Edward W. Cantrall

Telik, Inc. is an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel small molecule drugs to treat serious diseases. Its TELINTRA product is used for treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome and chemotherapy. The company's product candidates were discovered using its proprietary drug discovery technology TRAP, which enables the rapid and efficient discovery of small molecule drug candidates. Telik was founded in September 1988 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Part of Applied Biosystems, Inc., Molecular Informatics, Inc. develops bioinformatics software. The company is based in Santa Fe, NM. Molecular Informatics was acquired by Applera Corp. on November 24, 1997.

The National Center for Genome Resources operates as a non-profit research institute for applied software engineering and next-generation sequencing to solve the preeminent challenges of 21st century biology through collaborative research and services. Its capabilities include genome, transcriptome, methylome, ChIP, small RNA, and exome sequencing, with corresponding analytical capabilities. The company is headquartered in Santa Fe, NM.

Part of Pfizer Inc., Lederle Laboratories is a company that provides testing services. The company is based in Pearl River, NY.