LifeSciences British Columbia announced the recipients of the 2010 LifeSciences British Columbia Awards today and a 2009 New Ventures BC competitor was amongst the winners.
Lungpacer Medical picked up the New Ventures BC 3rd Place prize last year and founder Dr. Andy Hoffer was honoured with the Innovation & Achievement Award by LifeSciences BC earlier today.
These awards are presented annually by LifeSciences British Columbia to recognize individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the development of British Columbia’s life sciences industry across all sub-sectors, from biopharmaceuticals and medical devices to bioproducts and bioenergy – sectors which are critical to the economic future of the province and country.
Congrats to Dr. Hoffer who will receive his award at a gala ceremony on Wednesday, April 14th in front of an audience of approximately 600 biopharmaceutical, medical device, bioproducts, bioenergy and greater life sciences community and public policy leaders at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Lungpacer Medical Inc. was founded in May 2009 and is Hoffer’s third SFU spin-off company.