Paul D. Mintz

Immucor, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells transfusion and transplantation diagnostics products. It engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of products used by hospital blood banks, clinical laboratories, and blood donor centers to detect and identify certain properties of human blood prior to patient transfusion. The company was founded on May 19,1982 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.

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.

Verax Biomedical, Inc. develops rapid tests for detecting bacterial contaminants in blood cells and tissues. The firm's first target application for its technology is to test for the presence of bacterial contaminants in platelets and bacterial contaminants in platelets and red blood cells represent the greatest lethal infectious risks in transfusion medicine today and no rapid, simple methods are presently available to effectively address this threat. Verax Biomedical was founded by Joe R. Sanders and Joe L. Straight in 1999 and is headquartered in Marlborough, 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.

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.

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.

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.