Local firms to vie for bioscience award

BOULDER – Three Boulder companies and another one that started in Boulder are finalists for the “Rising Star of the Year” award from the Colorado BioScience Association, an industry trade group.

Young companies that had a major achievement during the year are eligible for the award, April Giles, president and chief executive of the Colorado BioScience Association, said in a press statement. The award will be given at the group’s annual dinner on Thursday, Dec. 6, at the Hyatt Convention Center, 650 15th Street, Denver.

“We’re so very proud of our younger bioscience companies in the state and feel it’s particularly important…