Stephan Heyse

Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies for the treatment of chronic diseases. Its lead product candidate, ITCA 650, is currently in development for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The firm’s platform technology is a proprietary subcutaneous delivery system that involves a matchstick-size, miniature osmotic pump implanted sub-dermally to provide continuous and consistent drug therapy, and the company’s proprietary formulation technology, which maintains stability of therapeutic proteins and peptides at human body temperatures for long extended periods of time. The company was founded by Mark Moran in June 1995 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

PamGene is a biomarker company, focused on opening up new opportunities for the development of Personalized Medicine (pre-clinical, translational and clinical). Most of PamGene's projects are in oncology and many of these involve medicines that inhibit or modulate cellular kinases and kinase pathways. The firm collaborators apply its technologies for biomarker research in several other diseases and fields of expertise such as the Central Nervous System, the Cardiovascular area, Immunology and Obesity. PamGene's technology offers a faster and lower risk route for discovery and development of clinically useful biomarkers and uses cell lines and retrospective patient sample collection testing.

7TM A/S performs research and development within biotechnology. It engages in clinical development of drugs focusing on obesity and gastrointestinal diseases. The company was founded by Thue Walter Schwartz, Anders Fink Vadsholt, Mette Kirstine Agger, Christian Ellebæk Elling, and Peter Moldt on January 1, 2000 and is headquartered in Hørsholm, Denmark.

U3 Pharma AG researches and develops novel targeted therapeutics aimed at treating human disease. It develops products for hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer and commercializes human monoclonal antibody therapies directed against validated proprietary drug targets selected from its portfolio. In addition, it has created a second generation functional genomics platform, TASC, which mimics the progression of a tumor cell as it progresses towards its fully malignant cancerous state. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered in Martinsried, Germany.

PamGene BV provides biopharmaceutical products and clinical settings. It also provides PamChip biomarkers, such as tyrosine kinases, serine/threonine kinases, nuclear receptors, and reagent kits. The firm provides BioNavigator, a software tool for interpretation of PamChip measurements, as well as for performing data analysis for various PamChip experiments; and Evolve that enables data capture and analysis, as well as for the export of data into third party software formats. The company was founded by Tim Kievits in December 1999 and is headquartered in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Kosan Biosciences, Inc. develops drugs for cancer therapeutics. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Alta Partners Management Co. LP (Alta Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Jean Deleage, Guy Paul Nohra, Marino Polestra and Garrett P. Gruener. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.

Part of Tecan Group AG, Tecan US, Inc. engages in conducting biotechnological research.

American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc. (AACC) is a scientific and medical professional organization that focuses on clinical laboratory science and its application to healthcare. The organization is based in Washington and was founded in 1948. AACC provides leadership in education, advocacy, and collaboration to help lab professionals adapt to change and provide vital insight and guidance for patient care. The organization offers accreditation programs, press releases, media advisories, and statements that spotlight scientific, clinical, and technological breakthroughs. AACC has a longstanding commitment to provide customers with the best possible experience every time they use the AACC website. Mark J. Golden has been the CEO of the American company since 2020.

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Plexxikon, Inc. provides clinical and medical drug discovery and development services. The company was founded by Joseph P. Schlessinger, Thomas Richard Kassberg, Sung-hou Kim and K. Peter Hirth in 2001 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

DuPont is an Israeli company that manufactures chemical products. The private company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The Association for Molecular Pathology develops molecular diagnostics. The American company was founded by Jeffrey Cossman.

Central Hockey League operates a professional minor league hockey teams playing in small to medium-sized markets primarily in central and southwestern US states. The league, which was started in 1992, is managed and operated by WPHL, a subsidiary of Global Entertainment Corporation.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Xenogen Corp. provides real time in-vivo imaging services and genetic modification technologies. Its products and technologies include an imaging system, software, and biological materials. Its solutions are designed to improve discovery and pre-clinical research in multiple therapeutic areas. The company was founded by Pamela Reilly Contag and Christopher H. Contag in 1995 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells labchip systems. It offers microfluids, lab automation, liquid handling, optical imaging technologies, and discovery and development outsourcing solutions. The company was founded by Michael R. Knapp on July 26, 1995 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA.

Association for Pathology Informatics, Inc. promotes the field of pathology informatics as an academic and a clinical subspecialty of pathology. It engages in collecting, examining, reporting, and storing sets of data derived from tests performed in clinical laboratories, anatomic pathology laboratories, or research laboratories in order to improve patient care and enhance understanding of disease-related processes. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.