Ellen Gurley

Schering Plough Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. The firm discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization, also known as ibio, is a state trade association representing the life sciences industry in Illinois. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The organization's mission is to promote, connect, and engage the life sciences community to drive discovery, transform lives through groundbreaking research, and grow the economy. The company's membership ranges from corporations to startup companies in the biopharma, medical device, and nutrition industries. The Illinois life sciences industry is recognized as a national leader, and ibio's members are committed to expanding the boundaries of science by discovering, developing, and delivering innovative and needed therapeutics and products to transform patients' lives.

Jaguar Gene Therapy LLC is a company that aims to accelerate breakthroughs in gene therapy for patients suffering from severe genetic diseases. The company is based in Lake Forest, IL. The company's unrelenting commitment is to advocate boldly and care fiercely for patients and families. The company works together to confront the challenges of treating complex diseases and are advancing their initial pipeline that targets diseases with significant unmet need in sizeable patient populations. Joseph Nolan has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

EVERSANA Life Science Services LLC engages in the provision of global services to the life science industry. It offers pricing, reimbursement and market access, global channel management, revenue management, and affordability programs. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Invicta Medical, Inc. operates as a medical technology company that develops wearable device for treatment of sleep apnea and snoring. Its device detects and treats disturbed breathing through electrical stimulation. The company was founded by Steven T. Kent and Harold Kent in 2013 and is headquartered in Portola Valley, CA.

Hemanext, Inc. develops blood storage systems. Its technology includes anaerobic storage, background on stored blood, science of storage lesion, and clinical implications. The company was founded by Martin A. Cannon and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

GPN Vaccines Ltd. is an Australian biotechnology company that is developing a vaccine called Gamma-PN™ to protect against all strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes life-threatening pneumonia, bacteremia, meningitis, and middle ear infections. The company is based in Adelaide, Australia, and Tim Hirst has been the CEO since 2017. This disease is responsible for causing 1-2 million deaths worldwide each year, particularly in children.

Infinion Biopharma Ltd. manufactures and sells pharmaceutical products. It is a research-driven life sciences company that combines biophysics and engineering with traditional pharmacology and biochemistry to produce high-value, innovative products across a range of therapeutic areas. Infinion has set up a global network of subsidiaries and portfolio companies focused on edge technologies across the health care spectrum including: Process Technology, Biotechnology, Formuation Technology. The company was founded on January 16, 2018 and is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.

Forepont Capital LLC (Forepont Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Eric M. Attias. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional office in Paris, France.

Mobius Medical Systems LP provides software solutions to clinicians. Its products include Mobius3D and DoseLab. The firm specializes in radiation oncology QA, IMRT QA and TG - 142. The company was founded by Nathan Childress in 2010 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Monash University operates as a public research university. It specializes in higher education, global engagement, postgraduate courses, undergraduate study, and PhD research. The company was founded on March 1961 and is headquartered in Clayton, Australia.

Part of Axovia Therapeutics Ltd., Axovia Therapeutics, Inc. is dedicated to developing disease-transformative therapies that target key aspects of ciliopathies. The American company is working to advance gene therapy programs that have already shown early promise in treating some of the most severe aspects of bbs, such as early onset blindness and neurometabolic disease. The company was founded by Philip Beales, Victor Hernandez, and Philip Beales has been the CEO since incorporation. Axovia Therapeutics was acquired by Alsa Management Services Ltd on September 19, 2023.

The General Hospital Corp. provides healthcare services. It offers diagnostic and therapeutic are in every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. The firm's care center provides cancer, digestive disorders, heart disease, transplantation and vascular medicine services. The company was founded in 1811 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

CDG Group LLC provides financial advisory services. The firm provides mergers and acquisition, restructuring, divestitures, management buyouts, recapitalization, and strategic advisory services. The company was founded by Robert P. Conway, Robert A. Del Genio, and Michael F. Gries in 1998 and is located in New York City, NY.

Ankura Consulting Group LLC provides business advisory services. Its services include corporate investigation, disputes and litigation support, expert witness, forensic accounting, geopolitical risk assessment, transaction advisory, turnaround and restructuring, and valuation and visual communications. The company was founded by Roger D. Carlile in 2014 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Astellas Pharma US, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It offers cardiology, dermatology, immunology, infectious diseases, and urology. The firm was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

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.

Promega Corp. manufactures enzyme systems. Its products include cell biology, nucleic acid analysis, drug development, molecular diagnostics, and lab equipment and supplies. The company was founded by William Alderman Linton in 1978 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Greater Cleveland Partnership is a business membership association. The firm offers resources include project management, asset to capital, real estate site searches, incentive workforce program assistance and workforce grants assistance. The company was founded in March 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Schering-Plough Research Institute provides pharmaceutical research. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Solenis LLC operates as a producer of specialty chemicals for water-intensive industrial operations. It also provides suite of monitoring and control systems, process aids, water technologies and functional additives. The firm offers process, pulp and paper, water treatment, monitoring and control solutions. The company was founded in March 1907 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

New York Biotechnology Association, Inc. promotes the biotechnology industry. It supports the development and growth of New York State''s life science industry, and serves its members and the life science community by providing a network for public policy, industry advocacy, and community development. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sparta I International Ltd. is an investment holding British company. The private company is based in Liverpool, UK, and has subsidiaries in the UK. It was founded in 2018.