Published: August 18, 2011
PBS Biotech Named Business of the Year by Pacific Coast Business Times
CAMARILLO, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - PBS Biotech, Inc., a developer of state of the art single-use
bioreactors for the fast growing biotechnology market, announced today
it has received the prestigious Business of the Year award from the
Pacific Coast Business Times, published in Santa Barbara, CA. The
company was one of nine firms recognized by the newspaper for excellence
in business and for positive contributions to the local, US and
international economy and community at the ninth annual Spirit of Small
Business Awards.
Dr. Brian Lee, co-founder and CEO of PBS Biotech, received the award for
Business of the Year for West Ventura County, from editor and chairman
Henry Dubroff during an awards ceremony held today at the Fess Parker's
Double Tree Resort, Santa Barbara. Pacific Coast Business Times is a
weekly business newspaper covering the tri-counties of Ventura, Santa
Barbara and San Luis Obispo.
"This is a tremendous honor for the PBS Biotech team to be recognized by
Pacific Coast Business Times and the business community for our hard
work and creativity in developing bioreactors that can accelerate the
development of drugs and vaccines worldwide," said Dr. Lee. "Our focus
is to provide our biopharma customers with bioreactors and bioprocess
solutions that deliver value and competitive advantage to their
business," he said.
PBS Biotech, which has corporate headquarters here, and includes sales,
marketing, engineering, manufacturing and clean room operations, won
over more than 70 firms nominated in its category. The company expects
to make significant additions to its work force across all sectors over
the coming months. The firm is growing rapidly as biopharma firms
worldwide adopt single-use bioreactors, which offer lower capital and
operating costs, increased manufacturing flexibility and shorten
development time to market for drug and vaccine products.
The awards lunch was attended by over 150 local and regional business
and government officials including US Rep. Lois Capps, CA-23; Brian
Miller representing US Rep. Elton Gallegly, CA-24; Elizabeth Echols,
Regional Administrator of the US Small Business Administration and Bruce
Stenslie, EDC-VC president & CEO. Keynote speaker was Linda Weinman,
co-founder of lynda.com.
About PBS Biotech
PBS Biotech, Inc. is a US corporation that manufactures fully scalable
and easy to use single-use bioreactors for global biotechnology
organizations. The company has patented innovative industrial designs
and advanced software driven control systems that produce low shear,
cell culture solutions improving operational flexibility and process
efficiency, reducing operating costs and accelerating time to market for
biotechnology customers. With headquarters in Camarillo, CA. the company
is poised for rapid growth to support industry demand for single-use
technologies. PBS Biotech is a member of the BioProcess Systems Alliance
(BPSA).
PBS Biotech, Inc.
James B. Schultz, VP - Sales & Marketing
+1
805-990-6177
www.pbsbiotech.com
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