Purdue University has extended the deadline for entrants in its business plan competition that will award $134,000 in cash and business services for startup companies that describe the best path to market for products and technologies in the life sciences, biotechnology and biomedicine.

Teams must submit an e-mail entry form and executive summary by June 26 to enter the fourth annual Purdue University Life Sciences Business Plan Competition, conducted by the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship and sponsored by Lilly Endowment Inc. Online registration is available at the competition Web site at http:// www.purdue.edu/dp/lifesciencescompetition/.

From the entries, 20 semifinalists will be selected by July 10 to submit full business plans.

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