Richard M. Pinnola

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that exists to place new therapies into the hands of those battling serious disease. Its lead products include BENLYSTA for systemic lupus erythematosus and raxibacumab for inhalation anthrax. The firm's other products include, mapatumumab, darapladib, albiglutide, ZALBIN, HGS1036 and HGS1029. The company was founded by Alan G. Walton and William A. Haseltine in 1992 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Abbott Molecular, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals and medical products. Its products include genetics and genomics and oncology. The company was founded by Thomas J. Mozer and is headquartered in Abbott Park, IL.

Hybritech, Inc. provides prostate diagnostic testing services. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Protedyne Corp. provides industrial-quality automation and data management services. It offers genome-based drug discovery equipment. The firm also provides automation systems that combine laboratory robotic hardware with a software infrastructure to ensure data management and process tracking. The company was founded by Stan Klein in June 2000 and is headquartered in Windsor, CT.

Plasmonix, Inc. provides medical research and clinical diagnostics services. The private company is based in Baltimore, MD. The company was founded by Bill M. Gust.

Part of Sanofi, Genetrix, Inc. is a genetics testing research company. The company is based in Scottsdale, AZ. Genetrix was acquired by Genzyme Corp., part of Sanofi from April 08, 2011 on May 06, 1996 for $39.20 million.

Anthem Capital Management LLC (Anthem Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

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

Insight Pharmaceuticals LLC manufactures and markets non-prescription medications and personal care products. It offers cepastat, allerest, chooz, kondremul, auro, bonine, caldecort, tanac, ting, monistat, dermarest and uristat. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Trevose, PA.

Life Technologies Corp. provides products in the areas of scientific research, genetic analysis and applied sciences. Its brands include Invitrogen, Applied Biosystems, Gibco, Molecular Probes, Noves, Ambion and Ion Torrent. The firm’s portfolio includes the most cited products and technologies in qPCR, capillary electrophoresis sequencing, nextgeneration sequencing, molecular diagnostics, forensics, cell culture and analysis, and agriculture research. The company was founded on November 21, 2008 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Cerionx, Inc. develops technology products for laboratory research applications in pharmaceutical, biotech, and other life science companies. The company was founded on February 21, 2007 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.