Vartan E. Ghazarossian

Baxter Healthcare Corp. develops, manufactures, and distributes hospital supplies and medical technologies. It distributes medical treatment options for conditions such as hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, cancer, and trauma. The company was founded on June 21, 1967 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Inamed Corp. developed and manufactured breast implants, wrinkle prevention & obesity solutions. Its products were available through its two business divisions: INAMED Aesthetics, and INAMED Health. The company offered breast implants for augmentation, reconstruction surgeries, invasive surgeries for sustained weight loss and other dermal products to correct facial wrinkles. INAMED was headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Scios Inc. developed, manufactured, and commercialized pharmaceuticals for conditions such as cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded in 1981 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. Its products include Ninlaro and Velcade. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Lumisys, Inc. makes develops lighting solutions. The company makes products for integrated switching, retro-fit, demand response dimming, telephone override and many more. It was founded in 1985 and is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Quantum Dot Corp. develops and markets novel solutions for biomolecular detection. Its products and services employ quantum dot particles, tiny semiconductor crystals that emit light brightly in a range of sharp colors. The company was founded by Bala Manian in 1998 and is located in Hayward, CA.

Accellix, Inc. develops in-vitro diagnostic systems. Its Accellix platform is an affordable tabletop diagnostic device with single-use assay cartridges that does not require extensive training nor involve complex operational processes. The firm’s product is an application for the rapid identification of sepsis, a condition associated with high morbidity and mortality with no existing rapid diagnostic test. The company was founded in 2009 by Julien Meissonnier and Harvey Kasdan and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

ForSight VISION5, Inc. develops ocular drug delivery technologies and device solutions for ophthalmic diseases. It engages in the development of non-invasive products to replace eye drops and provide sustained therapy for major anterior segment eye diseases including glaucoma, dry eye, and allergy. Its lead product candidate is the Helios insert, a novel, non-invasive delivery system designed to allow glaucoma and ocular hypertensive patients to continually receive their medication. The company was founded by Eugene de Juan Jr., J. Andrew Corley and K. Angela Macfarlane in 2010 and is headquartered in Madison, NJ.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Merck KGaA, First Medical, Inc. is a company that manufactures blood sample analysis equipment. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. First Medical was acquired by Sigma-Aldrich Corp., part of Merck KGaA from November 19, 2015 on July 24, 2000.

Part of Synopsys, Inc., Mojave, Inc. develops integrated circuit manufacturability and verification technology. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded in 2002 by Vivek Raghavan, Casey Jones, Murat Alaybeyi. Mojave was acquired by Magma Design Automation LLC on April 29, 2004 for $140 million.

SurroMed, Inc. provides pharmaceutical research. It focuses on discovering & applying biomarkers to improve the drug discovery and development process and enable the precise diagnosis and personalized treatment of disease. The company's research process yields biological markers and information that enable accelerated, cost-efficient discovery and development of new therapeutic products, as well as development of diagnostic tests for early disease detection, disease staging, patient stratification, guiding and monitoring therapy. SurroMed was founded in 1997 and is located in Menlo Park, CA.

Rinat Neuroscience Corp. manufactures and markets drugs for treating neurological diseases. The company was founded by Arnon Rosenthal and Patrick G. Lynn on November 21, 2000 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

DigitalOptics Corp. manufactures photonic chipTM optical. It components and optical subassemblies for use in a variety of industries, such as aerospace, consumer devices, data storage, medical devices, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, sensors and vision systems. The company was founded in 1980 by Bala Manian and Michael R. Feldman and is located in Charlotte, NC.

ForSight Labs LLC operates as an ophthalmic technology incubator. It focuses on developing and applying solutions to improve the sight, care, and quality of life of visually impaired patients. The company was founded by Eugene de Juan, Hanson S. Gifford and Henry A. Plain in 2005 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

ReaMetrix India Pvt Ltd. provides biotechnology research services. The company was founded on January 17, 2002 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.