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BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS EXPANDS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Adds Cell Therapy Regulatory Consultant and Cryopreservation Expert
BOTHELL,WA – September 5, 2007 – BioLife Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: BLFS), a leading developer and marketer of proprietary hypothermic storage and cryopreservation media products for cells, tissues, and organs, today announced the expansion of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) with the addition of two leading experts in cell therapy quality and regulatory assurance and in cryopreservation of stem cells derived from cord blood, dental pulp, and other sources.
The new members are:
• Scott R. Burger, MD – Principal of Advanced Cell and Gene Therapy, a consulting firm specializing
in cell, gene, and tissue-based therapies. Dr. Burger works with clients in industry and academic
centers worldwide, providing assistance in process development and validation, GMP/GTP
manufacturing, GMP facility design and operation, regulatory affairs, technology evaluation, and
strategic analysis. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
and completed postgraduate training in Laboratory Medicine and a clinical fellowship in
Transfusion Medicine and a postdoctoral research fellowship at Washington University in St.
Louis. He serves on the USP Cell, Gene and Tissue Therapies Expert Committee, the advisory
boards of several cell therapy biotechnology companies, and has served as editor of the
International Society for Cellular Therapy Telegraft, and on the ISCT Executive Committee. A
frequently invited speaker at industry and academic conferences, he is the author of more than
100 scientific publications and presentations, and recipient of numerous honors and awards.
• Erik J. Woods, Ph.D. - Co-Founder, CEO and Laboratory Director of The Genesis Bank, a private cord blood bank, and also Director of Genome Resources, an anonymous donor and client depositor sperm bank. Both laboratories are FDA registered and CLIA compliant. Dr. Woods received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Indiana University in Bloomington. He then went on to study cryobiology and biomedical engineering at the Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy Degree. Dr.Woods then completed a Post Doctoral Fellowship at the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, where he developed enhanced methods for the cryopreservation and banking of umbilical cord blood derived stem cells. In 1997 Dr.Woods co-founded General BioTechnology LLC, the parent company of The Genesis Bank, to apply these techniques to practical applications. He holds two patents, has published numerous scientific articles, reviews and book chapters, and is a member of many professional scientific societies, including the American Association of Blood Banks, the International Society for Cellular Therapy, and The Cell Transplant Society. Dr. Woods is also on the Board of Governors for the International Society for Cryobiology. In addition to his position with The Genesis Bank, Dr. Woods is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
BioLife Chairman and CEO Mike Rice commented: “We’re delighted that Scott and Erik have joined our board of scientific advisors. Their expertise and experience in the cell therapy and cord blood banking industries will greatly benefit our strategic planning process, research activities, and the creation of relevant product marketing messages to reinforce the benefits of our HypoThermosol® and CryoStor™ preservation media products in these key markets.”
Drs Burger and Woods join current SAB members Shelly Heimfeld, Ph.D., Director of the Cellular Therapy
Laboratory at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Dayong Gao, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical
and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Washington; Darin Weber, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, Cell
and Gene Therapies at Biologics Consulting Group; Andrew Hinson, Vice President of Clinical and
Regulatory Affairs at Symphony Medical; and Lizabeth Cardwell, Principal of Compliance Consulting.
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risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Some of the specific
factors that could cause BioLife Solutions' actual results to differ materially are discussed in the
Company's recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. BioLife Solutions
disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments
occurring after the date of this press release.