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Part of GWA LLC, Quaker Partners LLC is a venture capital fund. The company is based in Hartford, CT.

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP provides legal services. It offers services in the areas of private equity, technology, intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, commercial litigation, and insurance & reinsurance litigation. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Phoenix S&T, Inc. develops and sells injection molded nanospray devices. It offers and markets high-throughput, robust manual and automated micro/nanospray single and dual-column sources, as well as column heaters, column heat controllers, and non-clogging nanospray emitters to deliver excellent micro/nanoLC/MS performance in proteomics and biomarker discovery research. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chester, PA.

JDP Therapeutics Inc. is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary product candidates for the treatment of life threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, principally for use in the hospital and urgent care settings. The company was founded by Jie Du in 2009 and is headquartered in Lansdale, PA.

MBF Therapeutics, Inc. develops and provides veterinary oncology products. It develops and commercializes proprietary checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy technology based on vaccines and vaccine adjuvants. The company was founded by Thomas Tillett and Travis Meredith in 2008 and is headquartered in Ambler, PA.

Part of Material Sciences Corp., CPSI, Inc. designs and manufactures transparent conductive oxide coatings for use in electroluminescent lamp and touch screen applications. The company is based in Santa Rosa, CA.

Protez Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. It develops antibiotics for infections & provides research service on intravenous & oral small molecule antibiotics to chronic and recurrent infections. The company was founded by Klaus Esser, Luigi Xerri & Christopher M. Cashman in 2003 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

University City Science Center provides physical space, resources and other support to the community. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Life Sciences Pennsylvania (LSPA) is a trade association that represents various entities in the life sciences industry, including biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, research, and investment companies, as well as service providers. The non-profit company is based in Wayne, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The organization unifies innovators in the state to make Pennsylvania a leader in the life sciences industry. Founded in 1989, LSPA aims to create a business and public policy environment that encourages and incentivizes the diverse life sciences economy in Pennsylvania. Christopher P. Molineaux has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

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.

Noble Biomaterials, Inc. provides bacterial management solutions. It develops, manufactures, sells and markets antimicrobial technologies designed to manage all forms of bacterial contamination for medical, defense, industrial and consumer markets. The firm also manufactures its own line of wound care bandages and dressing and markets them under the brands SilverSeal, CircuiteX, and ContaX. The company was founded in 1997 by Joel M. Furey and William F. McNally and is headquartered in Scranton, PA.

Part of Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Laboratories Ltd. is a British company that manufactures, develops and sells pharmaceutical and nutritional products. The company is based in Maidenhead, UK and was founded in 1937.

Melmark, Inc. engages in the provision of residential, educational, therapeutic, and recreational services for children and adults with developmental disabilities. It offers programs and services for children and young adult, and adults. The company was founded by Paul Krentel and Mildred Krentel in 1966 and is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

Vyome Therapeutics, Inc. develops research-based dermatology pharmaceutical solutions. It also develops drugs for antibiotics-resistant acne and other pathogens through a pipeline of antibiotics that retard resistance development. The company was founded by Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale, Rajeev Mantri, Venkateswarlu Nelabhotla, and Shiladitya Sengupta in August 2010 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Thetis Pharmaceuticals LLC is a biopharmaceutical company. It improves the lives of patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases. The company’s proprietary HEALER™ technology platform enables the pharmaceutical development of bioactive lipids, including resolving and other fatty acids, that actively regulate inflammation resolution and tissue repair. Its technologies are pro-resolving lipids and intellectual property. The company was founded by Frank C. Sciavolino, Banavara L. Mylari and Gary Mathias in 2011 and is headquartered in Southport, CT.

Hsiri Therapeutics LLC engages in the discovering and developing therapies for infections due to drug resistant bacteria. Its research efforts are focuses on two major areas including infections due to mycobacteria and infections due to usual bacterial pathogens. The firm also developing compounds aimed at traditional bacterial infections caused by drug resistant bacteria. The company was founded by Dennis F. Willson and is headquartered in Media, PA.

CereVasc, Inc. engages in healthcare services. Ito focuses on the development of novel, minimally invasive treatments for patients with neurological diseases. The company was founded by Dan Levangie, Patrick Sullivan, Carl Heilman, and Adel Malek and is headquartered in Auburndale, MA.

NP-C Therapeutics LLC develops pharmaceutical products for treatment of Niemann-Pick Type C disease. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

AsclepiX Therapeutics LLC engages in biologics and drug development technology. It specializes in anti-angiogenesis therapy, ophthalmology, oncology, and immunology. The company was founded by Jordan J. Green and Aleksander S. Popel and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Perceptive Advisors (Private Equity) (Perceptive Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of Perceptive Advisors LLC founded in 1999 by Joseph Eric Edelman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Xontogeny LLC operates biotech aggregator company. The firm offers entrepreneurs with guidance and operational support in drug and technology development. The company was founded by Christopher Nishan Garabedian and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Quellis Biosciences, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Zucara Therapeutics, Inc. develops and manufactures drug therapy for hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes people. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Vivonoetics, Inc. data analysis consulting and software company that engages in the manufacturing of wearable sensor physiological monitoring solutions for research and clinical trials. The company is headquartered in Newport Coast, CA.

Bioharmony Therapeutics, Inc. develops lysin-based antimicrobial therapeutics for patients with multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacterial infections. The company was founded Chandrabali Ghose in July 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Grays Ferry GP LLC (Grays Ferry Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Jeffrey Cheung and Vincent Wong. Grays Ferry Capital is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Forge Biologics, Inc. operates as a gene therapy development engine, focused on enabling access to life changing gene therapies. The firm is a viral vector gene therapy manufacturing and development company with the dual platform of CDMO capabilities and the development of proprietary gene therapy products. The company was founded by Timothy J. Miller and Jaysson Eicholtz and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Forge Biologics Holdings LLC engages in the provision of biotechnology services. The company is headquartered in Grove City, OH.