Kenneth P. Aron

ID Biomedical Corp. develops gene-based disease testing and subunit vaccines. It conducts research, development, manufacturing, sales, and marketing from its facilities in Canada and in the United States. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Founded in 1972 by Candace King, C.L. King & Associates, Inc. is a self-clearing, service-oriented broker/dealer and investment bank located in Albany, New York with additional offices in Boston and New York City. The firm delivers investment research, equity and fixed-income sales and trading, prime brokerage, investment advisor and clearing services to institutional and high net-worth clients and to other broker/dealers. For corporations, they underwrite securities and provide strategic advice in connection with mergers, acquisitions, strategic alternatives and valuation. C.L. King & Associates is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. C.L. King & Associates follows 120 names in 9 sectors. They seek to discover uncovered investment opportunities by seeking out companies that may be ignored by other Wall Street research providers and by identifying value and growth that may be unrecognized by institutional equity investors. The firm provides comprehensive trading services including capital commitment, market making and listed block positioning for their institutional equity clients. C.L. King & Associates' fixed-income group focuses on trading fixed-income securities, primarily in the secondary market. They offer a broad cross section of agencies, convertibles, investment-grade corporates, mortgage-backed securities, municipals, CDs and preferred stock to other broker/Dealers and institutional investors. The firm's investment banking group provides strategic M&A advice and capital raising services to emerging and mid-cap companies, both public and private. In addition, they act as a WBE underwriter in stock and bond offerings by large corporate issuers. C.L. King & Associates' corporate services group offers specialized services to assist corporate clients and their executives in handling delicate stock holding matters. Their services include guiding clients through restricted stock/rule 144 transactions, developing customized rule 10b5-1 trading plans and managing corporate share repurchase programs. The firm's equity research is based on a fundamental, value-oriented approach that focuses on small- and mid-cap companies. The firm offers research on the following sectors: special situations, building materials companies, specialty retail/apparel/footwear, industrials/cyclicals, restaurants/franchising, business services/staffing companies, telecommunications equipment and medical technology/devices/supplies.

C3 Jian, Inc. operates as a biotechnological research and development company. It provides development and commercialization of pathogen-specific and antimicrobials that treat and prevent diseases caused by microbial dysbiosis. The company is headquartered in Marina del Rey, CA.

BioNex Solutions, Inc. develops instrumentation and integrated systems for laboratory automation applications in biopharmaceutical, biotech, academic research and clinical laboratories. It offers Automation, Robotics, Control Software, Manufacturing and Engineering products. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

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.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Resonac Holdings Corp., MAST Immunosystems, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing quality allergy care through their comprehensive panel test for environmental and food allergens called OPTIGEN® Allergen-Specific IgE Assay. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company also offers the OPTIGEN® Multiplex Allergen-Specific IgE Assay and the AP3600™ Fully-Automated System for OPTIGEN Allergy. MAST Immunosystems was acquired by Resonac Corp., part of Resonac Holdings Corp. from April 20, 2020 on November 04, 1996 for $40 million.

Part of Incyte Corp., Hexagen Plc develops technology for the discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms. The British company was founded by Andrew Peter Sandham, Stephen William Bunting. Hexagen was acquired by Incyte Corp. on September 22, 1998 for $25.99 million.

Zoetis Denmark ApS designs and manufactures diagnostic cartridges based on micro fluidic technology. Its technology enables veterinarians to obtain critical diagnostic information on their patients. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Farum, Denmark.

HealthpointCapital LLC (HealthpointCapital) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Mortimer Berkowitz and John C. McCormick. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Unisil, Inc. manufactures stone, clay and glass products. The company is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Eurofins DiscoverX Corp. develops, manufactures, and commercializes reagents and complete cell-based assay kits and provides profiling and screening services as well as other turnkey solutions for the drug discovery, screening, and life science markets. Its products include cell lines, target engagement assays, biochemical assays, detection reagents, cell culture kits, reagents, and consumables, ligands, and inhibitors, and retroviruses and cloning vectors. The company was founded by Pyare Khanna and Fabrice Plasson in January 2000 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Lifescan, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and market of blood glucose monitoring products. Its portfolio includes personal blood glucose meters, testing strips, lancets, point of care testing systems and integrated digital solutions. The company was founded by Gary H. Stroy in 1981 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Bobutong Hangzhou Network Technology Co. Ltd. offers software solutions to protect, measure and monetize premium audiovisual content across the Internet and on all screens. It offers VideoTracker that tracks and measures tasks to stop the unauthorized publication of digital content across various media platforms; and MediaWise, an automated audiovisual identification system that enables publishers capitalize on online media to eliminate copyright infringements. The company was founded in 2005 by Yangbin Wang and Jian Lu and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

The BioIndustry Association is a UK-based organization that represents the life sciences and biotech industry. The British company's mission is to facilitate and connect the ecosystem to help businesses start, grow, and deliver world-changing innovation. The non-profit company was founded by Cormac G. Kilty and Simon Geoffrey Best, and Steve Bates has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Vobile, Inc. operates as an investment company Vehicle. The firm provides video and audio content protection, measurement, and monetization services. It offers videotracker that tracks and measures tasks to stop the unauthorized publication of digital content across various media platforms. The company was founded by Yangbin Wang and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

C3J Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It focuses on the discovery and development of novel targeted antimicrobials-synthetic bacteriophage and antimicrobial peptides. The company was founded by Randal Eckert, Maxwell H. Anderson and Wenyuan Shi in 2005 and is headquartered in Marina del Rey, CA.

Bryologyx, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company focused on treating cancer immunotherapies. The company was founded by Thomas M. Loarie, John H. Abeles, Paul A. Wender and Sam Kongsamut and is headquartered in Danville, CA.