Sharon Maher

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., SCIMED Life Systems, Inc. is a company that specializes in artery cleaning angioplasty catheters. The company is based in Osseo, MN. The company was founded by Lawrence L. Horsch. SCIMED Life Systems, Inc. (Minnesota) was acquired by Boston Scientific Corp. on February 27, 1995 for $865 million.

Alta Partners Management Co. LP (Alta Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Jean Deleage, Guy Paul Nohra, Marino Polestra and Garrett P. Gruener. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.

Trellis Bioscience, Inc. is discovers and develops novel human antibody therapeutics. It provides the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies from human B cells. The firm develops the CellSpot antibody discovery platform, which enables the identification of antibodies directly from human blood. The company was founded by Lawrence Kauvar and Stote Ellsworth in 1998 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Azelon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis. It develops parathyroid hormone analogs for the treatment of bone diseases, which are characterized by deficits in bone formation, including osteoporosis, orthopedic conditions and renal bone disease. The company was founded by Paul Morley and Godfrey Marchand in 2000 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

Sequella, Inc. develops antibiotic drugs resistant to bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections. It offers product for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Helicobacter pylori, Clostridium difficile, Nontuberculous mycobacteria, Trypanosomes, and fungal infections. The company was founded by Carol A. Nacy and Leo Einck in 1997 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Precise Light Surgical, Inc. develops a minimally invasive surgery technology platform. The firm’s flash vaporization technology provides unprecedented precision and control for the removal of delicate tissues to improve patient outcomes, reduce surgical risk and down time while lowering the treatment costs. The company was founded in October 2008 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

NeoVision Corp. manufactures surgical products. The company provides scanners, ultrasonic pulsed echo devices and other medical apparatus. It is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

ACIST Medical Systems, Inc. provides technology for contrast imaging system in the fields of cardiology and radiology. The company was founded by Robert F. Wilson in 1991 and is located in Eden Prairie, MN.

Part of Abbott Laboratories, Vascular Science, Inc. develops suture-free devices to facilitate coronary artery bypass grafting. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company was founded by Daniel J. Sullivan, Simon H. Stertzer, Rudy A. Mazzocchi. Vascular Science was acquired by St. Jude Medical LLC, part of Abbott Laboratories from January 05, 2017 on September 27, 1999 for $100 million.

Agensys, Inc. develops a pipeline of therapeutic fully human monoclonal atibodies (mAbs) to treat cancer. It develops a pipeline of naked and antibody-drug conjugated (ADC) therapeutic antibodies to treat cancer indications, including prostate, kidney, pancreas, ovary, bladder, lung, colon, breast, and skin. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

InterWest Partners LLC (InterWest Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1979 by Wally Hawley, Scott Hedrick and Gene Barth. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland provides healthcare services. It offers child life program, family outreach clinics, hand and microsurgery, parent infant programs, pastoral care, neurosurgery, injury prevention programs and respiratory care services. The company was founded by Bertha Wright in 1912 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Estech Systems, Inc. designs and develops business telephone systems and software. Its products include ESI Communications Servers, which support both digital and IP technologies. The firm serves public and private sectors. The company was founded by Eric G. Suder in 1987 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Easton Capital Investment Group (Easton) is a Venture Capital firm which is founded in 2000 by John H. Friedman. The firm is headquartered in New York ,US.

Promedior, Inc. is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, which engages in the development of targeted therapeutics to treat fibrotic diseases. Its proprietary therapeutic platform is based upon Pentraxin-2, an endogenous human protein that plays an important role in regulating the response to fibrosis. The company was founded by Gomer H. Richard, Lawrence M. Kauvar, and Darrell Pilling in April 2006 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

PlaySpan, Inc. is a payment company. Its payments platform handles transactions for digital goods in online games, digital media, and social networks around the world. The company was founded by Arjun Mehta, Karl Mehta and Alexander Harry Fries in 2006 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures, develops therapeutics for the treatment of scarring and fibrotic disorders. The company was founded by John Gordon Foulkes and Nicholas M. Dean in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

InnFocus, Inc. operates as an ophthalmology company that provides products for glaucoma surgery. Its product, InnFocus MicroShunt, is a glaucoma drainage implant consisting of a micro-tube twice the size of an eyelash. The company was founded by Leonard Pinchuk and John B. Martin Jr. in 2004 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

AliveCor, Inc. develops mobile heart monitoring system. It offers kardia mobile that provides people with suspected or diagnosed heart conditions, and those at risk of heart conditions. The company was founded by David E. Albert, Bruce Satchwell, and Kim Barnett and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Within3, Inc. provides digital collaboration solutions for the health and life sciences markets. Its technology enables its clients to convene and engage with groups of health professionals from around the world for collaboration within key programs, such as virtual advisory boards, steering committees, clinical trials, and other HCP engagement programs. The company was founded by Markus M. Heather and Brian N. Smith in 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Tigerconnect, Inc. provides secure mobile messaging services. It offers secure, real-time mobile messaging for the enterprise, empowering organizations to work more securely. The company serves healthcare, enterprise, personal and developers. The company was founded by Jeffrey Albert Evans, Andrew A. Brooks and Brad Brooks in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.