Joseph W. la Barge

PMA Cos., Inc. provides property and casualty insurance services. It offers third-party administration and risk services specializing in worker's compensation; and providing other commercial property and casualty insurance products, as well as auto and general liability services. The firm serves the healthcare, food manufacturing, wholesale, retail, financial, insurance and real estate industries. Its insurance services include underwriting, financial & actuarial, account management, customer service center, claims, risk control and managed care. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA.

Ballard Spahr LLP provides legal services. It also provides counsel in litigation, business and finance, real estate, intellectual property, and public finance. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Kennedy Health System provides healthcare services through its acute-care hospital and ambulatory campuses in Cherry Hill, Stratford, and Turnersville, New Jersey. Its services include acute-care for elders, bariatric surgeries, cancer care, robotic surgeries, ambulance and STAT medical transportation, balance center services, behavioral health services, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapies, CPR and life support education, dialysis, nutrition and diabetes education, digestive health services, emergency services, family health services, fitness center services, home healthcare, health alliance services, OB/GYN services, and long term care and rehabilitation. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Voorhees, NJ.

Life Sciences Pennsylvania (LSPA) is a trade association that represents various entities in the life sciences industry, including biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, research, and investment companies, as well as service providers. The non-profit company is based in Wayne, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The organization unifies innovators in the state to make Pennsylvania a leader in the life sciences industry. Founded in 1989, LSPA aims to create a business and public policy environment that encourages and incentivizes the diverse life sciences economy in Pennsylvania. Christopher P. Molineaux has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

The National Pharmaceutical Council operates as a not for profit organization. It specializes in research development, information dissemination, education, and communication of information to patients. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Spark Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the research, development, and commercialization of gene therapies. Its product portfolio intends to treat inherited retinal sickness, liver-mediated, and neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded by Jean Bennett, Beverly Davidson, Katherine A. High, Jeffrey D. Marrazzo, J. Fraser Wright, and Jennifer Wellman on March 13, 2013 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Spark Therapeutics UK Ltd. is a healthcare services provider. The company is based in London, UK. Spark Therapeutics was founded in 2016.

Apertura Gene Therapy LLC is a next-generation gene therapy company that is advancing gene therapies developed on their high-throughput platforms. The company is based in New York, NY. The company is expanding on the promise of gene therapy by building on advances in vector biology and protein engineering. Through AAV capsid engineering, they aim to accelerate therapies to patients living with genetic diseases. The company was founded by Ben Deverman. Joseph W. la Barge has been the CEO of the company since 2022.