Kayla Klofenstine

Quintiles Transnational Corp. provides biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services. It offers product development and integrated healthcare services, including commercial and observational solutions. The company was founded by Dennis B. Gillings and Gary Koch in September 1990 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

inVentiv Health Clinical, Inc. provides clinical research and drug development services. It provides its services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, generic drug, and medical device industries. The firm offers clinical-development solutions including consulting services, Phase I clinical studies, bioequivalency and pharmacodynamic studies, bioanalytical analyses, and Phase II, III, and IV clinical development programs. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Rafael Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops anti-cancer drug delivery technology. It produces highly selective and effective anti-cancer agents with minimal toxic effects on normal cells and tissues by attacking regulatory processes that are unique to cancer and not found in healthy cells. The firm would ensure a significant improvement in the safety profile of cancer treatment. The firm provides CPI-613, Altered Energy Metabolism Directed (AEMD) platform, targets enzymes that are involved in cancer cell energy metabolism and are located in the mitochondria of cancer cells. The company was founded by Robert G. L. Shorr and is headquartered in Cranbury, NJ.

Biothera, Inc. develops natural gluco polysaccharide that engages and directs natural innate immune systems. The company was founded by Daniel Conners in 1997 and is headquartered in Eagan, MN.

PDS Operating Corp. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops immunotherapies for cancer and infectious disease. The firm’s versamune is capable of potent activation of immune cells without the side effects of traditional vaccines, efficiently delivering disease related antigen targets to the immune system and promoting antigen processing to present antigen appropriately to generate both strong prophylactic and therapeutic immune responses to disease. The company was founded by Frank K. Bedu-Addo and Gregory L. Conn and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

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.

AstraZeneca AB engages in biopharmaceutical business. It provides treatment of diseases in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, cancer, respiratory, inflammation, and autoimmunity. The firm offers operations in the areas of infection, neuroscience, and stomach and intestinal diseases. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Sodertalje, Sweden.

Syneos Health LLC operates therapeutically focused global contract research organization. It provides pharma and biotech services. The firm specializes in the hematology, immunology and inflammation infectious diseases, oncology, ophthalmology, cardiovascular, CNS analgesia, CNS neurology, CNS psychiatry, endocrinology, and gastroenterology and hepatology. The company was founded by Kenneth A. Selzer in 1985 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

OptumInsight, Inc. provides healthcare information technology and consulting services. It offers technology services, information, analytics, business services and consulting to help solve the most important problems clients face across the health system. The firm provides solutions for physicians, hospitals, life sciences companies, government agencies and other organizations that comprise the health care system. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Part of Syneos Health, Inc., i3 Statprobe, Inc. is a company that provides clinical trial services. The company is based in Ann Arbor, MI.

Pharmaco LSR, Inc. provides clinical research services.

Resilience Government Services, Inc. engages in the development of biopharmaceutical products and medical devices. It also offers preclinical and clinical development, formulation optimization, and cGMP manufacturing. The company was founded by James D. Talton in 1999 and is headquartered in Alachua FL.

i3 Global operates as a pharmaceutical services company. It offers therapeutically specialized contract research solutions, clinical data services, staffing solutions, pharmacovigilance and epidemiology solutions. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Bernards, NJ.

Arrevus, Inc. develops designer proline-rich antimicrobial peptide chaperone-protein inhibitors to treat diseases for which antibiotic resistance has clinical implications. The company was founded by Carl N. Kraus in 2015 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Discovery Life Sciences LLC engages in the provision of bio specimen analysis, procurement, distribution, and scientific services. It serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostics industries. The company was founded by Ann M. Dover and Steven Raia in 2004 and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.