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Biohealth Innovation, Inc. sources and evaluates market-relevant bioheath intellectual properties, connects the IP with funding, and assists businesses in marketing and growth. It is a regional innovation intermediary that accelerates and facilitates technology transfer and commercialization of market-relevant research in federal labs, universities, and biohealth companies in the Region. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Magellan Medicaid Administration, Inc. provides administrative & information technology services to medicaid and other public-sector health programs. The company processes medicaid prescription claims via its Pharmacy Benefit Administration Service. It also provides Healthcare Management Services such as pre-admission screening, quality assurance and utilization review. The company was founded in 1968 and is located in Glen Allen, VA.

Hill & Knowlton, Inc. engages in the provision of international communications consultancy services. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Clearant, Inc. produces tissue allograft implants, plasma therapies, blood and recombinant products. The company was founded on April 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

MolecularMD Corp. develops and commercializes molecular diagnostics for oncology applications. Its tests are designed to assist pharmaceutical companies with selection, monitoring and management of patients treated with molecularly-targeted cancer therapies. The firm integrates gold-standard and innovative platform technologies with custom clinical assay design and validation to accelerate all phases of clinical development, including FDA approval and commercialization of in vitro companion diagnostic tests for novel anticancer agents. The company was founded by Brian Druker, Sheridan G. Snyder, and Chad D. Galderisi in 2005 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Noxilizer, Inc. engages in the provision of room temperature nitrogen dioxide sterilization technology. It sells sterilization equipment and biodecontamination equipment to pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device manufacturers and also offers contract sterilization services. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

OPKO Diagnostics LLC engages in the provision of health services. It develops blood testing devices for use in homes and doctors offices. The company was founded by Vincent Linder, George M. Whitesides, David Steinmiller, and Samuel K. Sia in 2004 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Dianon Systems, Inc. provides anatomic pathology, genetic, and clinical chemistry testing services. The firm offers services in uropathology, dermatopathology, gastrointestinal pathology, hematopathology, and breast pathology. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Stratford, CT.

Redpath Partners, Inc. provides complex cancer diagnostic testing for pathologists, oncologists and clinicians. The company was founded by Del Mary Brady and Sydney D. Finkelstein and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

HistoRx, Inc. develops tissue-based diagnostic products. The company was founded on July 23, 2004 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that exists to place new therapies into the hands of those battling serious disease. Its lead products include BENLYSTA for systemic lupus erythematosus and raxibacumab for inhalation anthrax. The firm's other products include, mapatumumab, darapladib, albiglutide, ZALBIN, HGS1036 and HGS1029. The company was founded by Alan G. Walton and William A. Haseltine in 1992 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

MdBio, Inc. is based in Frederick, MD. MdBio provides medical-grade, patient-tested full spectrum hemp and plant-based medicine products that are unique in the industry for their innovation, quality, and potency. Targeting ailments such as poor sleep, anxiety, pain, and weakened immune systems, their products naturally restore the body's endocannabinoid balance to maximize overall health and wellbeing in patients. Part of Maryland Technology Council, MdBio, Inc. is a company founded by four renowned medical doctors committed to providing therapeutic alternatives to pharmaceutical drugs. MdBio was acquired by Tech Council of Maryland, Inc. on February 07, 2006.

The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce is a business organization that serves as a platform for businesses to connect, network, and grow. The Chamber of Commerce is based in Rockville, MD.