William T. Bodenhamer

ImClone LLC develops targeted biologic treatments designed for the medical needs of patients with tumors. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Bayer Corp. manufactures and markets pharmaceutical, healthcare, nutrition and materials products. The firm offers consumer care, diagnostics, diabetes and animal health products. It also provides material science products, which include coating, adhesive and sealant raw materials polycarbonates polyurethanes and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Whippany, NJ.

OrbiMed Advisors LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. It was founded by Sven Borho and Carl Gordon in 1989. The firm provides discretionary investment management services to US and non-US public and private funds.

BVF Partners LP (BVF) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1993 and is a subsidiary of BVF, Inc. BVF provides discretionary advisory services to private investment vehicles which includes commingled limited partnerships (the BVF Funds) and a limited liability entity organized for a single investor (Single Investor Fund) as well as to separately managed accounts.

Toxin Alert, Inc. is a biotechnology company engaged in protecting consumers from unsafe food. It is currently focused on U.S. patented Toxin Guard for food freshness and safety test, which will have its first commercial application in food packaging materials. The company was founded on September 15, 1998 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. develops antibody therapies. It is engaged in development Anthim (oblitoxaximab) a mAb anthrax antitoxin for the treatment and prevention of inhalational anthrax used in a bioterror attack. The company was founded in May 1998 and is headquartered in Pine Brook, NJ.

Cita Neuro Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes small molecule drugs. Its clinical drug portfolio consists of drugs for Parkinson's disease and neuropathic pain. Cita Neuro Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1997 by Brian Bennett, Roland Boegman, Khem Jha-mandas, James Reynolds and Gregory Thatcher and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

ChinaBio LLC operates as an investment, consulting and media company which helps life science companies. It organizes life science investment and partnering conferences in China. The firm’s conferences comprise investor forums, partnering forums, executive workshops and SEED business plan competitions. It also offers consulting services, including China strategy development, market and competitive intelligence, technology survey and search, partnering arrangement, CRO and CMO selection, management, business strategy, funding strategy, assistance, collaboration agreements, in-licensing, out-licensing, the United States operations consulting services, investment analysis, due diligence and portfolio analysis. The company serves executives, entrepreneurs, investors, pharma and multinational companies. ChinaBio was founded in April 2007 by Greg B. Scott and James W. Larrick and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

MedClaims Liaison LLC provides healthcare reimbursement services. The private company is based in Ridgefield, CT. The company was founded in 2009 by Mitchell D. Kaye, Nancy Kaye.

Part of DMK Pharmaceuticals Corp., Vaxis Therapeutics Corp manufactures and researches pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Kingston, Canada. Vaxis Therapeutics was acquired by Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on November 29, 2001 for $4 million.

Peking University provides post-secondary education services. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses. It provides courses such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, sciences of medicine, management, and education. The company was founded by JiaNai Sun in 1898 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Viron Therapeutics, Inc. discovers and develops novel therapeutics for inflammatory disorders. Its products include VT-111a, a recombinant protein that functions to reduce monocyte infiltration to sites of viral infection, as well as inhibits cardiovascular damage due to coronary stent placement. The firm also develops VT-310, a glycoprotein for the treatment of cancer, VT-384 that inhibit interferon gamma production, VT-346, a glycoprotein that protects against human TNF-mediated inflammatory signals and VT-214, a chemokine binding protein. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in London, Canada.

Navigant Capital Advisors LLC provides investment banking services. It offers fairness opinion, mergers and acquisition, private placement, due diligence, divestiture, leveraged recapitalization and refinancing, debt and equity underwriting and business turnaround advisory services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

American Association for Cancer Research prints and publishes scientific journals including clinical cancer research, molecular cancer therapeutics, molecular cancer research, cancer epidemiology, and biomarkers and prevention. The company was founded on May 7, 1907 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

American Society of Hematology provides the most current practice tools, clinical support and educational products needed in hematology. The firm offers educational products and services for clinicians and scientists. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

XOMA (US) LLC develops pharmaceutical preparations. It offers proprietary drugs and toiletries. The company is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Clean Energy Association of British Columbia provide electricity services. It specializes in renewable energy, sustainability, clean energy and power. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

BioTalent Canada is a non-profit organization, which focuses on building partnerships and skills for Canada?s bio-economy to ensure the industry has access to job-ready people. It connects employers with job seekers, delivers human resource information, and skills development tools so the biotech industry through projects, research and product development .The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

PlantForm Corp. engages in a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the development and production of ntibody and protein drugs using manufacturing platform. The firm’s vivoXPRESS technology uses genetically modified tobacco plants to produce biopharmaceuticals in fully contained greenhouse environments. The company was founded by J. Christopher Hall, Mark Goldberg, Don Stewart, and Ronald G. Hosking in 2008 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Suzhou GenePharma Co.,Ltd. engages in the manufacture of biotechnology products. Its products cover chemically-synthetic RNA monomer, RNA oligo synthesis, and the relevant modifiers, labeling, and fluorescein reagents. The company was founded on August 27, 2007 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.