Parker N. Willis

Emphasys Medical, Inc., a medical technology company, focuses on developing and commercializing minimally invasive therapeutic devices for the treatment of patients with emphysema and other breathing disorders. It offers Zephyr Endobronchial Valve system, which is designed to block air from passing through the opening in the lung and into the chest cavity, resulting in the reduction or elimination of airflow through the leak to allow the tissue to heal. The company offers its products through distributors and dealers in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Emphasys Medical was founded in 2000 and is based in Redwood City, CA. Emphasys Medical, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Pulmonx Corp.

Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. develops novel surgical tools for arthroscopic procedures. It offers NovoStitch Pro Meniscal Repair System, a device designed to address complex meniscal tear patterns not adequately served by other repair systems. The company was founded by Justin Saliman and John G. McCutcheon in October 2010 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Cardiora Pty Ltd. functions as a clinical stage pharmaceutical company. It develops CRD-102, an oral medicine for heart failure. The company was founded by David Kaye in 2015 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Standards Australia Ltd. operates as a peak non-government standards development body. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Part of General Electric Co., GE Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd. is an Australian company that wholesales medical and scientific equipment.

Certa Therapeutics Pty Ltd. operates as biotechnology company. The firm develops drugs for treatment for kidney disease. The company was founded by Darren James Kelly and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Australian Investment Council is an Australian private company located in Sydney. The firm operates as an association. Navleen Prasad has been the CEO since 2022.

Medical Research Commercialisation Fund Trust invests in life science companies located in Australia. The fund focuses on companies operating in the fields of medical research institutes and allied research hospitals. It provides seed and early stage financing in project investment of up to $0.02 million, at the stage of company formation invests up to $4 million and also makes follow-on investments of up to $2 million. It seeks co-investment with other investors for technologies with larger capital requirements.

Pathios Therapeutics Ltd. engages in discovering and developing novel small molecule drugs. The company was founded by Thomas David McCarthy, Alan Naylor, Kirsty McCarthy, Peter Joyce and Someit Sidhu in 2017 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

QUE Oncology, Inc. engages in preventing and treating life-threatening cancers such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, and cancer pain; and related conditions. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute owns and operates a medical research institute. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Azura Ophthalmics Ltd. develops therapies for meibomian gland dysfunction. It offers a portfolio of compounds in combination with a novel drug delivery platform to advance a portfolio of treatments for meibomian gland dysfunction. The company was founded by Yair Alster in 1980 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

OccuRx Pty Ltd provides biopharmaceutical services. It engages in the development of therapeutic strategies for the treatment of ophthalmic disorders associated with retinal fibrosis and inflammation. The company was founded by Darren J. Kelly in 2014 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Otifex Therapeutics Pty Ltd. develops treatment for ear diseases. The company was founded by Burkhard Franz and Colin Anderson in 2009 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

AusBiotech Ltd. operates as an Australian biotechnology membership company. The private company is based in Melbourne, Australia. and has subsidiaries in Australia. The company was founded by Liz Dallimore. Lorraine Chiroiu has been the CEO of the company since 2008.

Global Kinetics Pty Ltd. provides point of care measurement and reporting of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms. Its product includes Personal KinetiGraph (PKG), a wrist worn medical device which reminds the patient when they have taken Levodopa medication as prescribed by doctor. The company was founded by Robert Griffiths and Malcolm Horne in 2007 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

PolyActiva Pty Ltd. develops drug-polymer conjugate technology. Its platform technology is used to make plastic components for medical devices from drugs and manufacture process is novel and provides greater flexibility over the composition of the final material and better product outcomes compared with competitor technologies. The firm has built drug-polymer conjugates from a number of drug candidates with different chemical structures and linkage points, demonstrating the plasticity of the technology and developed a number of functional co-monomers and polymer segments, which modularises the production of the final conjugate. The company was founded in February 2010 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Fibrotech Therapeutics Pty Ltd develops novel drug candidates for the treatment of the fibrosis prevalent in such chronic conditions as kidney disease, chronic heart failure, pulmonary fibrosis, and arthritis. The company was founded by Richard Ernest Gilbert, Darren James Kelly, Spencer J Williams, Steven C Zammit, David Stapleton, Henry Krum and Yuan Zhang in 2006 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Brandon Capital Partners Pty Ltd. (Brandon Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by David Fisher and Chris Nave. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

GME Pty Ltd. is an Australian company that manufactures communications equipment.

Medtronic Monitoring, Inc. treats cardiac arrhythmias. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Zoll Medical Israel Ltd. develops patient monitoring solutions for chronic cardiac illnesses. It has developed a proprietary technology for the detection and monitoring of changes in fluid contents, based on a proprietary RF sensing technology. The firm’s solutions are designed to provide healthcare professionals with accurate and reliable information on the patient's clinical status for support of medical decision-making. The company was founded by y Murali Srivathsa, Uriel Weinstein, Assaf Bernstein, Michal Shohat in 2008 and is headquartered in Kfar Saba, Israel.

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.

Qardio, Inc. engages in the provision of wearable applications including heart monitoring devices to track health. It offers healthcare solutions for patients, doctors, and healthcare providers. The company was founded by Marco Peluso and Rosario Iannella in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Enopace Biomedical Ltd. develops medical devices to treat heart failure patients. The firm's technology consists of a minimally invasive, implantable neurostimulation device that increases cardiac efficiency by reducing left ventricular workload and improves the systolic/diastolic ratio. The company was by Yossi Gross and Amir Dagan in 2008 and is headquartered in Caesarea, Israel.

IDEO LP provides marketing, consulting, product development, and branding and designing services. It offers strategic services, including exploration, service design and transformation services. The company was founded by David M. Kelly, Mike Nuttall and Bill Moggridge in 1991 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Mtpconnect is an Australian company that aims to accelerate the growth of the medical technologies, biotechnologies, and pharmaceuticals sector. The private company is based in Clayton, Australia. Susan Elizabeth MacLeman has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

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

Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc. develops heart leaflet repair systems. It provides percutaneous aortic heart valves that can be used to repair stenosed or calcified valves without the use of open-heart surgery. The company was founded by Dan W. Gladney and Robert Foster Wilson in 2002 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.