For Immediate Release
August 3, 2007

Buffalo Niagara Partnership and Roswell Park Host Biotech Meeting

BUFFALO, NY- Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and the Life Sciences Industries Council of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP) will host a breakfast meeting titled “Roswell Park – A Biotech Accelerator?” at 8 am, Wednesday, August 8, 2007 in the Zebro Conference Room, Center for Genetics and Pharmacology. The Center is located on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Ellicott and Virginia Streets. The public is invited to attend.

“This program is an exciting opportunity to learn about the new entrepreneurial initiatives at Roswell Park,” said Dr. Thomas Stewart, Council Chairman and President and Chief Operating Officer of Gaymar Industries, Inc. “Roswell Park’s strategic vision and planning have created a rich environment for economic development through biotechnology.”

RPCI speakers are Donald L. Trump, MD, President and CEO; Candace Johnson, PhD, Senior Vice President for Translational Science; Andrei Gudkov, PhD, Senior vice President for Basic Research RPCI, founder and Chief Scientific Officer, CBLI; Lionel Coignet, PhD, Department of Cancer Genetics RPCI, founder and Chief Scientific Officer, PersonaDx; James Mohler, MD, Chair, Department of Urology and President and founder, AndroBioSys; and Norma Nowak, PhD, Director, Microarray and Genomics Facility RPCI, founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Empire Genomics. “Vital partnerships with the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, state and local business and government leaders are a propelling force behind these successful new initiatives,” said Donald L. Trump, MD, President & CEO, RPCI. “Early-stage life science companies will continue to be an important economic asset for Western New York.”

Please RSVP to Monique Cunningham at mcunningham@thepartnership.org.

The Buffalo Niagara Partnership represents more than 2,500 businesses with nearly a quarter million employees in a marketplace that includes eight Western New York counties and the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario. The organization is focused on increasing private investment throughout the region and growing jobs.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, founded in 1898, is the nation’s first cancer research, treatment and education center and is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in Upstate New York. RPCI is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation’s leading cancer centers. Roswell Park has affiliate sites and collaborative programs in New York, Pennsylvania, and in China. For more information, visit RPCI’s website at http://www.roswellpark.org, call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or e-mail askrpci@roswellpark.org.

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