Sheila DeWitt

Hi/fn, Inc. provides network and storage security and data reduction products to network and storage equipment. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Primarion, Inc. engages in providing digital power solutions. Its products include integrated power stages and digital power management controllers. The company was founded in January, 2000 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Anchor Therapeutics, Inc. designs and develops peptide modulators of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The firm engages in developing and licensing pepducin technology as a research tool for drug development; and pepducin drug candidates and novel molecules that are intended for targeting GPCR to allosterically modulate GPCR signaling. Its pepducin lipopeptides are designed to allosterically modulate internal cell signaling via specific interactions with intracellular GPCR domains. The company also focuses on developing its pepducin technology for creating new treatment options for regenerative medicine, diabetes, inflammation, and cancer. Anchor Therapeutics was founded by Thomas J. McMurry and Athan Kuliopulos in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Allegro Diagnostics Corp. develops and commercializes molecular diagnostics system. It focuses on lung cancer and other pulmonary diseases using proprietary gene expression technology originating within the Pulmonary Center at the Boston University School of Medicine. The company was founded by Jerome S. Brody and Avrum Spira on April 20, 2007 and is headquartered in Maynard, MA.

Abraxis Health is establishing as a fully-integrated, next-generation, evidence-based, and personalized healthcare company. It plans to develop a proprietary model for the delivery of healthcare. Abraxis Health is designing and acquiring the necessary infrastructure and plans to acquire and internally develop the hardware and software modules to organize and integrate the data streams that form the foundation of an interactive database. The firm will develop, test, and validate diagnostics and drugs to target pre-selected patients based on molecular profiles that predict drug response to particular therapeutics.

CEO Roundtable on Cancer, Inc. promotes activities to reduce cancer risk, enable early detection, facilitate better access to treatment and hasten the discovery. Its programs include CEO cancer gold standard, life sciences consortium and project data sphere. The company was founded by George H. W. Bush in 2001 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Massachusetts Biotechnology Council is a premier life sciences and healthcare hub with over 1,600 members dedicated to preventing, treating, and curing diseases through transformative science and technology. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA. MassBio works to advance policy and promote education while providing member programs, events, industry information, and services. The company's mission is to advance Massachusetts' leadership in the life sciences to grow the industry, add value to the healthcare system, and improve patient lives. Founded in 1985 by James P. Sherblom, the CEO is Kendalle Burlin O'Connell.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts LLC is a pharmaceutical company that provides free medicines and adult vaccines to qualified patients through their Merck Patient Assistance Program. The company is based in Boston, MA and is a part of Merck & Co., Inc. and its affiliates. The company also offers information about insurance coverage and financial assistance options for eligible patients. The company conducts clinical trials and provides medical information covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine through their Merck Manuals. Additionally, they report on their commitment to operating responsibly to benefit society through their corporate responsibility program, which includes their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report. Merck for Mothers is an initiative to create a world where no woman has to die giving life.

Tyrogenex, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops dual vascular endothelial growth factor receptor and platelet-derived growth factor receptor inhibitors for wet age-related macular degeneration and solid tumors. Its compound targets the basic mechanisms of neovascular eye diseases, including angiogenesis, fibrosis and inflammation. The company was founded by Chris Liang, Teri Ardleigh Swift, and Sheridan G. Snyder and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Allergan GI Corp. develops peptide therapeutics for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. It provides RM-493 a small-peptide melanocortin-4 receptor agonist, for the treatment of obesity and diabetes, and RM-131 a small-peptide ghrelin agonist, for the treatment of diabetic gastro paresis and other gastrointestinal functional disorders. The company was founded by Bart Henderson and Elizabeth Stoner in 2008 and is headquartered in Madison, NJ.

Retrotope, Inc. operates as clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that develops drugs to treat degenerative diseases. It offers drugs and therapies to treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, mitochondrial myopathies and retinopathies diseases. The company was founded by Charles R. Cantor, Robert J. Molinari, and Mikhail S. Shchepinov in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

VDP LLC is a private company that manufactures and sells jewelry through online. The company is based in Rochester, MI.

Neurotez, Inc. opertaes as a corporation, which develops leptin product as a novel hormone replacement therapy for alzheimer’s disease. The company was founded by Nikolaos Tezapsidis in 2004 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Excellentia Global Partners is a life sciences investment bank that works with life science companies, medical device, diagnostic/proteomics companies. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company connects its life science clients with sources of capital in the venture capital and private equity arena. The CEO of the company is Keith M. Gottesdiener.

Viome Life Sciences, Inc. develops and provides health and fitness data services. It offers an artificial engines that analyze data and aggregate all the biological data it receives. The company was founded by Naveen Mahendra Kumar Jain and Deepak Savadatti in October 2016 and is headquartered in Los Alamos, NM.

Bluedot LLC provides information technology services. It serves to energy and health care Industries. The company was founded by Naveen Jain and Deepak Savadatti and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

CXL Ophthalmics LLC develops a treatment for eyecare. The company is based in Encinitas, CA. The CEO of the company is Michael D. Webb.

Iqure Pharma, Inc. is a biotech company that develops therapeutics for patients and physicians. The company is based in Wilmington, DE. The company was founded by Pawel Zolnierczyk, Henk de Wilde, Peter Schiemann, Anna Rzewuska. Pawel Zolnierczyk has been the CEO since incorporation.