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Cormark Securities Inc. (Cormark) is an independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in Calgary. The firm was founded in 1981 as Sprott Securities, Inc. Cormark Securities provides execution and comprehensive coverage of Canadian listed companies to domestic and international institutional investors. They focus on Canadian-listed, mid-cap and emerging growth companies.

EACOM Timber Corp. engages in the manufacture and distribution of lumber and wood-based products, and the management of forest resources. It offers stud grade lumber, dimension lumber, machine-stress rated lumber, specialty lumber and engineered woods. The company was founded by Hassan Salari on April 2, 1980 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Teal Valley Health, Inc. operates as a cannabis company. It engages in the identification, evaluation, and acquisition of interests in healthcare assets and businesses, with a focus on the Canadian medical cannabis sector. The company was founded on August 30, 1994 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Aptamera, Inc. develops drugs designed to attack cancer. The company is based in Louisville, KY. Aptamera was acquired by Sarossa Capital Ltd. on March 19, 2005 for $21.40 million. The company was founded by Donald Miller, John O. Trent, Paula J. Bates, Tyree G. Wilburn.

Microbion Corp. develops topical microbial therapeutic products. It safeguards human health by overcoming infections, antibiotic resistance, and microbial biofilms with safe, effective anti-infective products. The firm is developing MBN-101 as the first product in a new class for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant and difficult to treat infections. The company was founded by Brett H. Baker and is headquartered in Bozeman, MT.

Synaptive Medical, Inc. develops medical equipment and applications for neurosurgery. Its products include birghtmatter plan, guide, drive, vision and imagedrive. The firm?s solutions offer state-of-the-art technologies, including advanced surgical planning, navigation and visualization. The company was founded by Cameron Piron in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with ten colleges emphasizing career education and experiential learning. It was founded in 1829 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Rochester Medical Center operates a medical center which offers healthcare, education and research services. It offers funding in biochemistry, microbiology and immunology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, oral biology and musculoskeletal research services. The firm’s departments include AIDS Center, Audiology and Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute. The company was founded by Abraham Flexner and Benjamin Rush Rhees in 1921 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

LifeSciences British Columbia is a non-profit organization, which engages in supporting and representing the life science community through leadership, investment, advocacy, and promotion. It ensures that no life sciences sector is working in isolation and that all sectors come together in a comprehensive, complementary, and coordinated fashion. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

BIOTECanada serves as a national association for Canada's health, industrial and agricultural biotechnology sectors. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Ltd. (LOM) is an independent Canadian broker/dealer firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1970, the firm combines objective research and value-added financing ideas with institutional sales, trading and investment banking. They are a provider of value-added North American research. LOM focuses exclusively on advising small and mid-cap companies, with a strong focus on select emerging growth companies in industries that include Technology, Healthcare, and Mining.

The American Physiological Society is a global organization with nearly 10,000 scientists and educators from various disciplines. The private company is based in Bethesda, MD. The company is a leader in expanding knowledge related to biological function. The American Physiological Society connects this multidisciplinary community of professionals from around the world.

Sentinelle technology is developed by clinicians for clinicians and has evolved over ten years and more than 10000 patient trials. Its products come out of diagnostic imaging research initially conducted at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto Medical Biophysics department, and continuing over the past three years at Sentinelle. Its ongoing collaboration with academic institutions ensures Sentinelle technology is at the leading edge of the field of breast MRI imaging advances. Sentinelle develops products for General Electric Healthcare, Siemens Medical Solutions and Toshiba Medical Systems. Sentinelle Medical Inc., established in 2004, is a private company based in Toronto, Canada.

XORTX Pharma Corp. engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies for rare diseases. It develops cardio-vascular medications for the treatment of rare diseases such as autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, hereditary hypouricemia, cystic fibrosis as well as large market diseases such as hypertension, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and diabetic nephropathy. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Renaissance BioScience Corp. is a bioengineering private company based in Vancouver, Canada. The Canadian company specializes in microbial bioengineering innovation and develop market-ready, functional microorganisms for various industries such as agriculture, food and beverage, health, and energy. Renaissance BioScience's proprietary strain collections, breeding knowledge, fermentation, and screening platforms are used to engineer and deliver unique, scalable solutions for industry and academia. The company's technologies have created products that impact millions of people worldwide, including acrylamide-reducing yeast for safer foods and H2S-preventing wine yeast. More information about the Renaissance group of companies is available on their website. The company was founded by John Husnik and Maurice Boucher, and John Husnik has been the CEO since incorporation.

Lexington Biosciences Holdings Corp. engages in the development and commercialization of non-invasive cardiovascular health monitoring products to allow predictive diagnosis of future cardiovascular events. The company was founded by Bradley Hoeppner on April 12, 2016 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Amphp, Inc. provides performance and recovery lotion. It offers PR Lotion product that gives the body more bicarb (a natural electrolyte) to help muscles perform. The company was founded by Jeff Byers and Erica Good and is headquartered in Park City, UT.

Northview LifeSciences (Northview LifeSciences) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Doug Janzen and Anne Michelle Stevens. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.