com holiday visitor highlights include:

Easter mini-site page views increased 180 percent over the
same holiday period in 2004.

Valentine's Day mini-site unique visitors increased by 17
percent over the same period in 2004.

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The BIO Mid-America VentureForum is the Midwest's largest annual event
bringing together biotech and medical device companies, venture capitalists ,
angel investors, and investment bankers from across the United States and
Canada.com, a leading family resource Web site produced by
Disney Online, achieved record-breaking year-over-year traffic
increases surrounding recent holiday site features including
Valentine's Day, Easter and April Fools' Day.

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bio.org/opencms/bma/2005/index. For more
information on BIO, visit our Web site at http: //www.com.com is the premier online
family resource for creative solutions, combining award-winning
content and related community features focused on great ideas,
practical advice, and "fun stuff to do.com, the leading kids' and family entertainment destination on
the Internet.

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Popular content areas included
crafts and basket activities, egg decorating and hunting
activities, recipes and decorations." The site's popular "Solution
Centers," which offer parents real answers in real time, include:
"Parenting," "Recipes," "Travel," "Arts + Crafts," "Organize +
Decorate," "Games," and "Parties.

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Prior to the start of the VentureForum, presenting companies also will be
invited to attend regional "boot camp" workshops where senior executives can
receive assistance with their presentations and tips for improving
communications to their target audiences .

FamilyFun.com Holiday-Themed Features Draw Record Visitor Traffic; It's No Prank: Popular Content Centered Around Valentine's Day Easter and April Fools' Day

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Annual Event Provides Opportunity for Life Sciences Companies
to Present Business Plans to Hundreds of Venture Capitalists

WASHINGTON, The Biotechnology Industry Organization
(BIO) reminds biotechnology and medical device companies interested in
presenting at the third annual BIO Mid-America VentureForum to submit their
applications by June 3. The event will be held Sept.

"Our number one goal is to exceed the expectations of our audience
as a useful and fun resource for family life," stated Emily Smith ,
vice president of FamilyFun.com is a top
online destination for families who seek creative celebration ideas
and activities.

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Businesses selling Christmas trees will not be listed here .

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For additional information and testimonials about
BIO Mid-America VentureForum, please visit
http://bma. "Holidays are a time for families to
be together and it's heartening to know that FamilyFun.com features exciting neighborhoods that live
within the gates of Disney's virtual theme park, housing a variety of
wholesome, original content that consistently reflects the magic of
Disney.

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BIO may
consider applications submitted after the June 3 deadline, but only if space
permits. BIO
members are involved in the research and development of health-care,
agricultural , industrial and environmental biotechnology products." Disney Online also produces
Disney.

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About BIO
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) represents more than 1,100
biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers
and related organizations in all 50 U.S. Page views for the entire month of April were up 148.3
percent over the same period in 2004 . Disney Online works closely with the Walt Disney Internet
Group, which provides integrated strategic and operational Internet
services for The Walt Disney Company's (NYSE:DIS) Internet
initiatives .

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org/opencms/bma/2005/presenting.
With adults and kids across the country searching for the perfect
prank, April Fools' Day was a record-breaking traffic day for
FamilyFun.

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Companies interested in presenting can find additional information and
application forms at http://bma.

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An advisory board consisting of the
nation's leading venture capital firms will evaluate the applications and
select approximately 75 companies to present their business plans at the
event.bio.

Please submit your site to the appropriate subcategory, if applicable.

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states and 33 other nations. Popular content areas
included easy-to-make Valentine cards, classroom gift ideas
and Valentine's Day family traditions.

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21-23 at the Minneapolis
Hilton.
All privately held biotech and medical device companies seeking seed to
late-stage funding are invited to apply. Last year's Mid-America VentureForum attracted more than 450
attendees, predominantly venture capitalists actively seeking new life-science
investment opportunities. Since the beginning of
2005, FamilyFun has averaged 40 percent year-over-year growth with a
peak increase of 43 percent in April (comScore Media Metrix).

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BIO Mid-America VentureForum Presenting Company Applications Due June 3

The BIO Mid-America VentureForum is co-hosted by BIO and nine state
biotech associations: the Colorado BioScience Association, the Illinois
Biotechnology Industry Organization, the Indiana Health Industry Forum, the
Iowa Biotechnology Association, MichBio (Michigan), Medical Alley/MNBIO, the
Missouri Biotechnology Association, Omeris (Ohio), and the Wisconsin
Biotechnology Association.

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