BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--miRagen Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on improving patients’ lives by developing innovative microRNA-based therapeutics for cardiovascular and muscle disease, announced today it had received the Colorado BioScience Association’s 2009 Rising Star of the Year Award. The award, which recognizes a Colorado life sciences company that has demonstrated it is “one to watch,” was presented at the Association’s Annual Awards Dinner on November 10 in Denver.