Dmitry Samarsky

Galena Biopharma, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which develops and commercializes hematology and oncology therapeutics that address unmet medical needs. The company focuses on identifying and advancing therapeutic opportunities to improve cancer care from direct treatment of the disease to the reduction of its debilitating side effects. Its products include Abstral sublingual tablets and Zuplenz oral soluble film. The company was founded by Craig Mello on April 3, 2006 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Dharmacon, Inc. engages in the research and development for ribonucleic acid synthesis. Its products are gene editing, RNA interference, cDNAs and ORFs, transfection, and viral packaging. The company was founded by Stephen Scaringe in 1995 and is headquartered in Lafayette, CO.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of biomedical research services and science education programs. It funds grants to both institutions and individuals in support of a wide range of science and research-related initiatives, including precollege and undergraduate science education, pre- and post-doctoral research fellowships, and international research activities. The company was founded by Howard R. Hughes in 1953 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

Invitrogen develops, manufactures and markets research tools in kit form and provides other research products and services to corporate, academic and government entities. These research kits simplify and improve gene cloning, gene expression and gene analysis techniques.

Sequitur, Inc. provided drug discovery and disease research services. The company was headquartered in Huntington Beach, CA.

Part of Silence Therapeutics Plc, Silence Therapeutics GmbH is a German biotechnology company that develops RNAi-based drugs. The company is based in Berlin, Germany and was founded in 2014.