Barton Finlay

Michael Smith Laboratories provides biotechnology research and training services. It investigates genetics in human, animals and plants, fermentation, bioprocess engineering and bioinformatics. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Vedanta Biosciences, Inc. develops microbial therapies that address the human immune system. It engages in the development of a new class of drugs that work by modulating the human microbiome, with an initial emphasis in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Ruslan Medzhitov, Alexander Rudensky, Brett Finlay, Kenya Honda, Dan Littman, Bernat Olle and David Steinberg in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Microbiome Insights, Inc. provides analysis and testing services for academic and industrial researchers. The firm’s services include experimental design consultation, sample extraction, nucleic acid processing and analysis as required (cdna generation, pcr, sequencing, etc.), basic data analysis, advanced data analysis, data and sample storage and submission to public databases. The company was founded by Malcolm C. Kendall, Barton B. Finlay and Bill Mohn in 2015 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research is the federal health research financing organization in Canada. The non-profit company is based in Ottawa, Canada. The organization's main focus is to fund health research projects across the country.

Inimex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of Innate Defense Regulators (IDRs). IDRs are novel drugs that selectively trigger the body's innate defenses, protecting against antibiotic-resistant infections and controlling inflammation. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.