Karin Eastham

Genoptix, Inc. provides specialized oncology diagnostics services. It offers a range of customizable clinical trial, custom assay development and companion diagnostics development services. The company was founded in 1999 by Tina S. Nova and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Trius Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company which focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative antibiotics for life-threatening infections. It engages in developing tedizolid phosphate an intravenous, or IV, and oral antibiotic, for the treatment of serious gram-positive bacterial infections, initially for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, ABSSSI, and subsequently for other indications, including pneumonia. ABSSSI is a new classification for complicated skin and skin structure infections, or cSSSI. Tedizolid phosphate is an IV and orally administered second generation oxazolidinone. The company develops antibiotics for gram-negative infections. Trius Therapeutics was founded by John Finn and John P. Schmid in June 2004, and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of University of California, UCSD Moores Cancer Center provides clinical and medical research services for cancer treatment. The company is based in La Jolla, CA.

The San Diego Symphony performs and conducts concerts and musical orchestra. It also provides corporate sponsorship, outreach programs, and ticket purchasing services. The company was founded on December 6, 1910 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute conducts and translates biological research programs. The firm offers tumor initiation and maintenance, cancer metabolism and signaling network, tumor microenvironment and cancer immunology, degenerative disease, development/aging/regeneration, immunity and pathogenesis, human genetic, cardiovascular metabolism, integrative metabolism, metabolism genomic control, bioinformatics and structural biology programs. The company was founded by William Fishman and Lillian Fishman in 1976 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Diversa searches high and low for DNA. In its quest to develop new enzymes and other active biological compounds, the biotechnology company collects and catalogs the DNA of organisms in diverse environments (from manure piles to tropical islands). A variety of manufacturers license these compounds from the firm to develop or improve their products, which include detergents, oils, animal feeds, and pharmaceuticals. Diversa's products include enzymes for the oil and gas industry

CombiChem, Inc. used to provide computational drug recovery services to accelerate the discovery process for new drugs and chemical compounds. The company was founded in 1994 and headquartered in San Diego, CA

Roche Diagnostics Corp. develops and manufactures diagnostic products. It offers anticoagulation management, blood gas and electrolytes, cholesterol and urinalysis products. The firm provides a broad portfolio of tools that help healthcare providers in the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV, HIV, heart failure and diabetes, as well as other medical conditions, such as fertility and blood coagulation. Its products and services uses by researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals and laboratories worldwide. The company was founded in 1964 by Willard Eason and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

AltheaDx, Inc. operates as a commercial stage molecular diagnostics company which specializes in pharmacogenetics. It focuses in depression and anxiety, clinical publications, and IDgenetix testing process. The company was founded by Francois Ferre and Magda Marquet and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Symix Systems, Inc., Pritsker Corp provides scheduling application software. The company is based in West Lafayette, IN. The company was founded by Dave B. Wortman.

Salmedix, Inc. develops oncology and small molecule drugs to treat hematological malignancies. The company's product, Treanda, is currently in Phase II clinical trials in the United States and Canada for the treatment of indolent (slowly progressing) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It was founded in 2000 and is located in San Diego, CA.

Molecular Probes, Inc. has manufactured fluorescence-based detection solutions for use in labeling molecules for biological research and drug discovery. The company was headquartered in Eugeme, OR.

Cyntellect, Inc. develops life science technologies. Its products supported key applications to advance life science research, biopharmaceutical production, and stem cell research and drug discovery. The company was founded by Paul R. Billings, Manfred R. Koller and Bernhard O. Palsson in 1997 and was headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Boehringer Mannheim Diagnostics Corp. develops and manufactures personal diagnostic devices. The company is based in Houston, TX.

San Diego Athena operates as a not-for-profit organization. It supports and develops women. The company was founded by Barbara Bry in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Vetica Labs, Inc. engages in other industry group. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.