Stephen M. Chang

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Canji, Inc. is a gene therapy research company. The company is based in San Diego, CA. Canji was acquired by Schering-Plough Corp., part of Merck & Co., Inc. from November 03, 2009 on February 02, 1996 for $54.50 million.

Schering-Plough Research Institute provides pharmaceutical research. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Stemgent, Inc. develops technology and application solutions for the advancement of stem cell research. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Histogen, Inc. is a regenerative medicine company. It focuses on developing patented technologies that replace and regenerates tissues in the body. The firm's applications include hair stimulating complex, matrix regeneration, and skin care. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Asterand Biosciences, Inc. provided stem cell research products. It offered proprietary reagents and tools developed by stem cell scientists. The firm's products included small molecules for pluripotency, self-renewal and differentiation, viral-delivered transcription factors, matrices, cell lines, cytokines, antibodies and transfection reagents. The company was founded by Ian W. Ratcliffe, Stephen M. Chang and Sheng Ding in 2006 and headquartered in Detroit, MI.