Victoria BC—July 28, 2015—StarFish Medical, a Profit 500 medical device design and manufacturing company, today announced it has joined LifeScience Alley, a global leader in enabling health technology business success. Founded in 1984, LifeScience Alley has played a leadership role in growing Minnesota’s Medical Alley for more than 30 years.

“LifeScience Alley welcomes StarFish Medical to our membership community,” states Shaye Mandle, president and CEO of LifeScience Alley. “Members like StarFish Medical represent the critical continuum of services necessary to bring health technology innovation to patients everywhere. We hope to see great outcomes as StarFish engages in Minnesota’s Medical Alley region.”

“We have long admired the thriving medical device community in Minnesota.  LifeScience Alley membership allows us to engage at a more meaningful level,” notes Scott Phillips, President of StarFish Medical.  “We are an active contributor in every region we serve and I’m confident that LifeScience Alley membership will speed our local participation and integration.”

Charles Garcia, VP of Business Development, elaborates: “Having lived and worked the past 7 years in Minnesota, I am confident that LifeScience Alley is the best way to strategically connect the innovative designers and engineers of StarFish Medical with their counterparts in Minnesota.”

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About LifeScience Alley

LifeScience Alley is a global leader in enabling health technology and care organizations to innovate, succeed, and influence the evolution of healthcare. By influencing proactive policy change, leading solutions-based initiatives, delivering vital information and intelligence, and uniting members with critical resources, LifeScience Alley works to ensure that collectively we remain the world’s strongest life science community. The Association’s membership and supporting community extends throughout the world, employing more than 300,000 Minnesotans and many more globally. www.lifesciencealley.org

About StarFish Medical

StarFish Medical is a Medical Device Design company with a full complement of design, development, and manufacturing services. We use our Pathfinder™ process to reduce wasted effort and increase success for medical device product definition, technical engineering, and product development. Prototype and volume production are delivered within an ISO 13485 certified Quality Management System with an FDA registered manufacturing and clean room facility. www.starfishmedical.com

StarFish Medical media contact:

Mike Camplin
250.388.3537 x210
mcamplin@starfishmedical.com

LifeScience Alley media contact:

Ryan Baird
Director of Communications & Marketing
Direct: 952.746.3818 | Cell: 612.251.5617
rbaird@lifesciencealley.org