Cynthia K. French

Star Therapeutics, Inc. is an American company that aims to develop life-changing therapies for rare diseases. The company's mission is to help millions of patients in urgent need. The company was founded by Adam Rosenthal, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) is a professional society with over 60,000 members in more than 110 countries. The private company is based in New York, NY, and has subsidiaries in the United States. AIChE offers various programs, including e-learning, webinars, and career advancement, to help chemical engineers at every career juncture bridge the skills gap created by the rush of technology, changing work styles, and unprecedented societal needs. Founded in 1908, AIChE is a focal point for information exchange on the frontiers of chemical engineering research in areas such as energy, sustainability, biological and environmental engineering, nanotechnology, and chemical plant safety and security.

Cornerstone Research, Inc. provides testimony, economic and financial analysis to attorneys. Its services include consulting to attorneys, developing case strategies, supporting expert witness, conducting research and analysis, consulting on internal and regulatory inquiries, consulting in motion practice and preparing for deposition and trail. The company was founded by James K. Malernee Jr. and Cynthia L. Zollinger in May 1989 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

AiCure LLC engages in the development of artificial intelligence to see, hear, and understand how people respond to treatment across clinical trials and patient care. The company was founded by Adam Hanina, Laura Shafner, and Gordon Kessler in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Kyruus, Inc. provides physician network optimization software solutions. Its big data solutions helps hospitals and health systems optimize their patient access, referral management, and care coordination operations. The firm serves hospitals, health systems and accountable care organizations. The company was founded by Graham Gardner, Julie Keunhee Yoo and Vinay Seth Mohta in January 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Truveris, Inc. provides health information technology services. It products include TruGuard is a proprietary technology validates claim payment accuracy, ensures regulatory compliance, and manages pharmacy spend. The company was founded by Leon Greene, Anthony J. Loiacono, Thomas Andrew Staloch, Kristin Begley and Justin E. Greene in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Brightinsight Holdings, Inc. provides digital health platform for biopharma and medtech. Its products and services include brightinsight platform, starter assets, and standard and certifications. The company was founded by Kal Patel, Ferry Tamtoro and Benjamin Lee and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Biotheranostics, Inc. develops and provides diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tests that support physicians in the treatment of cancer patients. It has commercialized two proprietary, highly differentiated products focused on early stage breast cancer and all metastatic cancers, Breast Cancer Index (BCI) and CancerTYPE ID (CTID). The company was founded by Thomas M. Baer in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Cleerly, Inc. provides technology services. The company is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Tigerconnect, Inc. provides secure mobile messaging services. It offers secure, real-time mobile messaging for the enterprise, empowering organizations to work more securely. The company serves healthcare, enterprise, personal and developers. The company was founded by Jeffrey Albert Evans, Andrew A. Brooks and Brad Brooks in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Glympse Bio, Inc. develops modular nanoparticle sensors to create diagnostics for diseases. It uses engineered diagnostic agents that interrogate the body for certain disease states, and then carry the message to the urine for analysis. The company was founded in 2015 by Sangeeta Bhatia and Gabe A. Kwong and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Kit Check, Inc. engages in the provision of automated hospital pharmacy kit processing and medication tracking software. Its software tracks RFID tags used on medication in hospitals, limiting human error, and helping hospitals plan ahead. It also offers Bluesight for Controlled Substances, a controlled substance tracking and drug diversion detection software solution which offers complete coverage of the OR, nursing floors, and other hospital procedural areas. The company was founded by by Timothy Kress-Spatz and Kevin MacDonald in 2011 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Sprout Group (Sprout) is venture capital subsidiary of Credit Suisse Private Equity LLC founded in 1969. The firm headquartered in New York.

Labcyte, Inc. operates as a biotechnology tools company that manufactures and markets echo liquid handling systems. It offers liquid handling, automation and consumables. The company was founded by Richard Nathan Ellson and Mark D. Fischer-Colbrie and A. Mark Bramwell in October 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Ilypsa, Inc. operates a biopharmaceutical firm. It develops renal care pharmaceutical products. The company was founded on March 6, 2003 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA.

New Leaf Venture Partners LLC (New Leaf Ventures) is an independent Venture Capital firm founded by Jeani Delagardelle, Philippe Chambon, Vijay Lathi, Ron Hunt, James Niedel, and Kathy LaPorte. The firm is headquartered in New York. It spun out from Sprout Group.

SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops drugs and other pharmaceutical products. The company was incorporated in June 20, 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Oxford Immunotec Ltd. operates as a medical diagnostic company. It develops and sells medical diagnostic products. The company was founded by Peter Wrighton-Smith in 2002 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

Industry Ventures LLC (Industry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Johan Douwe Swildens and Tom Litle. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It specializes in the emerging field of molecular pathology and developing cell- and tissue-based diagnostic tests for personalized medicine. The company was founded by Lou Yuling and Steve Chan in 2006 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

The General Hospital Corp. provides healthcare services. It offers diagnostic and therapeutic are in every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. The firm's care center provides cancer, digestive disorders, heart disease, transplantation and vascular medicine services. The company was founded in 1811 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Dansk Biotek is an industry association for biotech companies with promoting the biotechnological research, development and production in taking care of corporate interests in this regard, both nationally and internationally. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

EpiTherapeutics ApS is a holding company that develops cancer drugs based on research in the field of epigenetics. Its development programs are focused on enzymes involved in the regulation of transcription in cancer - current programs target histone demethylases and methyltransferases. The firm's regulation is commonly used for post-translational covalent modifications of histones and other chromatin-remodeling complexes, which determines whether a gene is accessible and hence, expressed or repressed. Its covalent modifications involved in epigenetic regulation include deoxyribonucleic acid methylation, histone acetylation, and histone methylation. The company was founded by Kristian Helin, Paul Andreas Compare Cloos, Jesper Aagaard Christensen, Karl Agger, and Klaus Hansen on September 18, 2008 and is headquartered in Greve, Denmark.

Biosyntia ApS provides services in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering fields. It offers biocatalysts for fermentation of fine chemicals. The company was founded by Andreas Hougaard Laustsen, Morten Otto Alexander Sommer, and Hans Jasper Genee in 2012 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Affinicon ApS operates as a biotechnology company. It develops combinatory drugs for treatment of diseases such as inflammation, infections, and certain forms of cancer. The firm exploits a novel platform technology for targeted delivery of known drugs to macrophages. The company was founded by Niels Jonas Heilskov Graversen on July 4, 2013 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.

Galecto Biotech ApS provides galectin modulators for the treatment of severe diseases, including fibrosis and cancer. Its products include galectin-3 inhibitors, fibrosis and literature. The company was founded by Tariq Sethi, Hans Thalsgard Schambye, Ulf Jorgen Nilsson, and Hakon Leffler in 2011 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.