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ChinaBio LLC operates as an investment, consulting and media company which helps life science companies. It organizes life science investment and partnering conferences in China. The firm’s conferences comprise investor forums, partnering forums, executive workshops and SEED business plan competitions. It also offers consulting services, including China strategy development, market and competitive intelligence, technology survey and search, partnering arrangement, CRO and CMO selection, management, business strategy, funding strategy, assistance, collaboration agreements, in-licensing, out-licensing, the United States operations consulting services, investment analysis, due diligence and portfolio analysis. The company serves executives, entrepreneurs, investors, pharma and multinational companies. ChinaBio was founded in April 2007 by Greg B. Scott and James W. Larrick and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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.

Velocity Pharmaceutical Holdings LLC operates as a holding American company.

Eumentis Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures novel drugs. The American company was founded by Mark A. Tepper and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

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.

Velocity Pharmaceutical Development LLC develops pharmaceutical drugs. It identifies drug candidates, target markets and designing and managing outsourced clinical trials. The firm seeks to acquire promising drug candidates, generally within a year of their entering human clinical trials or after initial human clinical data have been generated. The company was founded by David Collier, Ed Schnipper, Jim Larrick and Andy Perlman in 2011 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Presidio Partners is a venture capital firm founded in the year 1989 by Thomas R. Baruch. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Theron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides treatments for COPD and asthma. It is a biotechnology company, develops long acting M3 muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) products for the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases. The firm’s product TRN-157, a preclinical development therapy focuses on treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and severe asthma. The company was founded by M. Venkatraman, Xiaoming Zhang and Jurg Pfister in 2008 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Genelabs Technologies, Inc. discovery and development of pharmaceutical products to improve human health. The company was founded by Brian D. Frenzel and Frank C. Kung in 1983 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

Part of SRI International, Quality Clinical Labs, Inc. is a company that performs clinical pathology analyses. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded by Jim W. Larrick. Quality Clinical Labs was acquired by SRI International on April 24, 2006.

Catheter Connections, Inc. develops vascular access products. Its flagship product DualCap, designed to protect patients from acquiring infections during intravenous infusion therapy. It disinfects both IV tubing end connectors and needle-free valves. The company was founded by Michael W. Howlett, James Mercer, Vicki Farrar, and Robert Hitchcock in 2008 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

AEGEA Medical, Inc. develops technology that utilizes convective water vapor to treat menorrhagia. The firm focuses on the development of its proprietary and innovative water vapor treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding. It has vapor system delivers controlled, low-pressure natural water vapor to the uterine cavity to efficiently ablate the inner lining of the uterus. The company was founded by Paul M. Goeld in 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Part of Sabre Group Pty Ltd., Worldview Systems Corp. publishes interactive online destination information. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. Worldview Systems was acquired by Sabre Group Pty Ltd. from Ameritech Corp. on August 08, 1996.

Joyance Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

AMO Manufacturing USA LLC engages in the design, develop and manufacture of excimer refractive surgical systems. It is designed to re-contour the front surface of the cornea of the human eye. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

HealthTech Capital Co. invests in the healthcare sectors. It invests in capital efficient companies that use new scalable business model to improve the healthcare delivery from the hospital to the home. The company was founded by Anne DeGheest in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Altos Hills, CA.

Planet Biotechnology, Inc. identifies and develops promising antibodies and receptor-antibody fusion molecules for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases including emerging diseases and bio-threat agents. The company was is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Tecan Genomics, Inc. provides genomics sample preparation solutions. It offers solutions which make biological samples accessible for genomic analysis. The firm has commercialized numerous proprietary DNA and RNA sample preparation products for use in research and diagnostic applications. The company was founded by Jan D'Alvise, James W. Larrick and Nurith Kurn in 2000 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

EMP Management LLC /CA/ (EMP Management) is an venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Allan W. May. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California.

St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc. designs and develops equipment for orthopedic and neurological spine surgery. It also manufactures and markets spinal devices. The company was founded by Henry A. Klyce Jr., Ken Hsu, Charles J. Winslow, and James Zucherman 1997 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Woodside Medical Management LLC is a medical clinic located in Monticello, AR that provides top-quality healthcare services to its clients. The American company focuses on patient-provider interaction, access to health information, and responsive staff to ensure efficient healthcare delivery. The clinic offers cosmetic laser services such as laser hair removal, anti-aging treatments, vein appearance alleviation, pigmentation reduction, and clearer skin with Lumecca. The private company was founded by Allan W. May.

InnoSIGN BV is a company based in Eindhoven, Netherlands that is passionate about bringing their oncosignal pathway activity profiling technology to the market. The Dutch company's technology aims to contribute to a better understanding of disease mechanisms in oncology and enable next generation precision medicine by translating molecular data into functional cell behavior. The company was founded by Paul van de Wiel and he has been the CEO since incorporation.