William M. Skea

Oxford Glycosciences Plc provides biopharmaceutical products. The company develops and manufactures novel products for the diagnosis and treatment of human disease. Its products include bayer, pioneer hi-breddupont, medarex, genmab, glaxosmithkline, neogenesis and pfizer. It was founded in 1988. The company is headquartered in Abingdon, UK.

PerSeptive Biosystems developed and manufactured an integrated system for the purification, analysis, and synthesis of bio-molecules, reducing the time and cost of drug discoveries. BVP’s Chris Gabrieli invested in the company’s second round in December 1989. PerSeptive was purchased by Perkin Elmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI) in 1998, it is a part of Applied Biosystems (NYSE: ABI), a subsidiary of Applera, Perkin Elmer’s former biotechnology division

EMD Millipore Corp. engages in the provision of laboratory materials, technologies, and services to the life science industry. The company was founded by Jack Bush in 1954 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Tyrian Diagnostics Ltd. engages in the development and commercialization of diagnostic products. Its technology can be applied in diagnostic fields including, medical, animal health, food and environmental testing. The company was founded by Jenny Lee Harry on January 4, 1999 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Protein Forest, Inc., a privately held company founded in 2002 and is located in Lexington, MA, is a developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art sample fractionation technology, products, and data analysis software for mass spectrometry. The company develops, manufactures, and markets instruments, consumables, and bioinformatics software products for scientists in the life science, drug discovery, pharmaceutical, biotech, and diagnostic industries around the world.