Steven Chang

Dravo Corp manufactures and supplies lime products. It activities include the production of construction aggregates and lime for industrial, utility, municipal and construction applications. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

LaunchCyte LLC (LaunchCyte) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Tom A.Petzinger and Barbara Bailey Carryer. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Crystalplex Corp. operates a biochemistry and diagnostics laboratory that specializes in nanotechnology for the life sciences industry. Its proprietary technology, SapphireTM QDs provides a stable crystal design, flexible polymer matrix morphology, and meets environmentally responsible yet demanding performance requirements for high-end consumer electronics applications such as liquid crystal display televisions, displays, and high-CRI architectural lighting. The company was founded by Thomas A. Petzinge Jr. in 2004 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Reaction Biology Corp. specializes in kinase and epigenetic HTS and profiling services. It offers radiolabeled biochemical assays available for multiple enzyme classes including: Kinase Assays, HMT Assays, and HDAC Assays. Its products include Methyltransferase, IDH proteins, Apoptosis, DNA Demethylation, Apoptosis and NQOs. The company was founded by Scott L. Diamond in 2001 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Knopp Neurosciences, Inc. operates as a drug discovery and development company. It focused on delivering breakthrough treatments in neurological disorders. It operates through three areas: inflammation discovery platform, mitochondrial discovery platform, and ion channel discovery platform. The company was founded by Gregory T. Hebrank in 2004 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Knopp Biosciences LLC engages in the operation of a drug discovery and development company. It offers dexpramipexole product, an orally bioavaliable small molecule in development treatment of asthma, eosinophil-associated disorders and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease. The company was founded by Robert Bowser and Gregory T. Hebrank in 2004 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Innovation Works, Inc. (Innovation Works) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Ben Franklin Technology Partners founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

The Wall Street Journal, Inc. publishes newspapers and periodicals. It covers international business, financial news, and issues of the United States. The company was established in 1889 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Life Sciences Pennsylvania (LSPA) is a trade association that represents various entities in the life sciences industry, including biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, research, and investment companies, as well as service providers. The non-profit company is based in Wayne, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The organization unifies innovators in the state to make Pennsylvania a leader in the life sciences industry. Founded in 1989, LSPA aims to create a business and public policy environment that encourages and incentivizes the diverse life sciences economy in Pennsylvania. Christopher P. Molineaux has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Part of Eli Lilly & Co., Lilly Research Laboratories is a company that engages in research and develops medicines. The company is based in Indianapolis, IN.

PROMETHERA Biosciences SA discovers, develops and commercializes cell therapy products to treat liver diseases. It operates as a pharmaceutical company that develops treatment based on allogeneic adult stem cell technology. The firm’s technology platform is based on a newly discovered cell type, isolated from normal human adult liver tissue: Heterologous Human Adult Liver Progenitor Cells (HHALPC). The company was founded by Etienne Marc Sokal and Eric Halioua on February 12, 2009 and is headquartered in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium.