James J. Koziarz

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.

Part of Bayer AG, Chiron Diagnostics Corp. is a company that develops medical diagnostic products. The company is based in East Walpole, MA. Chiron Diagnostics was acquired by Bayer AG from Chiron Corp. on November 30, 1998 for $1,100 million.

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.

Xceed Molecular Corporation is a molecular diagnostic company dedicated to commercializing a platform for automated gene expression analysis and developing proprietary clinical research assays and custom arrays. They develop tools and content aimed at accelerating the current market trend towards 'translational medicine', and bridging the gap from gene signature validation to clinical diagnostics. The Ziplex Automated Workstation is the first integrated and fully automated hybridization system for multiplex gene expression signatures. Their integrated solution - the Ziplex System - features this innovative instrument platform and focused-content TipChip arrays and reagents to perform highly multiplexed molecular assays with superior accuracy, reproducibility, speed and scalability. The Ziplex System is designed to provide the ease-of-use in assay automation and analytics that is required to successfully translate gene expression analysis from research use into routine practice. Xceed complements the Ziplex platform by offering Gene Expression Services and Assay Development Services.

Biometric Imaging, Inc. manufactures cellular analysis instruments. It offers services to clinics, hospitals, blood banks, and cancer management centers for disease management and therapy monitoring. The company was founded by Bala S. Manian in 1992 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Velico Medical, Inc. operates as a pre-clinical medical technology company that develops and commercializes products for use in preparing and storing platelets and plasma, including a companion instrument and disposable product for spray drying plasma. Its products include FrontlineODP (on demand Plasma) and FrontlinePPS (Platelet Protection System). The company was founded by Robert W. Middleton and Cabot G. L. Henderson in 1991 and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

Polymedco, Inc. is a leading manufacturer in non-invasive fecal immunochemical testing technology and bladder cancer monitoring. The company is based in Cortlandt Manor, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company is also a leading manufacturer in cardiac markers test, offering a range of different cardiac markers tests, including troponin test, d dimer test, and nt probnp test, ckmb test, myoglobin test, and hscrp test. Additionally, they are the leading provider of fit test kits, including the only automated fit analyzer, oc-auto fit. Polymedco was founded in 1980 and the CEO is Andrew Cervasio.

Midwest Research University Network, Inc. provides technology services. The company was founded by Allen Dines in 2002 and is headquartered in Evanston, IL.

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Fisher HealthCare, Inc. is a manufacturer of analyzers and related laboratory equipment. The company is based in Houston, TX.

Abbott Biotech Ventures, Inc. (Abbott Biotech Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. The firm is headquartered in Abbott Park, Illinois.

Acqusalut, Inc. operates live entertainment events.

Promiss Diagnostics, Inc. develops biotechnology. It offers diagnostic test for ovarian cancer. The company was founded by Jalal Sulaiman in 2017 and is headquartered in Wauwatosa, WI.

Novusterra, Inc. is an emerging growth company. It engages in the business of rare earth element processing facility to process & refine rare earth material. The company was founded on September 21, 2020 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.