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The state already has one of the better foundations to further grow these pillars, particular in the bio/healthcare/med-tech category. Its 400 companies in these areas provide 16,000 jobs, Ritter reported, those jobs providing an average salary of $70,000 a year (doing the math, that’s $1.12 billion), and adding new companies in these categories at the rate of 30 every year.

A selection of those companies provided interesting exhibitor viewing and conversation at BioWest 2007.

Along with the exhibiting device firms, just as interesting were companies putting their primary emphasis on services to assist emerging biotechs and med-techs, among these BeamOne (Denver) and Quest Product Development (Wheat Ridge).