William Patrick Jennings

LifeCell Corp. develops and markets tissue repair products. The firm focuses on reconstructive, urogynecologic and orthopedic surgical procedures. Its products include alloderm, strattice, graft jacket, allocraftdbm and repliform. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Branchburg, NJ.

EW Healthcare Partners Fund seeks investment opportunities in middle market companies located in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and China with revenues of USD 20 to USD 200 million. It targets companies operating in the fields of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare services, and healthcare IT. It provides financing for growth capital requirements with an investment size ranging from USD 20 to USD 80 million and invest up to USD 100 million. It also acquires minority and majority interest.

Metabolon, Inc. operates as a health technology company. It offers precision medicine, clinical diagnostic, and metabolomics services. The firm serves to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer product industries. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Velcera LLC operates as a pharmaceutical company. It focuses on innovation in the expanding pet health market and its product development targets pet medicines in pain management, anti-allergy and parasiticides that can provide superior convenience and greater compliance than traditional products. The firm is developing Promist, a transmucosal oral mist drug delivery technology for use in companion animals. It is also developing Promist products, including VEL504 for pain management and VEL502 for treating allergic atopic dermatitis in canines. The company was founded ion February 18, 2010 and is headquartered in Yardley, PA.

Novartis Pharma AG engages in the research in as well as the production and distribution of pharmaceutical, chemical, medical, and biotechnological products. It also provides related services. The company was founded on October 25, 1989 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Encore Dermatology, Inc. manufactures prescription therapies and medical devices for dermatologists. It offers hylatopicplus emollient foam, hylatopicplus cream, and tetrix cream to manage and relieve the burning, itching, and pain. The company was founded Robert J. Moccia and Michael Brown in 2015 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG engages in the marketing and distribution of pharmaceutical, chemical, and medical products of the Novartis group. Its products are used in the treatment of diseases in the areas of neurology, immunology, dermatology, ophthalmology, cardiology, and oncology. The company was founded on December 10, 1986 and is headquartered in Rotkreuz, Switzerland.

Essex Woodlands Management, Inc. (EW Healthcare Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1985 by Jim L. Currie and Martin P. Sutter. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Breg, Inc. manufactures and sells sports medicine products and services. Its products include knee braces, cold therapy, hip braces, shoulder braces, elbow and wrist braces, Orthopedic Practice Solutions, canes, crutches and walkers. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Venus Concept Ltd. provides procedural medical devices for aesthetic procedures. The firm specializes in advanced non-surgical platforms for body contouring, skin tightening, cellulite and scar reduction, skin resurfacing, skin rejuvenation, acne reduction, and hair removal. The company was founded by Domenic Serafino, Oded Ron-Edoute, and Orit Fishgold Ron-Edoute and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Ethicon, Inc. develops and markets medical products and devices for surgery. It offers different types of services such as wound management, women's health, and cardiovascular surgery. The company was founded by George F. Merson in 1915 and is headquartered in Somerville, NJ.

Onkos Surgical, Inc. provides surgical oncology solutions. It delivers implants and instruments that meet the needs of musculoskeletal tumor patients. The company was founded by Patrick Treacy, Antony Koblish and Adele Oliva in 2015 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

Genoptix, Inc. provides specialized oncology diagnostics services. It offers a range of customizable clinical trial, custom assay development and companion diagnostics development services. The company was founded in 1999 by Tina S. Nova and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Invisible Sentinel, Inc. engages in food diagnostics. It offers food safety, wine, beer products such as veriflow for salmonella, listerria species and vinoBrett for breetanomyces bruxellensis, vinoPAL for pedicoccus and lactobacillus and veriflow custom solutions. The company was founded by Nicholas Siciliano and Benjamin Pascal in October 2006 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Part of Pulse Biosciences, Inc., NanoBlate Corp. provides healthcare services. The company is based in Burlingame, CA.

Cernostics, Inc. develops and commercializes cancer diagnostic tests. Its technology is based on a systems approach to evaluating tissues via anatomic pathology and simultaneously evaluates immune, stromal, stem cell and tumor biomarkers on a single slide while preserving tissue structure. The company was founded in 2008 by Michel Nederlof and Rebecca Critchley-Thorne and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners /Ventures/ (Ben Franklin Tech Partners) is a venture Capital firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

University City Science Center provides physical space, resources and other support to the community. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Fujirebio Diagnostics AB develops and manufactures immunological reagents. It focuses on the development of monoclonal antibodies which fight against biochemical markers of diseases. The firm distributes products to the international biotech and diagnostic industries. The company is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Centocor, Inc. manufactures healthcare products. Its products include avakine & reopro. The company was founded in 1979 by Hubert J. P. Schoemaker & Michael A. Wall and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

The Medical Device Manufacturers Association operates as a trade association. The private company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Thomas C. Thompson.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. is a global surgical implant company providing surgeons with biologic, metal and synthetic implants. It operates through the following business lines: Spine, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Sports and International. The Spine business line designs, manufactures, and distributes surgical implants, instruments, and biologics used in the treatment of conditions affecting the spine caused by degenerative conditions, deformities or traumatic injury. The OEM business line market and distributes the implants and instruments. The Sports business line deals with sports-related injuries that can be addressed with allograft implants. The International business line markets and distributes products through a direct distribution organization and a network of independent distributors from foreign affiliates. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Alachua, FL.

New England Healthcare Institute operates as a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization composed of stakeholders from across all key sectors of health and health care. The company was founded by Henri A. Termeer in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Prominex, Inc. manufactures molecular diagnostic assays for infectious disease testing. The company was founded by Paul Thomas and Paul Gargan in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America provides pharmaceutical research and biotechnology services. It represents the country’s biopharmaceutical research companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered Washington, DC.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.