Gary L. Shope

Bausch Health Americas, Inc. manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products. The company was founded on November 29, 2011 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Populus Financial Group, Inc. provides financial services. Its services include payday loans, installment loans, auto insurance, bill payments and money orders. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

inVentiv Health Clinical, Inc. provides clinical research and drug development services. It provides its services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, generic drug, and medical device industries. The firm offers clinical-development solutions including consulting services, Phase I clinical studies, bioequivalency and pharmacodynamic studies, bioanalytical analyses, and Phase II, III, and IV clinical development programs. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Sandoz, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes generic pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on therapeutic drug categories such as anti-infective, central nervous system disorder treatments, cardiovascular medicines, gastrointestinal agent, oncology therapies, and respiratory therapies. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Novartis Corp. manufactures pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer health, generics, eye care and animal health products. It manufactures drugs for oncology, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on November 15, 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Patheon Softgels, Inc. provides consumer healthcare products in many colors and configurations including non-animal-based and chewable soft gels. It serves the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and consumer healthcare markets. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in High Point, 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.

JLL Partners, Inc (JLL partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Paul S. Levy. The firm is headquartered in New York, US.

Education Affiliates, Inc. operates a network of post-secondary schools. Its educational programs include nursing, medical and dental assisting, and commercial driver license training. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Medical Card System, lnc. provides healthcare and insurance policy administration. It offers life insurance and health benefit plans for corporate and individual clients. The firm also offers wellness programs which provide access to mail-order prescription management, alternative therapies, such as acupuncture and naturopathic medicine, and travel assistance, which includes medical monitoring and emergency transfers. The company was founded by Felipe Benedit in 1983 and is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Syngenta Corp. manufactures agricultural chemicals and distributes field, garden, and flower seeds. It produces herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and crop protection products for pest control and vegetation management. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center provides research and education grants. Its services include financing, technology assessment, business planning, and marketing strategies implementation. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Eilenberg & Krause LLP provides legal services. The private company is based in New York, NY.

Norfolk Plant Sciences Ltd. engages in the provision of biotechnology services. The company was founded by Jonathan Jones and Cathie Martin on July 5, 2007 and is headquartered in Norwich, the United Kingdom.

Alcami Carolinas Corp. operates as a pharmaceutical development and manufacturing company. It offers development, biopharmaceutical, and analytical testing services. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

Part of Patheon, Inc., Patheon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a trusted end-to-end contract development and manufacturing organization partner for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and life sciences industries. The company is based in Durham, NC. Benefit from a single vendor along your entire development journey by relying on their clinical trial services’ support network and expertise.

Solvias AG engages in contract research, development, and manufacturing. It offers analytical, small molecule, biopharmaceutical, solid state development, catalysis technology, custom synthesis and manufacturing, and biological analysis services. The firm serves the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical devices, cosmetics, agro chemical, chemical, eletronic materials, and life sciences industries. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Kaiseraugst, Switzerland.

BSP Pharmaceuticals SpA develops and manufactures anticancer drugs. It offers development, clinical supply, commercial supply, and analytical services. The company was founded by Aldo Braca in July 2006 and is headquartered in Latina Scalo, Italy.

GE Healthcare, Inc. manufactures and distributes diagnostic imaging agents and radiopharmaceuticals for imaging modalities that are used in medical imaging procedures. It offers dyes that are used in magnetic-resonance-imaging procedures. The firm also manufactures medical diagnostic equipment including CT image machines. It develops healthcare technological solutions for medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

AgBiome LLC provides early stage research and discovery to the agriculture industry. It develops biological product that controls the predominant soil-borne diseases of greenhouse and major row crops. The firm applies genomics and screening technologies to identify plant-associated microbes that enhance plant health, pest resistance, and yield. The company was founded by Jeff Dangl, John N. Couch, Paul Schulze-Lefert, Scott J. Uknes, John Ryals, Eric R. Ward, and Mike Koziel in 2012 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

DPx Holdings BV provides pharmaceutical services, fine chemicals and proprietary products and technologies. It operates business through three business unites which include Patheon, DSM Fine Chemicals and Banner Life Sciences. Patheon consists of pharmaceutical services, which include commercial manufacturing capabilities, pharmaceutical development services, as well as the biologics and biosolutions businesses; DSM Fine Chemicals includes active pharmaceutical ingredients services as well as the ES/IM business offer is primarily comprised of agricultural and crop protection chemicals and specialty intermediates; and Banner Life Sciences serves the needs of the proprietary products business and will now include additional brands from DPP. The company has offices in Australia, Europe, Latin America and North America. DPx Holdings was founded in March 2014 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Banner Life Sciences LLC operates as clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. The company is headquartered in High Point, NC.

Locus Biosciences, Inc. develops CRISPR-engineered precision antibacterial products for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections and microbiome-related disease. The firm offers CRISPR-engineered bacteriophage and CRISPR-Cas3 phage. The company was founded by Charles Gersbach, Dave Ousterout, Chase Beisel, Paul M. Garofolo, Nick Taylor, and Rodolphe Barrangou in 2015 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Catalys Pacific LLC (Catalys Pacific) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by BT Slingsby. The firm is headquartered in Cayman Islands.

Denver Solutions LLC operates as a trusted FDA-registered 503B outsourcing provider of ophthalmology and hospital-based services. It also offers repackaged Avastin service and ON-Q pain relief system fill services. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

Kiniciti is a platform company that invests in and partners with companies to strengthen the cell and gene therapy ecosystem. The company, which is based in New York, NY, was founded by Geoffrey Michael Glass, who has been the CEO since incorporation. Kiniciti is backed by private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) and Biospring Partners. The company offers a highly tailored, collaborative, and flexible investment and strategic support model to ensure the promise of cell and gene therapeutics is delivered quickly and safely to patients worldwide. The leadership team includes professionals experienced in investing in and building successful companies across the life sciences sector.

2Blades Foundation is a non-profit organization that focuses on developing sustainable and environmentally-friendly genetic solutions to improve crop health and agricultural efficiency for farmers worldwide. The non-profit company is based in Evanston, IL. The foundation has been awarded grants from charitable foundations and contracts for commercial partnerships totaling more than $36 million. The company's mission is to discover, advance, and deliver genetic improvements in crop disease resistance. The company also provides infographics demonstrating the impact and importance of key crop diseases.