Gene Cartwright

Nanosphere, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and market of molecular diagnostics platform. Its platform, Verigene System, enables clinicians to identify and treat bacteria and viruses responsible for some of the most complex, costly, and deadly infectious diseases. The company was founded by Chad A. Mirkin and Robert Letsinger on December 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is a non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of hospital health programs and services. It operates through the following business units: Provider Services, Insurance Services, UPMC International, and UPMC Enterprises. It also develops programs in transplantation, cancer, neurosurgery, psychiatry, orthopedics, and sports medicine. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

GE Healthcare, Inc. manufactures and distributes diagnostic imaging agents and radiopharmaceuticals for imaging modalities that are used in medical imaging procedures. It offers dyes that are used in magnetic-resonance-imaging procedures. The firm also manufactures medical diagnostic equipment including CT image machines. It develops healthcare technological solutions for medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Abbott Diagnostics, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells medical diagnostic instrument, test and automation products. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Omnyx LLC provides digital pathology workflow solutions. The firm delivers new digital pathology solutions for diagnostic medicine, and software and transformative consulting. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.