2007-12-03
Centennial-based company wins its third award in 2007 for its outstanding leadership and contributions to the Colorado community
CENTENNIAL, Colo.— AlloSource, one of the nation’s largest non-profit providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures, announced today that it has been awarded the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) 2007 “Company of the Year” award. The CBSA is dedicated to fostering a strong climate for life-science companies to grow and flourish in Colorado and its annual award was created to honor individuals and companies who make a significant impact to Colorado's vibrant bioscience industry.
“We are honored to accept this prestigious award,” said Thomas Cycyota, AlloSource President and CEO. “By honoring the gift of donation, we strive to create the foundation for optimal surgical outcomes and our true award is reflected in the patient’s lives that we save and improve every day.”
In addition to this esteemed award, AlloSource has also been recognized as “One of the Best Companies to Work for in Colorado” by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and was a finalist in the “Innovator Champion” category of the Denver Business Journals’ “Champions in Healthcare” awards earlier this year.
The “Company of the Year” award will be formally presented to the AlloSource team on Friday, December 7, 2007 at 11:45 a.m. during the 2007 BioWest Conference & Expo at the Grand Hyatt Denver located at 1750 Welton Street Denver, CO 80202.
Tissue transplant is a gift that helps hundreds of thousands of people experience new possibilities every year. By focusing solely on quality, safety, service and a commitment to its mission, AlloSource has grown into the nations’ second largest non-profit bone, soft tissue and allograft skin network in the country. AlloSource is also the largest supplier of fresh cartilage allografts and skin used for life-saving burn applications in the world. To learn more about AlloSource, visit www.allosource.org.
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About AlloSource
Founded in Centennial, Colorado in 1994, AlloSource continues to increase the availability of high-quality and safe allografts. Showing respectful appreciation for the gift of donation, AlloSource saves and improves lives by maintaining the highest standards in recovery, processing and storage of human tissue while striving to develop new therapeutic technologies. AlloSource provides service to the country’s most reputable non-profit organ procurement organizations that have direct input and oversight into the company’s business operations. AlloSource is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks and operates three facilities in Centennial, Colorado, Salt Lake City, Utah and Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information visit www.allosource.org.
About Colorado BioScience Association
CBSA is a not-for-profit corporation providing services and support for Colorado's growing biosciences industry. With more than 400 members, CBSA actively works to promote the growth of the industry by working for a better business environment, grow the state's biotech workforce, fight for policies that support a strong bioscience industry in the state and speak with a single voice on behalf of the industry. To learn more about the Colorado BioScience Association, visit http://www.cobioscience.com.