Jeffery C. Basham

Chesson Laboratory Associates, Inc. manufactures healthcare pharmaceutical products. It offers liquid skin bandage and barrier film and treatments for dermatitis as well as nail fungus for consumer healthcare professionals. The firm's proprietary products in development for use by healthcare professionals and consumers are based on innovative patented and patent-pending polymer-based technology. The company was founded by Jerry S. Chesson and David R. Terry in 2006 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Closure Medical Corp. designs, develops and manufactures biomaterial-based medical adhesive products such as family of DERMABOND Topical Skin Adhesive products to meet topical skin adhesive needs of physicians. It was founded by F. William Schmidt in 1990 and is located in Raleigh, NC

Affinergy LLC develops site-specific biological systems using biofriendly linkers that selectively adhere to proteins, drugs, cells, and biomaterial surfaces. The firm focuses on developing coatings and medical devices for the orthopedic and cardiovascular markets. It constructs bifunctional peptide linkers that selectively immobilize proteins, cells, and therapeutics onto biomaterial surfaces. The firm offers its products for orthopedics, cardiovascular, and tissue engineering; and drug delivery and stem cells markets. The company was founded by Daniel J. Kenan, Jonathan Gindes, and Mark W. Grinstaff in 2002 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.