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MPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures therapies for antibiotic resistance with focus on gram-negative organisms. It offers Aeroquin (MP- 376), an aerosol formulation of levofloxacin for the treatment of pulmonary infections in patients with cystic fibrosis, as well as antibiotic programs to address antibiotic resistance in gram negative organisms. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., Lpath Therapeutics, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products focused on bioactive signaling lipids as targets for treating and diagnosing important human diseases. The company is based in San Diego, CA. Lpath Therapeutics was acquired by Neighborhood Connections, Inc. on November 30, 2005 for $23.13 million.

Vaxiion Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. Its nanodelivery platforms are based on genetically engineered, non-living bacterial minicells that are capable of packaging, targeting and delivering a wide array of therapeutically relevant molecules (including protein toxins, small molecule drugs, RNAi, plasmids, peptides and imaging agents) directly to cancer cells. The company was founded by Roger Allen Sabbadini, Neil L. Berkley and William Gerhart in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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.

Forge Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It is a biotechnology company developing novel medicines by combining bio-inorganic with medicinal chemistry to target metalloproteins. The company was founded by Zachary A. Zimmerman, Seth Cohen and David Puerta and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Speak, Inc. operates as a speaker bureau.

Idanta Partners Ltd (Idanta Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1971 by Dave Dunn. The firm is headquartered in San Diego.