Paul A. Ragusa

Abbott Diagnostics, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells medical diagnostic instrument, test and automation products. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

BioVentures Investors (BioVentures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Peter J. Feinstein and Marc E. Goldberg. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. owns and operates pathology laboratories. It performs comprehensive clinical and anatomical testing for physicians, hospitals, and managed-care organizations. The company was founded by Charles F. Pelphrey on May 1, 1948 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

The American Association of Blood Banks is a professional organization dedicated to advancing the field of transfusion medicine and cellular therapies. The non-profit company is based in Bethesda, MD and has subsidiaries in Puerto Rico. The association provides accreditation and certification programs for blood banks and transfusion services, as well as educational resources and advocacy efforts.

Virginia Blood Services provides blood collections and disaster relief services. The frim offers blood, hemapheresis, clinical and blood management services. The company is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

ThermoRetec Corp. provides environmental services in the United states. The company was founded by Jeffrey L. Powell and is headquartered in Concord, MA.

University of Virginia Health System provides health care services. It offers patient services, cancer center, children's hospital, heart and vascular center, and neurosciences and behavioral health. The company was founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1825 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Primo Medical Group, Inc. designs and manufactures medical devices and precision machined components. It offers outsourcing solutions to the medical device market, including OEM product distribution services, engineering services, precision component production and finished goods assembly, refurbishment of medical devices, reusable surgical kit management and complete supply chain management. The company was founded in 1953 by Primo Tallarida and is headquartered in Stoughton, MA.

Point Judith Management Co LLC (Point Judith Capital Partner) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by David Martirano and Gina Raimondo. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Woodwell Climate Research Center, Inc. provides environmental care services. It seeks to conserve and sustain forests, soils, water, and climate by demonstrating the value to human health and economic prosperity. The Center has initiatives in the Amazon, the Arctic, Africa, Russia, Asia, Boreal North America, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England. It programs focus on the global carbon cycle, forest function, landcover/land use, water cycles, and chemicals in the environment, working in collaboration with partners from local organizations to national governments and the United Nations. The company was founded by George Woodwell and is headquartered in Falmouth, MA.

Biofeedback Design, Inc. develops and manufactures medical hardware and software solutions. The company was founded by Dejan Stankovic and Jane Rogers Clark and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Oncoheroes Biosciences Inc. engages in the development of drugs for children and adolescents with cancer. The company was founded by Marc Goldberg, Ricardo Garcia, and Cesare Spadoni in August 2017 and is headquartered in Brookline, MA.

Cardiosolutions, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. It focuses on a novel percutaneous alternative to open heart surgery to solve the problem of mitral regurgitation. The firm offers Dexterity Steerable Introducer, a multi-use tool that enables physicians to access regions of the cardiac anatomy, which are difficult to reach, including the left side of the heart; and Percu – Pro System for reducing the degree of mitral regurgitation in patients with either functional or degenerative valve disease. The company was founded by Steven J. Tallarida in 2006 and is headquartered in West Bridgewater, MA.

University of Rochester Medical Center operates a medical center which offers healthcare, education and research services. It offers funding in biochemistry, microbiology and immunology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, oral biology and musculoskeletal research services. The firm’s departments include AIDS Center, Audiology and Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute. The company was founded by Abraham Flexner and Benjamin Rush Rhees in 1921 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

US Food & Drug Administration operates agencies to protect health and human services. It protects and promotes public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices, cosmetics, animal foods and feed and veterinary products. The company was founded by Theodore Roosevelt and Harvey Washington Wiley on 30th June, 1906 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.

ANP Technologies, Inc. designs, develops and markets nanobiotechnology products. The firm provides professional analytic or diagnostic services for the medical profession. The company was founded by Ray Yin in April 2002 and is headquartered in Newark, DE.

Part of Turning Point Brands, Inc., Ensys Environmental Products, Inc. develops and sells biotechnology-based test systems. The company is based in Morrisville, NC.

Terumo Medical Corp. manufactures and distributes medical products. It offers products through three business divisions: Terumo Interventional Systems, Terumo Medical Products, and Terumo Transfusion Products. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Somerset, NJ.

Polymer Technology Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells hand-held diagnostic devices. It is an point-of-care diagnostics solutions provider that partners with patients and healthcare professionals to provide the right information at the right time to make the right decisions. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Part of Bayer AG, Chiron Diagnostics Corp. is a company that develops medical diagnostic products. The company is based in East Walpole, MA. Chiron Diagnostics was acquired by Bayer AG from Chiron Corp. on November 30, 1998 for $1,100 million.

Endotronix, Inc. develops wireless heart sensor technology. The firm has introduced the Cordella Heart Failure System, a comprehensive solution for heart failure management. The company was founded by Anthony I. Nunez and Harry D. Rowland in June 2007 and is headquartered in Lisle, IL.

Scott Laboratories, Inc. is a leading supplier for the North American wine and specialty beverage industry. The American company provides education and innovation to help winemakers and beverage producers improve their craft and skills. The company has introduced commercially available cultured yeast strains and the horizontal pneumatic grape press to North American winemakers. The private company offers an extensive library of articles, guides, and expert advice curated specifically for winemakers, brewers, distillers, and beyond.

Part of Neogen Corp., Gene Trak Systems is an American company that provides food testing services using innovative DNA probe-based products for bacterial contaminants. Gene Trak Systems was acquired by Neogen Corp. from Abbott Molecular, Inc. on August 06, 2001 for $3.50 million.

Abbott Molecular, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals and medical products. Its products include genetics and genomics and oncology. The company was founded by Thomas J. Mozer and is headquartered in Abbott Park, IL.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engages in the provision of marine research, engineering, and higher education services. It offers services which include understanding the area of research, program and projects, facilities and services, data and repositories, and MBLWHOI library. The company was founded on January 6, 1930 and is headquartered in Woods Hole, MA.

Velico Medical, Inc. operates as a pre-clinical medical technology company that develops and commercializes products for use in preparing and storing platelets and plasma, including a companion instrument and disposable product for spray drying plasma. Its products include FrontlineODP (on demand Plasma) and FrontlinePPS (Platelet Protection System). The company was founded by Robert W. Middleton and Cabot G. L. Henderson in 1991 and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Bessor Pharmaceuticals manufactures pharmaceuticals. The private company is based in Framingham.