Geoffrey R. Erickson

Part of Sanofi, Applied Immune Sciences, Inc. is a surgical and medical instruments company. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The company was founded by Thomas B. Okarma. Applied Immune Sciences was acquired by Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. on November 28, 1995 for $84.40 million.

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.

Heartport, Inc. develops systems and procedures for heart surgery. The company's technologies allow surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. Heartport was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Maxygen, Inc. is a biotechnology company. It is focused on the potential further development of its MAXY-G34 product, a next-generation pegylated, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, G-CSF, for the treatment of chemotherapy induced neutropenia and acute radiation syndrome. G-CSF is a natural protein that functions by stimulating the body's bone marrow to produce more white blood cells. The company was founded on May 7, 1996 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Millennium Pharmacy Systems, Inc. Provides pharmaceutical management services. Its services include electronic order entry, medication and treatment administration, and management and reporting, in-house pharmacy, car coded med-pass packs, and pharmacy response. The firm also offers transition services such as data transfer, training, and installation and se-up. The company was founded by Gary Duty, Lena Sturgeon, and William J. Gatti in 2001 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Santarus, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The company was founded on December 6, 1996 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Silverback Asset Management LLC (Silverback) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The firm was founded by Elliot Bossen in 2002. Silverback offers investment solutions for qualified institutional investors which includes pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, fund of funds, family offices and others.

Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. provides proton therapy systems for cancer centers, clinicians and patients worldwide. Its MEVION S250 Series is designed to deliver proton therapy treatments, optimizing both the outcomes and the economics of proton therapy. Its products include Mevion S250i with hyperscan and Mevion 250mx. The company was founded by Kenneth A. Gall in 2004 and is headquartered in Littleton, MA.

Vertos Medical, Inc. develops and markets minimally invasive devices for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. Its product is called mild devices, which conists of mild Tissue Sculpter, mild Portal, mild Trocar and Handle, mild Bone Sculpter Rongeur, mild Portal Stabilizer, mild Depth Guide, and mild Surgical Clamp. The company was founded by David Solsberg and Donald F. Schomer in 2005 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

DICOM Grid, Inc. operates as a healthcare Information Technology company. It engages in the development of comprehensive medical image management and exchange software solutions. The firm offers cloud platform for medical imaging information and applications. Its products and services include hospitals and health systems, medical groups and practices, radiology practices, contract research organizations and ambra service difference. The firm’s solutions include health systems, community hospitals, healthcare service providers, medical specialties and interoperability. The company was founded by C. Roger Bird and Shahram Partovi in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops heparin to ameliorate cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injuries. It also develops medications to enhance the safety and effectiveness of existing cancer treatments. The firm provides Disulfiram + copper Chelate that includes non-overlapping cancer stem cell killing mechanisms of actions. The company was founded in 2013 by Thomas P. Kennedy, Neil William Flanzraich and Stephen G. Marcus and is headquartered in Weston, FL.

TARIS BioMedical LLC operates as a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. It specializes in urology, continuous local dosing, bladder diseases, oncology, voiding dysfunction. The company was founded by Robert S. Langer Jr., Christine Bunt, and Michael J. Cima in 2008 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Dance Biopharm Holdings, Inc. engages in providing health care services. The company was founded by John Stuart Patton in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Circadian, Inc. manufactures electro-medical equipment. The company was founded by Martin Moore-Ede in 1983 and is headquartered in Stoneham, MA.

CHL Healthcare Partners LLC (CHL Medical Partners) is a venture capital firm co-founded in 1997 by Jeff Collinson, Tim Howe and Ron Lennox. The firm is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut.

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center provides research and education grants. Its services include financing, technology assessment, business planning, and marketing strategies implementation. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

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.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

North Carolina Biosciences Organization is non-profit organization, which focuses on legislative monitoring and lobbying activities at the state and federal level. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Gentis, Inc. engages in the development and testing technologies for the minimally invasive treatments. The company was founded by Charles Cohen and Paul Ducheyne in 2000 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Aerami Therapeutics, Inc. develops inhaled insulin products to treat diabetes patients. Its product Dance 501 is designed to produce consistently sized particles of liquid insulin in the form of a smooth mist, allowing the efficient and consistent delivery of insulin into the lungs in a few comfortable breaths. The company was founded by John Stuart Patton in February 9, 2009 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. The private company is based in Hartford.

Project Data Sphere LLC is a private company that focuses on breaking down barriers to cancer clinical trial data sharing. The company is based in Morrisville, NC. The company believes that valuable trial data should ultimately benefit the patients who participate in them. The company aggregates trial data from biopharmaceutical companies, academic medical centers, and government organizations and makes it freely available. The CEO of the company is Kenneth B. Lee.

NextRNA Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company that specializes in drug development services. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded in 2021 by Leon Wert-Lamas, Marc A. Cohen, Julia Novina, Carl Novina, Dominique Verhelle, Kenneth C. Anderson, Robert S. Langer. Dominique Verhelle has been the CEO since 2021.

Syntis Bio, Inc. is a company that creates simple oral therapies and treatments targeting specific tissues through novel formulations. The company is based in Milton, MA. Rahul scaled the company by building a diverse and accomplished team to reach commercialization of the first-ever CRISPR product, diagnostic or therapeutic, to be authorized by the FDA. The company is committed to equity, excellence, and diversity, and is building a culture that supports its team to grow, take risks, and achieve individual goals. It was founded by Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Robert S. Langer, and Rahul K. Dhanda, who has been the CEO since incorporation.