Karen Shoos

The American Association of Blood Banks is a professional organization dedicated to advancing the field of transfusion medicine and cellular therapies. The non-profit company is based in Bethesda, MD and has subsidiaries in Puerto Rico. The association provides accreditation and certification programs for blood banks and transfusion services, as well as educational resources and advocacy efforts.

AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. Discovers, develops and commercializes vaccines and therapeutics that address various applications including cardiovascular, viral and bacterial diseases. The company markets Rotarix for rotavirus infection and Megan Egg and Megan Vac 1 for Salmonella infection in chicken. It's immunotherapeutic products include TP10 for cardiac bypass surgery and CETi for cholesterol management. The company develops various bacterial vaccines including CholeraGarde for cholera, Ty800 for typhoid fever and Injectable Anthrax for anthrax infection. AVANT Immunotherapeutics has various products in preclinical development stages which include ETEC for Enterotoxigenic E coli infection, Shigella for dysentery, campylobacter for campylobacter infection, Oral Anthrax and Plague vaccines and other food safety and animal health vaccines. AVANT Immunotherapeutics was organized in 1983 and is headquartered in Needham, MA.

The American National Red Cross provides blood collections and disaster relief services. The firm provides neutral humanitarian care to the victims of war, emergency assistance, disaster relief and education. It offers compensate services such as support and comfort for military members and their families, the collection, processing and distribution of blood products, educational programs that promote health and safety, and international relief and development programs. The company was founded by Clarissa Harlowe Barton in 1881 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.