Karen Gibson

Life Technologies, Inc. provides essential technologies needed by the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical communities. The company manufactures and markets a breadth of offerings unique in the industry, used in applications of the life sciences discovery, development, and production process

Quidel Corp. engages in the development, manufacture and market of rapid diagnostic testing solutions. Its portfolio includes rapid immunoassays, cardiac immunoassays, specialized diagnostic solutions and molecular diagnostic solutions. The firm products are directly sold to end users and distributors and for professional use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, urgent care clinics, universities, retail clinics, pharmacies and wellness screening centers. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Invitrogen develops, manufactures and markets research tools in kit form and provides other research products and services to corporate, academic and government entities. These research kits simplify and improve gene cloning, gene expression and gene analysis techniques.

US Oncology, Inc. engages in the provision of cancer care servicers. It offers therapies, depending on such things as type of cancer, stage at diagnosis and the patient’s overall health such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, hormone therapy, and immunotherapy. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.

Accredo Health Group, Inc. operates therapeutic resource centers that provides specialty pharmacy and related services for patients with complex and chronic conditions. It focuses on infused, injectable, and oral drugs. The firm offers specialized pharmacy care for patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses, such as cancer, growth hormone deficiency, hemophilia and other bleeding disorders, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, infertility, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, crohns disease, cystic fibrosis, growth hormone, immune disorders, multiple sclerosis, oncology, respiratory disease, and transplants, and RSV; and specialty care management programs. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Part of General Electric Co., GE Medical Systems Ceská Republika sro is a private company based in Prague, Czechia. The Czech company distributes and services medical equipment.

McKesson Specialty Health, Inc. provides health care services. It serves the oncologists, rheumatologists and other specialty physicians, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers and payers. The company is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.