Justin O. Neway

For more than a decade, Aegis Analytical has provided Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence solutions that help leading companies such as Abbott Labs, Baxter, Biogen Idec, Cephalon, Eli Lilly, Genzyme, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Serono and Talecris to realize manufacturing operations excellence. Aegis' Discoverant software solution helps process manufacturers access, aggregate, contextualize and analyze data on-demand from raw materials to final product in both production and process development environments. Discoverant enables customers to accelerate products to market, increase supply chain efficiencies, reduce the cost of new process start-up, quality compliance, improve process predictability and collaboration across captive or outsourced sites. By enabling a laser-like focus on the performance of the manufacturing process itself, Discoverant is the foundation of Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence and a critical application for initiatives such as Tech Transfer, CMC, Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Quality Verification and Supply Chain Efficiency.

Genetics Institute LLC develops pharmaceutical products through recombinant DNA and other genetic technologies. It develops drugs to make the blood of hemophiliacs clot, as well as substances that stimulate the production of red and white blood cells and proteins that enhance bone growth. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Chiron Corp. provides nucleic acid test for blood screening. Its products include tigris system, target capture system, reagent preparation incubator, and many more. The company was founded in 1981 by William J. Rutter, Edward E. Penhoet & Pablo Valenzuela and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Somatogen, Inc. develops specialty oxygen therapeutics. It is engaged in the research, clinical development and commercialization of genetically engineered recombinant human hemoglobin-based products. The company is located in Boulder, CO.