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Human Genome Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that exists to place new therapies into the hands of those battling serious disease. Its lead products include BENLYSTA for systemic lupus erythematosus and raxibacumab for inhalation anthrax. The firm's other products include, mapatumumab, darapladib, albiglutide, ZALBIN, HGS1036 and HGS1029. The company was founded by Alan G. Walton and William A. Haseltine in 1992 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Corixa Corp. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops and manufactures oncology and immunology products. The firm offers vaccines, immunotherapeutic, monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics, adjuvant and antigen delivery systems, toxin-conjugated, and antigen-specific diagnostic products. The company was founded by Steven H. Gillis and Mark McDade in 1994 and is headquartered in Hamilton, MT.

EC Power, Inc. invests in businesses with proprietary clean energy and environmental technologies and products. The company is headquartered in Montclair, NJ.

ARCH Venture Partners LLC is a Venture Capital firm founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Chicago with additional office in Dublin.

Epitomics, Inc. an emerging biotechnology company, is dedicated to developing their breakthrough monoclonal antibody technology (RabMAb®) for research, diagnostics and therapeutics. The Company has utilized a unique and proprietary RabMAb technology invented by scientists at Loyola University of Chicago and the University of California at San Francisco. This enabling platform produces high quality antibodies that have the potetial to be used in the broad areas of research, diagnostics and therapeutics. Compared to currently available monoclonal antibody technology, such as mouse hybridomas, the company's proprietary technology can generate RabMAbs more efficiently and with superior binding affinity and bioactivity in a wide variety of biological assays. The high throughput and robust nature of the technology allows for the simultaneous discovery of disease targets and potential therapeutic antibodies in the same experiments, significantly shortening the drug discovery and development cycle. The company aims to become the largest provider of monoclonal antibody technology through developing and commercializing their RabMAb technology and products in research, diagnostics, and therapeutics. The firm is headquartered in Burlingame, California and operates a wholly owned subsidiary in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.

Lakeridge Capital, Inc. provides financial and investment banking services. Its services include business planning, building management teams, quantitative and pro forma financial analysis, investment risk disclosure and reviewing securities and corporate governance issues. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Power Air Corp. is an alternative energy company developing a commercially viable Zinc-Air Fuel Cell technology that generates reliable, environmentally sustainable, zero emission energy for portable, stationary, light mobility, and transportation applications. It engages in the business of developing, manufacturing and marketing fuel cell stacks. The company's batteries and engines with fuel cells that can be quickly recharge by a simple exchange of electrolyte. Its ZAFC technology is made using low cost materials and conventional manufacturing techniques. The company was founded on August 26, 2004 and is headquartered in Coquitlam, Canada.

Crown Bioscience, Inc. provides biomedical outsourcing solutions. It provides syngeneic and xenograft tumor models and custom model development and drug testing. The firm produces antibodies for therapeutic, diagnostic and theranostic applications. It also offers preclinical and drug development for anti-cancers therapeutics. The company was founded by Dr. Yiyou Chen, Dr. Yue Alexander Wu, Dr. William Pan and Dr. Faming Zhang in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

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.

Part of Ascent Asset Management Advisory Services, Inc., Robert R. Meredith & Co., Inc. is an investment firm. The company is based in New York, NY. Robert R. Meredith & Co. was acquired by Ascent Asset Management Advisory Services, Inc. on October 07, 1999.

Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. operates as a plant biotechnology company. It develops genetic and chemical solutions for a range of agricultural markets. The firm offers biofuel feedstocks, yield enhancement, flowering, drought tolerance, freezing tolerance, disease resistance, nutrient use efficiency, and cold germination products. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Part of BeWhere Holdings, Inc., New Congo Resource Development Co., Inc. explores and develops copper and cobalt and related minerals. The company is based in New York, NY. New Congo Resource Development Co. was acquired by Simberi Gold Corp. from Quartern Holdings Ltd. on May 18, 2006 for $3.31 million.

Capital Bank NA (Rockville, Maryland) is a privately-held business bank in the Washington, D.C., that offers a range of services encompassing cash management, commercial lending, consumer credit and residential mortgage and veterans administration home loans. The company was founded by Li-Min Lee in 1999 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Part of Meredith Financial Group, Inc., Meredith Portfolio Management, Inc. provides investment advice. The company is based in New York, NY.

Renown Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The private company is based in Vadodara, India. The company was founded in 2005. Richard Alistair Balfour Stewart has been the CEO of the Indian company since 2016.

The Chinese-American Biopharmaceutical Society is a non-profit organization for professionals in the biopharmaceutical industry. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA, the birthplace of biotechnology and one of the largest biomedical hubs in the world. The company's membership consists of life science professionals from a broad range of experience levels, with a large percentage of members holding senior or executive positions in the industry. The society offers year-round sponsorship opportunities, including the highly anticipated 2023 annual BioPacific Conference, and leverages an extensive network of life sciences professionals.

Pacylex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. offers medicine solutions for cancers. The company is based in Edmonton, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Michael J. Weickert.

Walden Biosciences, Inc. provides renal therapeutics services. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

National Foreign Trade Council operates as trade association advocating an open, rules-based international trade system. The company was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.