Brian Salmons

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Part of Lumos Pharma, Inc., BioProtection Systems Corp. is a company that manufactures biological products. The company is based in Ames, IA.

Burril LLC (Burrill) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1994 by G. Steven. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Malaysia Venture Capital Management Bhd (MAVCAP) is a venture capital firm headquarter located in Malaysia. The firm is established in 2001 by Malaysian Government. It is wholly-owned venture capital subsidiary of the Malaysian Government's Minister of Finance, Inc.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention operates as a government health center. It helps to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities and environmental health threats. It conducts research and investigations for its action oriented approach. The company was founded on July 1, 1946 and is located in Atlanta, GA.

The American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene is a health community dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving health. The non-profit company is based in Northbrook, IL. Members have access to research on the latest diseases and treatments, a standing within their community, learning about clinical cases and field work, and finding collaborators.

HX Diagnostics, Inc. provides diagnostic services for infectious diseases. It develops and commercializes seasonal and pandemic influenza assays that allow clinicians to make assessments of their patient's health status. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund Management Co Ltd (MLSCFM) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Haliplex Pty Ltd. manufactures data and voice network solutions. It offers remote management, SONET network, ethernet, and power security system. The company was founded by Anthony Merry in 1999 and is headquartered in Mooroolbark, Australia.

NCore Systems Sdn. Bhd. provides enterprise class delivery channel solutions to banks. Its products include VirtualRemit, electronic banking, enterprise application integration and strong authentication. The firm offers faster and more reliable money transfer services. The company was founded in October 2007 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Polarizone Technologies Sdn. Bhd. provides wireless secure network services. It specializes in anti-jamming broadband wireless link for tactical and enterprise market; SDR and MIMO based design solutions for broadband wireless research; and polarized antennas for interference free roll out of WiMAX. The company was founded by Narayanan Manoj Karayil Thekkoott in 2002 and is headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Kaiima Bio Agritech Ltd. provides breeding and agro-biotechnology, agro technology and energy services. The firm offers food, feed crops and castormax solutions. It uses its enhanced ploidy platform to increase crop productivity. The company was founded by Doron Gal, Zohar Benner and Amit Avidov, Dror Maayany and Alon Lerner in 2007 and is headquartered in Lower Galilee, Israel.

Malaysian Biotechnology Corp. Sdn. The private company is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and has subsidiaries in Malaysia. Bhd. operates as an economic development agency for the bio-based industry.

Part of PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc., SG Austria Pte Ltd. is a company that specializes in developing body armor for living cells. The company is based in Singapore, Singapore. SG Austria was acquired by PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. on July 18, 2013 for $1.54 million. The Singaporean company's technology protects, shields, and extends the life of living cells. The company was founded by Walter H. Günzburgs.

Hookipa Biotech AG develops new generation prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. The firm’s Vaxwave technology is a novel immunotherapy platform using a replication-defective viral vector for the prevention and treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Lukas Flatz, Andreas Bergthaler, Rolf M. Zinkernagel and Daniel Pinschewer in July 2011 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

PrIME Biologics Pte Ltd. develops disposable therapeutic plasma manufacturing process. Its process doubles product yields while increasing product safety and removing viruses, bacteria, endotoxins, and prions. The firm’s process reduces the time it takes to produce multiple plasma products from days to hours. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

Agensi Inovasi Malaysia focuses as a statutory body which involves in improvement of knowledge, technology and innovation. The company is headquartered in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

Zytoprotec GmbH develops and manufactures drugs for peritoneal dialysis. It specializes in the research and development of its pipeline, which encompasses PD-protec, a patented-protected solution and ICO-protec, a cytoprotective PD solution to address the market for non-glucose based PD solutions. The firm focus areas encompass portfolio management, therapeutic approach, patent management and research services. The company was founded by Karl Altenhuber, Christoph Aufricht and Christian Hoenig in 2007 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

MOgene LC provides genomic services to research, biotech/pharma and government facilities. The firm offers nucleic acid isolation, library preparation, microarrays, real-time PCR, nextgen sequencing, next-generation mapping, sequence capture and bioinformatics. The company was founded by Ganesh M. Kishore in February 2004 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Functional Enviromics Technologies SA provides biotechnology solutions. It develops chemically defined cell culture media for life sciences research institutions and industries. The firm offers cell functional enviromics (CFE) sciences and derived technologies. Its CFE technology engineers cellular metabolism which enables increased cell culture performance and decreases development time for media formulation. The company was founded by Rui Oliveira, Inês Isidro, João Dias, Nuno Carinhas, Filipe Ataíde, and Ana Ferreira in 2013 and is headquartered in Caparica, Portugal.

Quantum Electro Opto Systems Sdn. Bhd. designs and manufactures optical solutions for multimedia. It offers QEOS Tilted Charge Dynamics, a technology-enabled product; and The QEOS Optical Transceiver Kit that pairs the QEOS Transmitter Optical Full Assembly with the QEOS Receiver Optical Full Assembly, and provides a product-ready solution for speeds up to 3.5Gbps. The company was founded by Milton Feng, Nick Holonyak Jr. and Gabriel Walter in 2008 and is headquartered in Batu Berendam, Malaysia.

ViruSure Forschung- und Entwicklung GmbH operates as a biotech company. It specializes in the virus and prion safety testing of biopharmaceutical products. The firm’s services include virus validation studies, prion clearance studies, GMP cell banking, biosafety testing and consultancy. The company was founded by Andy Bailey in 2005 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

US Biologic, Inc. develops and commercializes vaccines, anti-microbial and preventative therapeutics. Its solutions include tick-borne diseases, pet health, food-animal health, and predictive analytics. The company is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Crozet BioPharma LLC is a private company based in Devens, MA that focuses on accelerating the development of biological products to prevent or treat important human diseases. The company's founding principle is to have a lasting, positive impact on people's health and lives, and they take pride in putting their knowledge and expertise to work for this cause every day.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).