Dr. Mitch Sanders, CEO & Founder of ECI Biotech Chosen as Keynote Speaker for BREW Boston 2010

October 21, 2010 — ECI Biotech, an innovative developer of diagnostic sensors that will ultimately transform the way pathogens are detected in professional and OTC markets, announces that Dr. Mitch Sanders, CEO & Founder, has been invited to be a keynote speaker at BREW Boston 2010 (Boston Region Entrepreneurship Week) in Boston, MA. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at the Work Bar Boston.

BREW's goal is to bring together entrepreneurs, researchers, clinicians, investors, technology and business professionals among others to promote active inter and cross-disciplinary networking toward fostering the creation of the next generation of novel opportunities and enterprises. The evening will begin with Dr. Mitch Sanders giving an exciting keynote address that will set the stage for a celebration.

ECI Biotech was founded on a shoestring in 1998 from Dr. Sanders' vision to make simple and affordable diagnostic sensors that could be incorporated into any medical device or consumer product. For ECI Biotech, Dr. Sanders has secured an aggregate of $21.2M in funding including: $11.0 M cooperative development agreements primarily with Fortune 100 corporations, 7.3 M in angel financing, $2.6 M in NIH/SBIR grants and $0.3 M loan from the Massachusetts Development Emerging Technology Fund. ECI Biotech was the recipient of the prestigious Mass High Tech TechCitizenship award (2004), the SBANE Innovation award (2005), and featured on Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs (2009).

About BREW
Born out of an "aha" moment by Joe Caruso, Advocate for Entrepreneurs for 20 years, Boston Region Entrepreneurship Week (BREW) is a week of celebrating everything related to launching and nurturing companies in the Boston area. Joe's vision is a week long series of events, hosted by the actual community that provides resources and infrastructure to entrepreneurs, to highlight Greater Boston as a center of excellence for all things related to conceiving, launching, and building new enterprises – from the local dry cleaner to publicly held technology-enabled enterprises. It's easy to get involved. By hosting a BREW event,
you are simply committing to share your knowledge, advice, space, time or resources to help educate or promote the great entrepreneurial spirit that exists in your community. BREW will assist with promoting your event on www.brewboston.org, as well as work with you to be sure you have a successful turn out.

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