaders grow here in Colorado, there will be additional oppor- tunities for everyone. We’re ready to work with all. It’s in our nature. Jennifer Jones Paton President and CEO, Colorado BioScience Association We’re proud to work with our partners, across the state and nationally. We know innovation and advancement doesn’t happen without collaboration, and Colorado has demonstrated we are particularly good at boosting each other to positions where we all succeed. There is something different about Colorado. It’s more than our beautiful natural sur- roundings and abundant sunshine. It goes beyond our favorable business climate and talented work- force. In Colorado, companies and organizations share a commitment to working together and helping each other solve business challenges. This issue high- lights many of our accomplishments that have been built on combined strengths. For the Colorado BioScience Association—and our entire community—it begins and ends with the patient. In these pages we look at how those patients are influencing the entire process of product devel- opment from the first stages of innovation. We’re engaging patients as partners in research and devel- opment, and showing incredible results with their input. We also explore the links between the var- ious institutions and the brilliant minds they host. Colorado is home to exceptional leaders in their respective fields. When they collaborate, combined with the support of both new and established insti- tutions, breakthroughs happen. If our community sees a challenge, we bond together to address it. 4 BIOSCIENCECOLORADO / / 2019-2020