Bruce Given

Encysive Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers, develops and markets drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular, vascular and related inflammatory diseases. The firm focuses its research and development programs on the treatment and prevention of interrelated diseases of the vascular endothelium, inflammatory cascade and vascular diseases. The company was founded by James T. Willerson in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SemBioSys Genetics, Inc. operates as a plant-based technology development company, which engages in the manufacturing technology platforms to develop, manufacture and commercialize healthy living, animal health and pharmaceutical products. It offers proteins, functional food and nutritional products. The company was founded by Maurice Moloney on April 25, 1994 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the design and development of drug-delivery-enhanced small molecule therapeutics. The company was established in 2000 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Vapogenix, Inc. operates as a clinical stage company which develops a new class of non-narcotic analgesics for localized pain. Its products are formulated volatile anesthetics; currently unformulated volatile anesthetics are used only as general anesthetics, by inhalation. The company was founded by Allen W. Burton, Phillip C. Phan and Danguole Spakevicius Altman in November 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. engages in the manufacture and design of diagnostic, transfusion, clinical equipment, and systems. It provides solutions for screening, diagnosing, monitoring, and confirming diseases early before they put lives at risk. Its products include instrument systems and reagents that screen for AIDS and hepatitis C, as well as blood typing systems. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Raritan, NJ.

BioHouston, Inc. engages in life science and biotechnology commercialization. The firm's mission is to create an environment that will stimulate technology transfer and research commercialization, thereby generating economic wealth for the Houston region and making it a global competitor in life science commercialization. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.