Optherion, Inc. Selected as the Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Award Winner By the Connecticut Technology Council. Also Recognized as One of 100 Technology “Companies to Watch”

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008: NORWALK, CT – Optherion, Inc. won the Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Award for most venture capital raised in the biotechnology sector at the second annual Innovation Pipeline Awards and technology showcase in front of over 350 guests at the Dolce Innovation Center. The Connecticut Technology Council, the state’s industry association for the technology sector, annually recognizes companies with sales under $10M, an innovative product and a business model that demonstrates potential for future success.

Optherion was also recognized as one of 100 technology “companies to watch” for 2008.

Matthew Nemerson, the CTC President and CEO, notes “we look at hundreds of new ideas and start-ups every year and the companies recognized here are the ones we feel are not only the most exciting but have a real chance to become fast growing new firms.”

Awards are the result of a nomination and judging process that engages dozens of technology leaders from corporations such as Pitney Bowes, GE, UTC and Open Solutions and firms such as law firms Cantor Colburn, LLP, Edwards Angell Palmer and Dodge, LLP and the accounting firm Fiondella, Milone, and Lasaracina.

Mr. Colin Foster, President & CEO of Optherion, Inc. said, “This is a great honor and it is wonderful to be recognized for the hard work and successes we have achieved. “