Robin Oegerle

Centocor, Inc. manufactures healthcare products. Its products include avakine & reopro. The company was founded in 1979 by Hubert J. P. Schoemaker & Michael A. Wall and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

Oculex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures and develops drugs. The company focuses on developing and manufacturing novel drug delivery systems that resolve the problems associated with treatment of inflammation following cataract surgery and diseases of the eye. It is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. is a company that manufactures pharmaceutical preparations. The company is based in Clayton, NC.

The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) is a public charity founded in 1998 by Ronald Steven Lauder, Leonard Alan Lauder, and Howard Fillit. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The ADDF is dedicated to accelerating the discovery of drugs to prevent, treat, and cure Alzheimer's disease. The company is the only public charity solely focused on funding the development of drugs for Alzheimer's, using a venture philanthropy model to support research in academia and the biotech industry. The ADDF has awarded over $209 million to fund over 690 Alzheimer's drug discovery programs, biomarker programs, and clinical trials in 19 countries. The CEO is Mark Roithmayr.

BioNJ, Inc. is based in Trenton, NJ. BioNJ, Inc. is a life sciences trade association with nearly 400 member companies. The company supports the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies and cures that save and improve lives. BioNJ drives capital formation, fosters entrepreneurship, advocates for medical innovation, provides access to talent and education, and offers critical commercial resources. The company also serves as a clearinghouse for funding information and opportunities. The company was founded in 1994 by James J. Marino, Jayne C. Gershkowitz, Abraham Abuchowski. The CEO is Debbie Hart.

Psychogenics, Inc. specializes in preclinical neurobiology solutions. It offers animal models, behavioral tests, histology/immunohistochemistry, microdialysis/bioanalysis, electrophysiology, molecular biology and pharmacology. The company was founded by Eric Nestler, Benjamin S. Bunney and Daniel Goodman and is headquartered in Paramus, NJ.

J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. operates as a not-for-profit genomics research organization. It conducts research on human genomic medicine, infectious diseases, plant genomics, microbial and environmental genomics, synthetic biology and biological energy, bioinformatics, and software engineering. The firm also develops a suite of software packages for sequencing/assembly, gene finding, annotation, genome analysis, microarray data analysis and normalization, protein expression quantitation, computational management, and cloud-based bioinformatics. The company was founded by J. Craig Venter and Hamilton O. Smith in October 2006 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Colby is transitioning to a clinical stage drug development company. The company was launched as a Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) spin-out and is strategically aligned with leading clinicians and drug discovery scientists at the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center (UWCCC). Colby is accessing data from funded grants and private investment to develop its therapeutic drugs for therapy-resistant and hypoxic conditions. Colby's lead drugs have unique mechanisms of action and target specific pathways. The company is focused on clinical development of its lead drugs, CPC-100 and -200, in patients with recurrent PCa and other solid tumors, respectively. In 2010, Colby plans to launch a Phase I/IIa study of CPC-100 in men with PCa who fail Androgen Depletion Therapy, as evidenced by rising PSA levels. CPC-200 is being scheduled for a Phase I/IIa in men with high-risk tumors. Colby's two pipeline drugs, CPC-300 and CPC-410 for therapy-resistant metastatic and hypoxic tumors are in late pre-clinical development and are funded by federal grants, including an awarded Colby SBIR grant and by private investors. The Company has demonstrated safety of its lead drugs following efficacy studies in rodents and toxicology studies in mice, rats, and dogs.