Ramanath Vairavan

HYCOR Biomedical, Inc. manufactures in vitro diagnostic products for allergy and autoimmune testing. The firm’s products include allergy testing, autoimmune testing, HYTEC 288 plus and HCOR ultra-sensitive EIA. It markets the HYTEC, KOVA and AUTOSTAT brands. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Garden Grove, CA.

Endocare, Inc. is a medical device manufacturer of cryoablation technologies for treating cancerous tissue and tumors. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Micro Therapeutics, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets invasive medical devices for the diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases. Its products include infusion catheters, ballon catheters, delivery catheters, guide wires, infusion wires, and thrombolytic brushes. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA

Bayer Corp. manufactures and markets pharmaceutical, healthcare, nutrition and materials products. The firm offers consumer care, diagnostics, diabetes and animal health products. It also provides material science products, which include coating, adhesive and sealant raw materials polycarbonates polyurethanes and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Whippany, NJ.

Specialty Laboratories, Inc. provides clinical reference laboratory services. It focuses on cutting-edge research and development of existing diagnostic tests to produce assays. The company was founded in 1975 and is located in Valencia, CA.

Gen-Probe, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets rapid, accurate and molecular diagnostic products and services that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases, screen donated human blood, and ensure transplant compatibility. It also develops and manufactures the PROCLEIX assays, which are used to detect human immunodeficiency virus, the hepatitis C virus, the hepatitis B virus, and the West Nile virus in donated human blood. The firm's clinical diagnostics products include APTIMA family of assays, which are used to detect the common STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea. Gen-Probe was founded by Thomas H. Adams and David E. Kohne in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

PHT Corp. designs and develops software applications. The firm offers biopharmaceutical clients comprehensive services for acquiring, managing, and analyzing data collected directly from patients through all phases of clinical development. Its electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) system collects and reports secure real-time patient data from smartphones, tablets, and the web. The company was founded by Stephen Raymond in 1994 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Siemens AG, Behring Diagnostics Business provides diagnostic services.

Part of Applied Biosystems, Inc., Photovac, Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in portable environmental instruments. The company is based in Markham, Canada. Photovac was acquired by Applera Corp. on April 13, 1995.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

SonaMed Corp. designs, develops, manufactures and markets automated, internet ready screening and monitoring systems for the hospital, physician's office and home monitoring markets. The company was founded by William Ford Dolphin in 1994 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Sekisui Diagnostics LLC provides drug development, genetic testing and other services. Its product lines include clinical chemistry systems and reagents, coagulation systems and reagents, point of care rapid tests and immunoassay system, enzymes and specialty biochemicals. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

New England Baptist Hospital provides orthopedic surgery and the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and disorders. Its services include orthopedics, general surgery, medical services, patient care services, and programs. The company was founded by Francis Fremont Whittier in 1893 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Chugai Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals products. It offers vitamin and mineral supplements, herbal formulations, health & beauty products, creams, ointments, effervescent tablets, and veterinary products. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

DG Tech Investors, Inc. develops DNA testing products. It offers RapidTip, a single-use functional pipette tip for purifying polymerase chain reaction amplicons. The firm also develops products for nucleic acid isolation and analysis. The company was founded by Rothberg J. Lewis, Riedlinger D. Michael, Li Hiuxiang and Richmond Rick in 2005 and is headquartered in West Henrietta, NY.

PrismHealthDX, Inc. engages in the provision of precision diagnostics and chronic disease management services. It focuses on enterprising innovation and development of clinical diagnostic and disease management capabilities; root-cause disease characterization; and education and wellness tracking solutions. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Hopewell Therapeutics, Inc. is a company that is focused on discovering, synthesizing, and developing tissue-targeted lipid nanoparticles (TTLNPs) to bring genomic medicines to patients. The company is based in Woburn, MA and was founded in 2018 by Qiaobing Xu. Hopewell is pursuing opportunities to redefine the non-viral delivery space for novel genomic medicines by designing systemically administered LNPs to specifically target extrahepatic tissues and cells throughout the body. The company has built a robust intellectual property portfolio with an expansive library of ionizable lipids and has established partnerships with several industry-leading companies. Hopewell is developing its own internal pipeline, initially targeting diseases of the lung, while concurrently exploring the potential of its TTLNP platform for patients with unmet needs in oncology, infectious diseases, rare genetic diseases, and neurological disorders. Louis Brenner has been the CEO of the company since 2022.