Jigar Patel

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. develops tissue-based diagnostic solutions. It designs and delivers medical diagnostic systems and slide-based cancer tests. Its products include absolute Eosinophil count (AEC) detection kit intended for laboratory use to identify targets by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue or frozen tissue on a BenchMark and BenchMark XT instrument and DISCOVERY XT research instrument that brings automation, reproducibility, and productivity to IHC and in situ hybridization (ISH) slide preparation and processing. The company was founded by Thomas M. Grogan in 1985 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

AcroMetrix LLC offers a range of quality molecular products designed to meet customer needs. Its products include controls and standards to assist in the implementation and monitoring of diagnostic assays for clinical laboratories, blood centers and manufacturers. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Benicia, CA.

MedPricer.com, Inc. engages in the provision of of comprehensive e-Sourcing services to the healthcare sector. Its practice solutions have been deployed to reduce the cost of products and services for all areas of the supply chain, purchased services, construction, and capital. The company was founded by Lester Grant in 2008 and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

Omniome, Inc. provides biotechnical research services. The firm's biosensors can be adopted for mobile diagnostics and health monitoring applications. The company was founded by Kandaswamy Vijayan in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. provides biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. It offers development services in the areas of process development, protein formulation technology, analytical development and validation, and regulatory support. The company was founded by Magda Marquet and Francois Ferre in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Telegraph Hill Partners Management Co. LLC (Telegraph Hill Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Robert G. Shepler, Thomas A. Raffin and Deval A. Lashkari. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of Roche Bay Plc, Syntex (USA), Inc. is a company that manufactures and wholesales pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA.

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.

Exosome Diagnostics, Inc. develops and commercializes biofluid-based diagnostics to deliver personalized precision healthcare that improves lives. Its novel exosome-based technology platform can yield comprehensive and dynamic molecular insights to transform how cancer and other serious diseases are detected, diagnosed, treated and monitored. The company was founded by Wayne D. Comper, Harvey J. Barnett and James R. McCullough and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG is a Swiss pharmaceutical company that develops innovative medicines in key therapeutic areas. The company is based in Basel, Switzerland. The company translates scientific excellence into advanced medicines that help patients.

Apexigen America, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the discovery and development of innovative antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer with a focus on immuno-oncology. Its product portfolio includes humanized antibodies, targeting diseases such as cancer, inflammatory diseases and ophthalmic disease. The company was founded by Xiao Dong Yang in July 2010 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Decheng Capital LLC is a venture capital firm founded by Min Cui in 2011 having headquartered at Shanghai, China.

Agena Bioscience, Inc. develops, manufactures and supplies genetic analysis systems and reagents. The firm’s system are mass spectrometry-based platform for genetic analysis, and is used globally in diverse research fields such as cancer profiling for solid tumors and liquid biopsies, inherited genetic disease testing, pharmacogenetics, agricultural genomics, and clinical research. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Actuate Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in developing therapeutics which target cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. It offers treatment for cancer and inflammatory diseases. It focuses on developing elraglusib. The company was founded by Andrew P. Mazar on January 16, 2015 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

AccuraGen, Inc. engages in cancer diagnostic and research. It develops sequencing-based cancer-mutation detection systems. The company was founded by Shengrong Lin, Kang Ying, Johnny Sun, Paul Tang and Grace Zhao in 2013 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Rhythm Diagnostic Systems, Inc. provides health monitoring solutions. The company was founded by George Golda, Bruce C. O''Neil, Mark Marriott and Sam Eletr in May 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Argonaut Manufacturing Services, Inc. engages in providing contract manufacturing in the life science and biotech arena. It offers products launch, scale-up & volume, decline and sunset services. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Verogen, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells forensic genomics products and services. It offers MiSeq FGx Forensic Genomics System, including the MiSeq FGx sequencer, ForenSeqTM DNA Signature Prep Kit, and the ForenSeq Universal Analysis Software. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Biovega Capital LLC provides Investment services. The company is headquartered in Pacific Palisades, CA.

Specific Diagnostics LLC engages in medical technology services. It offers treatment for blood infections. The company was founded by Paul Rhodes and Ray Martino and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Encodia, Inc. engages in the research and development of protein analysis tools. The company was founded by Mark S. Chee, Michael Weiner, and Kevin Gunderson and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Ariagen, Inc. provides investment services. The CEO of the American company is Peter Colabuono.

Endogena Therapeutics, Inc. develops endogenous regenerative medicines. The company was founded by Matthias Steger and Gisbert Schneideri and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Coagulo Medical Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of precision-medicine platform for coagulation management. The company was founded by Galit Frydman and is headquartered in Auburndale, MA.

Excellos, Inc. is a full-service contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in San Diego, CA. Excellos is focused on supplying cGMP cellular products and services, as well as process development and manufacturing expertise to scientists and clinicians working with cell and gene therapies. The company is dedicated to improving human life by providing critical products and services to life science research and the next generation of cell and gene therapies. Excellos accelerates cell and gene therapies by improving the quality, breadth, and variance of donor samples, and providing end-to-end cell therapy services. The company's proprietary Excellos 360 technology provides deep characterization of cells to better match patient with therapeutic development needs. The company was founded in 2020 and is led by CEO David Wellis.

GrayHawk Health Partners, Inc. provides health care and nursing facilities services. The company is based in Chesterbrook, PA. The company was founded in 2014. The CEO is Andrew Henderson.