Richard J. Kowalski

Cylex is a privately held global life science company that is in the development and manufacture of in vitrodiagnostic products. ImmuKnow is the in vitro diagnostic utilized to detect cell-mediated immunity (CMI) in an immunosuppressed population and is increasingly being adopted at organ transplant centers throughout the United States and abroad. The Company's patented technology provides a platform allowing clinical researchers to simply and reproducibly measure CMI for the development of new diagnostics, biomarkers and companion assays. The company is based in Columbia, MD and was founded in 1992

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the research, development, manufacture, and commercialization of regenerative medicine products. Its biosurgery business focuses on using unique tissue preservation technologies to develop viable human tissue products designed to improve wound closure and surgical outcomes for patients and physicians over standard of care alone. The company was founded by Peter A. Friedli and James S. Burns on December 23, 1992 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.