SAN FRANCISCO, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSpace (http://www.biospace.com), the
leading online destination for the life sciences, unveiled the fourth edition
of the BioCapital(TM) Hotbed Campaign with a reception last night at The
Westin Grand Hotel in Washington, DC. Guest speakers for the evening
celebration included Ray Briscuso, Executive Director, Biotechnology Industry
Organization (BIO); Hiromi Yoshikawa, Chairman and CEO, Otsuka America
Pharmaceutical; and Don Johnson, Managing Director, Corporate Client Group,
The NASDAQ Stock Market.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010405/BIOSPACELOGO )
Recognizing the Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Washington, DC area as an
international life sciences hub, the new BioCapital campaign highlights
70 organizations -- bioscience and pharmaceutical companies, industry service
and supply companies, research institutes, non-profit organizations, and
universities. Participating companies include Celera Genomics, BioReliance,
Gene Logic, Kelly Scientific Resources and McKesson BioServices. Instrumental
in the success of the campaign were Technology Council of Maryland, MdBio,
Virginia Biotechnology Association and Delaware Economic Development Office.
Created as regional marketing tools, BioSpace Hotbed Campaigns have helped
attract capital, people and resources to leading life sciences clusters for
over 15 years. Components of a campaign include a promotional stylized map
image of a particular geographic region and also a functional regional
community homepage within http://www.biospace.com.
BioSpace provides Web-based resources and information to the global life
sciences community through the industry leading Internet site,
http://www.biospace.com. Serving more than 1 million unique visitors and generating
7 million page views each month, this public Website aggregates relevant news,
information and services crucial to industry research and development. Site
users are given access to a tremendous amount of business and scientific
information, supplemented with BioSpace's own GenePool newsletter, a daily
e-cast of breaking industry news and information. BioSpace, a
Career Innovations company, is headquartered in San Francisco.
SOURCE BioSpace, Inc.
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CONTACT:
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