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Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

Shire ViroPharma, Inc. develops and manufactures drugs. It offers treatment for prophylaxis of hereditary angioedema, as well as capsules for the treatment of antibiotic associated pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and enterocolitis. The company was founded by Claude H. Nash and Mark A. McKinlay in September 1994 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Fletcher Spaght, Inc. provides strategy consulting and market research services. It offers finance assistance to new ventures in the fields of health care and high technology. The firm also has a venture capital firm that accepts equity interest in a client in place of consulting fees. The company was founded in 1983 by John Fletcher and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

BioTrove, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets systems, consisting of laboratory instruments and related consumables, for genomic analysis, high-throughput screening and molecular diagnostics. The company was founded by Tanya S. Kanigan and Colin J. H. Brenan in 2000 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

POSCO BioVentures Inc (POSCO BioVentures) is a venture capital subsidiary of POSCO America Corp founded in 2002 by Leo Kim. The firm is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Odyssey Thera, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The company was founded by John Westwick and Stephen W. Michnick in 2000 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Burril LLC (Burrill) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1994 by G. Steven. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Gen9, Inc. engages in the development of synthetic biology technologies. It transforms synthetic biology by creating technologies to increase innovation within several industries including biopharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and bio-fuels. The company was founded by Joseph M. Jacobson, George Church and Drew Endy in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Excel Medical Ventures LLC (Excel Medical Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Steven R. Gullans. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners /Ventures/ (Ben Franklin Tech Partners) is a venture Capital firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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.

New York Academy of Sciences is an independent, not-for-profit organization, which engages in the advancement of scientific research, education, and policy. The company was founded in 1817 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Petrillo Capital (Petrillo Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Enrico Petrillo. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Zeronorth, Inc. develops and operates continuous application security platform. The CYBRIC platform integrates security into the development process and delivers frictionless security assurance from code commit to application delivery. The company was founded by Ernesto DiGiambattista, Andrew Gilman, Mike Kail, and Sean B. Walter in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

GeneOhm Sciences, Inc. develops molecular diagnostic products. It offers methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Assay an in vitro diagnostic test for the direct detection of MRSA from a nasal specimen. The company was founded on 2001 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

Healthvision Solutions, Inc. develops software products. The company's software and service offerings include an integrated suite of application development tools and vertical enterprise applications for companies in healthcare, financial services, software, telecommunications, public sector, manufacturing and life sciences. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

ShapeUp, Inc. provides social networking and incentives-based employee wellness programs. It offers Social Wellness, a platform that uses social networking, gaming, behavioral economics, and financial rewards to support employers and health plans. The firm’s solution features health challenges, progress tracing, incentives, integration, and reporting. It also provides an online tracking interface that allows participants to customize the categories to track, including exercise minutes, pushups per day, and number of hours slept. The firm also offers Empower, an online weight loss and diabetes prevention solution. The company was founded by Rajiv Kumar and Brad Weinberg in 2006 and is headquartered in Providence, RI.

IlluminOss Medical, Inc. engages in the designing, developing, and marketing of orthopedic fracture repair products. The company was founded by Robert A. Rabiner and Arnold-Peter C. Weiss in 2007 and is headquartered in East Providence, RI.

Saladax Biomedical, Inc. develops novel and commercializes diagnostic assays for the practical delivery of personalized medicine. Its products include pipeline, MY5-FU, mypaclitaxel, and mydocetaxel. MyCare product serves the central nervous system field, with antipsychotic drug dose management assays. The company was founded by Adrienne Choma and Salvatore J. Salamone in 2004 and is headquartered in Bethlehem, PA.

MedVentive, Inc. provides healthcare and medical technology solutions for healthcare delivery networks, payers and employer coalitions. It offers medical cost containment and healthcare quality improvement solutions. MedVentive architects its solutions to deliver sophisticated data management systems and resources to leading provider organizations. The firm combining clinical data from multiple sources, MedVentive calculates clinical measures accurately, manages patient interventions efficiently, and impacts your bottom line directly. The company was founded by Jonathan M. Niloff in 1997 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

PAKA Pulmonary Pharmaceuticals, Inc. designs and manufactures drugs for lung diseases. The private company is based in Acton, MA.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Genetics Institute LLC develops pharmaceutical products through recombinant DNA and other genetic technologies. It develops drugs to make the blood of hemophiliacs clot, as well as substances that stimulate the production of red and white blood cells and proteins that enhance bone growth. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.