Six Wisconsin biotechnology companies have been selected the winners of the first Emerging Company Showcase. The showcase is part of the Biotechnology Vision Summit 2009, being held on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Madison Marriott West in Madison, Wis. The summit and the showcase are being hosted by BioForward, the member-driven state association that is the voice of Wisconsin’s biotechnology industry.
The companies, each of which has been in business four years or less, were chosen because they have transitioned successfully out of the laboratory, with good proof of concept for their products. All of the winners are at the pre-commercialization stage, but have made progress towards bringing their products to market. Each was judged to have a unique value proposition.. This year’s Emerging Company Showcase winners are: