Timothy J. Patno

Quidel Corp. engages in the development, manufacture and market of rapid diagnostic testing solutions. Its portfolio includes rapid immunoassays, cardiac immunoassays, specialized diagnostic solutions and molecular diagnostic solutions. The firm products are directly sold to end users and distributors and for professional use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, urgent care clinics, universities, retail clinics, pharmacies and wellness screening centers. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Somatogen, Inc. develops specialty oxygen therapeutics. It is engaged in the research, clinical development and commercialization of genetically engineered recombinant human hemoglobin-based products. The company is located in Boulder, CO.

CFM Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets advanced wet processing equipment for sale to the worldwide semiconductor industry. The company is based in Exton, PA. CFM Technologies was acquired by Mattson Technology, Inc., a SUB of Beijing Economic & Technology Development Area from Evonik Steag GmbH on January 03, 2001 for $45.29 million. The company is ultimately controlled by the Beijing Economic & Technology Development Area. The company was founded in 1984 by Roger A. Carolin, Huw Kenton Thomas, Christopher Frank McConnell.

Eximias Pharmaceutical Corp. develops pharmaceuticals for treatment of cancer disorders. It offers its services in the mid-Atlantic areas. The company is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

HandyLab, Inc. develops and manufactures novel clinical diagnostic testing products. It serves medical, industrial and bio-defense markets. The company was founded by Kalyan Handique and Sundaresh Brahmasandra in 2000 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MI.

Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops inhibitors of validated metalloenzymes. The firm's clinical portfolio includes novel agents to treat both chronic and life threatening fungal infections. It also leverage our metalloenzyme expertise in other therapeutic areas including oncology and orphan diseases. The company was founded by Thomas V. O’Halloran and Holden H. Thorp on August 18, 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

CheckVideo LLC is a video analytics software provider. Its product combination of video analytics and cloud VMS provides security dealers, integrators and end users the easiest, most cost-effective and complete video solution. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.

Seastar Medical, Inc. manufactures and supplies medical devices. It offers medical device that cures inflammation-based diseases and conditions. The company was founded by James P. Sherblom in July 2007 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

NXThera, Inc. provides technology platform to treat endourological conditions. It develops medical devices to treat patients suffering from urologic conditions, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer, and kidney cancer. The company was founded by John H. Shadduck and Michael Hoey in 2008 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.

Viamet Pharmaceuticals Corp. engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel pharmaceuticals based on its proprietary metalloenzyme chemistry and biology technology platform. Its clinical portfolio includes novel agents to treat chronic and life threatening fungal infections. Its products include VT-1161, an oral agent that treats onychomycosis; VT-1129, which treats cryptococcal meningitis; and VT-1598, that treats coccidioidomycosis. The company was founded by Herbert Holden Thorp and Thomas V. O'Halloran in December 2011 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Greenwich Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an American company that specializes in commercial physical research.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Roche Diagnostics GmbH is a German company that develops innovative medicines, treatments, and diagnostics. The company is based in Mannheim, Germany. The CEOs of the company are Claudia Fleischer, Claus Haberda, Clemens Schmid. Roche Diagnostics was acquired by Roche Holding AG on January 01, 1999.

HealthpointCapital LLC (HealthpointCapital) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Mortimer Berkowitz and John C. McCormick. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Lurie Holdings Inc (Lurie Holdings) is a venture capital subsidiary of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Family Foundation founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

BP Microsystems Management LLC supplies engineering and production device programmers and automated programming systems. The company's products include concurrent programming and fine pitch automated programming systems. The company was founded in 1985 by William White and Peter Cole and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Sterilis LLC develops regulated medical waste remediation device. It sterilizes and grinds medical waste, rendering it acceptable for disposal in regular trash as described in OSHA and State regulations. The company was founded by Jeffrey H. Bell in June 2011 and is headquartered in Boxborough, MA.

Momentum Bioscience Ltd. develops a technology for the detection of infection in blood and other normally sterile body fluids. Its solutions include EMA Sepsis, a detection method for organisms in blood; EMA Total, a detection method for organisms in NSF; EMA Bacteria for the detection of bacteria; and EMA Fungi for the detection of fungi. The company was founded by William Henry Mullen in 2008 and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.

First Light Diagnostics, Inc. develops automated medical diagnostic products for the detection of microbes that cause healthcare and hospital infections. The firm offers MultiPath technology detects and counts fluorescent targets without using magnification. Its MultiPath technology is used for screening, blood infections, surgical infections, skin infections and GI infections. The company was founded by Donald Straus and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Altoida, Inc. operates as a health technology firm that uses active digital biomarkers and cutting-edge technology. It offers an FDA-cleared and CE Mark-approved medical device and brain health data platform to support early detection of Alzheimer's disease. The company was founded by Richard Fischer, Ioannis Tarnanas and Maximillian and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Francis Medical, Inc. develops an innovative and patented vapor ablation therapy to treat a variety of endourological cancers, beginning with prostate cancer. The company was founded by Michael F. Hoey and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.