Kristina M. Adomonis

Part of Sanofi, Applied Immune Sciences, Inc. is a surgical and medical instruments company. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The company was founded by Thomas B. Okarma. Applied Immune Sciences was acquired by Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. on November 28, 1995 for $84.40 million.

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Heartport, Inc. develops systems and procedures for heart surgery. The company's technologies allow surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. Heartport was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Founded in 1995, Cardinal Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm provides advisory services on a discretionary basis to their clients, which include public and private institutions, corporations, public and private pension plans, investment companies, foundations and endowments, mutual funds and high net-worth individuals. Clients invest through separately managed accounts, in one of the mutual funds Cardinal sub-advises, or in one or both of the limited partnerships Cardinal manages.

Maxygen, Inc. is a biotechnology company. It is focused on the potential further development of its MAXY-G34 product, a next-generation pegylated, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, G-CSF, for the treatment of chemotherapy induced neutropenia and acute radiation syndrome. G-CSF is a natural protein that functions by stimulating the body's bone marrow to produce more white blood cells. The company was founded on May 7, 1996 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is a private foundation located in Research Triangle Park, NC. The private company's mission is to serve and strengthen society by nurturing a diverse group of leaders in biomedical sciences to improve human health through education and powering discovery in frontiers of greatest need. The CEO of the company is Louis J. Muglia.

Circadian, Inc. manufactures electro-medical equipment. The company was founded by Martin Moore-Ede in 1983 and is headquartered in Stoneham, MA.

Pappas Capital LLC (Pappas Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Art M. Pappas. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center provides research and education grants. Its services include financing, technology assessment, business planning, and marketing strategies implementation. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Clinipace, Inc. provides digital contract research solutions. The firm operates as a digital contract research organization that assists life science firms in developing and executing regulatory strategies, clinical development, and post-approval research. Its service areas encompass clinical monitoring, data management, medical affairs and writing, patient recruitment, study feasibility, and site selection and management. The company was founded by Ronald G. Marks, Christopher K. Porter, and Jeff Lewis Williams in 2003 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Hatteras Venture Partners (Hatteras Venture) is venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Clay B. Thorp and John Crumpler. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Part of HBM Partners AG, HBM Biocapital Ltd. is a Caymanian company that provides investment services. The company is based in George Town, Cayman Islands.

Clinverse, Inc. provides automated financial management technology solutions for clinical trials. The firm’s products include ClinPay, ClinDebit and ClinViz. The company was founded on July 10, 2008 by Stephen Ayala and Tim S. Immel and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

North Carolina Biosciences Organization is non-profit organization, which focuses on legislative monitoring and lobbying activities at the state and federal level. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Aerami Therapeutics, Inc. develops inhaled insulin products to treat diabetes patients. Its product Dance 501 is designed to produce consistently sized particles of liquid insulin in the form of a smooth mist, allowing the efficient and consistent delivery of insulin into the lungs in a few comfortable breaths. The company was founded by John Stuart Patton in February 9, 2009 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Dance Biopharm Holdings, Inc. engages in providing health care services. The company was founded by John Stuart Patton in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

CEO Roundtable on Cancer, Inc. promotes activities to reduce cancer risk, enable early detection, facilitate better access to treatment and hasten the discovery. Its programs include CEO cancer gold standard, life sciences consortium and project data sphere. The company was founded by George H. W. Bush in 2001 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

JDRF International is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder of and advocate for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly, and can be fatal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. It was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Merck KGaA, EMD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a company that manufactures pharmaceutical preparations. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was founded by Nancy J. Wysenski.