Rolf O. Ehrhardt

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It offers pharmaceutical drugs, pharmaceutical instruments, and diagnostics solutions. The company was founded by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche on October 1, 1896 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Nodality, Inc. develops bioinformatics tools to enhance drug development process. Its technology profiles signaling networks in single cells by multiparametric phospho-flow cytometry. The company was founded by Michael C. Needels, Omar D. Perez, Garry P. Nolan and Rodney Weldon Turner in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Stemina Biomarker Discovery, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of molecular biomarkers to improve drug safety and human health. Its products and services include Cardio quickPredict, devTOX quickPredict, and TOXquickPredict. The company was founded by Elizabeth L. R. Donley and Gabriela G. Cezar in November 2006 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

BioHelix Corp. operates as a molecular diagnostic company, that develops nucleic acid technologies for molecular diagnostics. The firm focuses on the development of simple molecular diagnostic tests for the near patient setting. It offers in vitro diagnostic products, such as IsoAmp, an herpes simplex viruses (HSV) assay test for the direct, qualitative detection of HSV DNA in male and female genital and oral lesions. The company was founded by Huimin Kong in 2004 and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

BioCision LLC operates as a life science research and development company. Its products include cell cryopreservation systems, sample cooling, freezing, snap-freezing, ice-free cooling systems, tube temperature and plate temperature management, support platforms, sample transport, cryostorage boxes, cryogenic vials, ice pans and buckets and other accessories. The firm’s products protect temperature-sensitive therapeutics, biological samples and biomaterials. The company was founded by Brian Schryver and Rolf O. Ehrhardt in 2007 and is headquartered in San Rafael, CA.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

VWR International LLC engages in the supply and distribution of laboratory equipment. It offers products in the areas of research and development, production, life science, healthcare, safety and industrial, controlled environment, furniture, chromatography, food and beverage analysis, and office supplies. The company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA.

Magellan Diagnostics, Inc. develops diagnostic laboratory products. It products include LeadCare II System and LeadCare Ultra. The firm's services encompass blood lead and zinc protoporphyrin analysis. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in North Billerica, MA.

Biotix, Inc. develops and manufactures laboratory consumables and liquid handling solutions for life science, clinical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology laboratories. It specializes in pipette tip innovation and engineering tips that improve accuracy, precision, and ergonomics. The firm offers pipettes, tubes, manual and automatic tips for robotic applications, custom engineering, assembly and kitting, reagent reservoirs, and plates. The company was founded by Arta Motadel in 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

New York Academy of Sciences is an independent, not-for-profit organization, which engages in the advancement of scientific research, education, and policy. The company was founded in 1817 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. ASM's membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 39,000 members today, with more than one third located outside. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators.

Adarza BioSystems, Inc. develops and manufacturers a multiplex immunoassay technology that can identify proteins and genetic markers in medical specimens. The firm operates as a medical diagnostics company which also develops a rapid and label-free biological assay platform for measuring clinical and point-of-care samples and also its technology allows hundreds of tests to be run simultaneously on a single chip. The company was founded by Benjamin L. Miller, Randolph R. Henke, Terry Gronwall and Christopher C. Striemer in 2008 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Life Technologies Corp. provides products in the areas of scientific research, genetic analysis and applied sciences. Its brands include Invitrogen, Applied Biosystems, Gibco, Molecular Probes, Noves, Ambion and Ion Torrent. The firm’s portfolio includes the most cited products and technologies in qPCR, capillary electrophoresis sequencing, nextgeneration sequencing, molecular diagnostics, forensics, cell culture and analysis, and agriculture research. The company was founded on November 21, 2008 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Biotix Holdings, Inc. manufactures life science consumables. Its products include pipe tips, centrifuge and PCR tubes and plates, and other consumable laboratory tools, as well as develops liquid handling technologies for life science applications. The company was founded on March 11, 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Roche Diagnostics develops test and diagnostic solutions in vitro to serve the patients. The company was founded on February 4, 1991 and is headquartered in Meylan, France.

AYOXXA Biosystems GmbH operates as a biotechnology firm. Its lunaris technology is the optimal analysis platform for the pre-clinical and clinical development work. The firm offers In-situ encoded bead array, a multiplexed protein analysis platform that allows users to measure proteins and biomolecular analytes. The company was founded by Dieter Trau and Andreas Schmidt in 2010 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

Congenica Ltd. develops genome-based discovery and diagnostic technologies. It uses Sapientia technology platform, which allows genome scale DNA sequence data to be presented within a clinically actionable diagnostic report. The company was founded by Matthew Hurles, Richard Durbin and Philip Beales in 2013 and is headquartered in Hinxton, the United Kingdom.

Nucleix Ltd. develops, manufactures and markets non-invasive molecular cancer diagnostic tests. Its product Bladder EpiCheck is a urine test for monitoring of bladder cancer. The firm provides diagnostic tests for lung and colorectal cancer detection from blood samples, using its proprietary and highly innovative technology. The company was founded by Adam Wasserstrom, Dan Frumkin, and Elon A. Ganor in 2008 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

Seven Point Equity Partners LLC (Seven Point Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Tom Burchill and Mark Kammert. The firm is headquartered in Connecticut, United States.

Cambridge Innovation Capital Ltd (Cambridge Innovation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

GestVision, Inc. provides care diagnostic test for preeclampsia. The firm delivers insights for safer pregnancies beginning with a diagnostic for preeclampsia, a poorly understood pregnancy- related condition. It is developing a point of care diagnostic product that provides essential information to OBGYNs for improving patient management and outcomes. The company was founded in 2014 by Wendy L. Davis and is headquartered in Groton, CT.

Apton Biosystems, Inc. engages in the provision of health care services with focus on biotechnology business. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Spinomix SA develops a software technology platform. The private company is based in Lausanne, Switzerland and has subsidiaries in Switzerland.

Fore Biotherapeutics, Inc. develops tumor specific driver mutations. It offers fully automated live-cell screening from NGS data. The company was founded by Haim Gil-Ad and Yoram Altschuler in 2011 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

MOBILion Systems, Inc. offers paradigm-shifting platform technology. It will Develop a cost effective analytical system with a small footprint, high throughput, ultra-high sensitivity and selectivity enabling use in commercial applications unattainable by conventional ion mobility separation devices. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in , Chadds Ford, PA.

Sense Biodetection Ltd. provides molecular diagnostics research services. It focuses on improving healthcare decisions and processes by developing novel, user-centred, handheld tests in the fields of infections and oncology. The company was founded by Harry John Lamble and Ralph Lamble in 2014 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

DNA Script engages in the provision of research and development in biotechnology. It manufactures synthetic deoxyribonucleic acid using enzymatic technology. The company was founded by Thomas Ybert, Sylvain Gariel and Xavier Godron in 2014 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Inflammatix, Inc. operates molecular diagnostics company which develops rapid tests that read the immune system. The firm specializes in molecular diagnostics, biotechnology, computational immunology, in-vitro diagnostics, personalized medicine and bioinformatics. The company was founded by Purvesh Khatri, Jonathan Romanowsky and Timothy Sweeney and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.