Arthur Harold Rubenstein

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.

Diasome Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical stage diabetes therapeutics company which designs and develops insulin-based therapies for the treatment of diabetes. It focuses on the clinical and commercial development of breakthrough therapies for diabetes and obesity. The company’s technology platform is based on the use of its proprietary Hepatocyte Directed Vesicle or HDV, nanotechnology to deliver a wide range of critically necessary hormones and drugs to the liver, the body’s primary site of glucose storage. The firm’s HDV system is designed to fundamentally improve the way in which insulin works in people with diabetes by enabling much greater amounts of injected insulin to reach hepatocytes, the liver’s glucose storing cells. The company was founded by Len Rosenberg, Lance Converse, W. Blair Geho and Robert Geho in 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which engages in the development of pharmaceuticals for diabetes. It provides adult care, pediatric care, eye care, and education programs and classes. The company was founded by Elliott P. Joslin in 1893 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

PinnacleCare International, Inc. provides health advisory services for individuals, advisors, businesses, and employees in the United States. The firm offers various solutions, including private health advisor, universal medical record, second opinions, medical emergencies, eldercare, healthy living, and memberships. It provides clients that access to the medical and research resources that they need to solve their healthcare challenges. The company was founded by Bruce R. Spector and John Hutchins in 2002 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

National Disease Research Interchange provides human bio specimens to scientists in academic, corporate and independent research organizations throughout the world. It offers customized tissue procurement, with acquisition and processing tailored to the specific requirements of protocol. The company was founded by Leatrice Ducat in 1980 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Safeguard Biosystems Holdings Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture, and sales of diagnostic tests for human and animal health; and food safety products. The company was founded on May 11, 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Consonance Capital Partners LLC (Consonance Capital Partners ) is a venture capital subsidiary of Consonance Capital Group founded in 2005 by Mitchell Blutt, MD, Nancy-Ann DeParle, Benjamin Edmands and Stephen McKenna. The firm is headquartered in New York.