Henry Nordhoff

Gen-Probe, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets rapid, accurate and molecular diagnostic products and services that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases, screen donated human blood, and ensure transplant compatibility. It also develops and manufactures the PROCLEIX assays, which are used to detect human immunodeficiency virus, the hepatitis C virus, the hepatitis B virus, and the West Nile virus in donated human blood. The firm's clinical diagnostics products include APTIMA family of assays, which are used to detect the common STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea. Gen-Probe was founded by Thomas H. Adams and David E. Kohne in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which focuses on developing and commercializing novel therapies in the emerging fields of cell therapy and regenerative medicine. Its product candidates include AST-OPC1, trial for spinal cord injuries; AST-VAC1, a patient specific cancer immunotherapy focused on acute myeloid leukemia; and AST-VAC2, a non-patient-specific cancer immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer. The company was founded on September 24, 2012 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

TargeTech, Inc., is a gene therapy company. Develops drug delivery systems.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute conducts and translates biological research programs. The firm offers tumor initiation and maintenance, cancer metabolism and signaling network, tumor microenvironment and cancer immunology, degenerative disease, development/aging/regeneration, immunity and pathogenesis, human genetic, cardiovascular metabolism, integrative metabolism, metabolism genomic control, bioinformatics and structural biology programs. The company was founded by William Fishman and Lillian Fishman in 1976 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Chugai Pharma USA LLC is a private company that develops safe and effective drugs. The company is based in Bedminster, NJ.

Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. engages in the commercialization of vitro diagnostic tests for the detection of brain injury and neurological diseases. It develops blood test to accurately and quickly diagnose traumatic brain injury. The company was founded by Nancy Denslow, Ronald L. Hayes, and Kevin Wang in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Proactive Diagnostics manufactures medical devices. It develops optical platform for molecular diagnostics. Its platform employs the Planar Lightwave Circuits technology that uses semiconductor manufacturing processes to create waveguide-based optical chips. The company was founded by Reuven Duer and James N. Herron in 2006 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA.