Lynne Runyan

Centocor, Inc. manufactures healthcare products. Its products include avakine & reopro. The company was founded in 1979 by Hubert J. P. Schoemaker & Michael A. Wall and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

North Carolina Railroad Co. provides rail transportation services. It owns and operates rail corridor that stretches from Charlotte to the Port Terminal in Morehead City. Its rail corridor is a route for freight moving east to west, and north to south. It connects to routes carrying freight and people. The company was founded in 1848 and is headquartered 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.

Metabolon, Inc. operates as a health technology company. It offers precision medicine, clinical diagnostic, and metabolomics services. The firm serves to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer product industries. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. is a clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of human therapeutics using its proprietary PRINT technology to transform the lives of patients. It operates in two segments: Pharmaceutical Products and Partnering & Licensing. The two product candidates from its pipeline: LIQ861 for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and LIQ865 for the treatment of local post-operative pain. Liquidia Technologies was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone, Ashok K. Mendiratta, Edward T. Samulski, William R. Kenan, Ginger Denison and Jason Rolland in 2004 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. operates as a gene therapy-based company. It engages in capsid development, scaled manufacturing, and a portfolio of therapeutic programs. The company was founded by Richard Jude Samulski, Xiao Xiao, and Sheila A. Mikhail in 2001 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc. develops integrated systems and solutions for the detection of animal diseases. The firm engages in the researching, developing and commercializing on-farm diagnostic tests, such as QScout MLD for early detection of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows. It also provides solutions for the diagnosis and treatment of veterinary health problems including mastitis and other animal diseases. The company was founded by Rodolfo Rodriguez and Victor M. Minton in July 2001 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLC manufactures pharmaceutical products. Its products include ditropan, elmiron, modicon, otho cept and ortho novum etc. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Raritan, NJ.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LLP provides legal services. The private company is based in Raleigh, NC.

Fortsum Business Solutions, Inc. provides accounting software development services. Fortsum Business Solutions is a service company specialized in the development, support, implementation, integration and marketing of efficient adaptable high-tech solutions for the daily management of business and financial data of Canadian small-and medium-sized businesses. The company also serves governments, financial institutions and other medium to large-sized companies. Fortsum Business Solutions was founded by Louis Lessard in 1984 and is headquartered in Sainte-Foy, Canada

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

O'Brien/Atkins Associates PA operates as a design firm. It specializes in technology, mechanical and electrical engineering, architecture, planning, and project management. The company was founded by John L. Atkins III and Bill O'Brien in 1975 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

The North Carolina Board of Architecture was founded in 1915 and operates as a board for architecture. The non-profit company is based in Raleigh, NC.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

North Carolina Biosciences Organization is non-profit organization, which focuses on legislative monitoring and lobbying activities at the state and federal level. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

The North Carolina Bar Association is a voluntary membership organization of legal professionals, including lawyers, judges, paralegals, and law students. The non-profit company is based in Cary, NC. The organization is dedicated to serving the public and the legal profession. The North Carolina Bar Foundation, a charitable organization, leads pro bono and civic education programs and development initiatives for members and the public. The mission of the organization is to unite the talent and generosity of the legal profession to be a power of greater good for the people of North Carolina.

Ravenscroft School, Inc. provides educational services. It offers pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, and is divided into three divisions: lower school, middle school, and upper school. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Plureon Corp. is a technology company that creates technologies for regenerative medicine. The private company is based in Winston-Salem, NC. The company has been developing these technologies since 2002.

Magor Corp. develops and markets software that engages in providing visual collaboration solutions. It enables people to engage in visual conversations while simultaneously sharing, viewing and editing relevant collaborative material on desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphone applications, whiteboards and other devices. The company was founded by Terry Hedley Matthews in June 2007 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Envisia Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel ocular therapies. It provides glaucoma drug therapies that include PRINT particle therapeutics to overcome biologic and chemical. The company was founded by 2013 is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium provides biomedical technology consortium services. The company is headquartered in Summerville, SC.

Fork & Goode, Inc. manufactures pork meat products. The company was founded by Niyati Gupta, Gabor Forgacs and Andras Forgacs in October 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Precise Bio, Inc. is a regenerative medicine company that specializes in bio-printed tissues and organs for patients in ophthalmology. The company is based in Winston-Salem, NC. The company's main focus is on developing a bio-printed cornea graft to replace donor corneas. The company is also working on a 3D cardiac tissue "patch" for post myocardial infarction implant to retrieve cardiac muscle viability and functionality. Precise Bio uses an integrated 3D printing and tissue-engineering platform to produce scalable, repeatable bio-fabricated organs from the patients' own cells. The company was founded in 2015 by Anthony Atala, Aryeh Batt, Shay Soker. Aryeh Batt has been the CEO since 2015.