Kimberly Forbes-McKean

Advanced Bionics Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets bionic technologies for neurological conditions. Its neuromodulation technology includes neurostimulators, programmable drug pumps, and cochlear implants. The company was founded by Alfred Mann in 1993 and is headquartered in Sylmar, CA.

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals LLC develops pharmaceutical, biotechnology and vaccine technologies. The company was registered on May 5, 2003 and is headquartered in Collegeville, PA.

Part of Perrigo Co. Plc, Elan Drug Delivery, Inc. is engaged in manufacturing, fabricating, or processing drugs in pharmaceutical preparations for human or veterinary use. The company is based in King Of Prussia, PA.

Cutanea Life Sciences, Inc. Develops and commercialises innovative dermatology related products. The company was founded in May 2005 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc. develops treatments for smoking cessation, cocaine dependence and other addictions. The company was founded by Nicholas Edward Goeders and Marie A. Lindner in 2005 and is headquartered in Sudbury, MA.

Isolagen Technologies, Inc. researches and develops cellular technology. specializes in the development and commercialization of autologous cellular system. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Biotechnology Greenhouse Corp. of Southeastern PA (BioAdvance) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Z-Medica LLC engages in the manufacture of medical devices. The firm focuses on the development of hemorrhage control products for healthcare providers, military personnel, first responders, and consumers. It offers QuikClot hemostatic devices. The company was founded by Francis X. Hursey and C. Bart Gullong in April 2002 and is headquartered in Wallingford, CT.

Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd. manufactures and markets medical devices. The company offers intravenous catheters, wound care products, disposable surgical packs & gowns and skin care products. It also sells sutures and surgical products made by Ethicon. Johnson & Johnson Medical is headquartered in Ascot, UK.

Shire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company offers solutions for attention deficit & hyperactivity disorder, human genetic therapies, gastrointestinal, and renal diseases. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA

Part of Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. is a company that manufactures surgical appliances. The company is based in Arlington, TX.

Cytometrics, Inc. provides micro vascular imaging services. The private company is based in Philadelphia, PA.

Solta Medical, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets energy-based medical device systems for aesthetic applications. Its brands include Clear + Brilliant pélo, Thermage, Liposonix, VASER, Fraxel, Clear + Brilliant, and Isolaz systems which are used to address various aesthetic issues. The company was founded by Edward W. Knowlton on January 11, 1996 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

HydraFacial LLC provides aesthetic technologies and products. It offers HydraFacial MD serum-based hydradermabrasion systems. The company was founded by Roger G. Ignon and William Cohen in 1997 and is headquartered in Signal Hill, CA.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

ARM is a Washington, DC-based multi-stakeholder advocacy organization that promotes global initiatives necessary to facilitate access to life-giving advances in regenerative medicine. The organization promotes legislative, regulatory reimbursement, investment, technical, and other initiatives to accelerate the development of safe and effective regenerative medicine technologies. ARM also works to increase public understand- ing of the field and its potential to transform human healthcare. Prior to the formation of ARM in 2009, there was a need for more coordinated and cohesive advocacy representing the interests of the companies, research institutions, investors and patient groups that comprise the entire regenerative medicine community. Today ARM has more than 140 members and is the leading global advocacy organization in this field.

FutuRx Ltd (FutuRx ) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Ness Ziona.

Soar Ventures provides advisory services and venture funding to entrepreneurs. The private company is based in Delray Beach. The American company was founded by Martin E. Schmieg. Martin E. Schmieg has been the CEO since incorporation.

Spectrum Solutions LLC engages in product development, custom designing, and manufacturing of containers and packaging solutions primarily for the scientific testing, medical, organic health, and cosmetic sectors. The company was founded by K. Gregg Williams and Bill Phillips in 2005 and is headquartered in Draper, UT.

Castle Creek Biosciences, Inc. engages in the research and development of gene therapies for patients with rare and genetic diseases. It offers treatment for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB) and localized Scleroderma; and topical ointment for Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex. The company was founded by Jeffrey S. Aronin in September 2018 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.

Orthogon Therapeutics LLC is a privately held R&D firm that specializes in drug discovery and development. The company is based in Canton, MA. The company is headquartered in the biotech hub of Greater Boston and has a branch in Leuven. Orthogon uses an innovative structure-based and biophysics platform to design novel medicines. The company's portfolio of infectious disease assets includes antiviral therapeutics, with a lead program being a first-in-class, orally administrable small molecule inhibitor of BK virus replication. Orthogon has secured over $12.50m in investment to date and has additional discovery programs, including a treatment for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. The company was founded by Ali Munawar, a veteran biotech entrepreneur, and experienced drug discovery scientists with a mission to prolong and improve patient quality of life.

Giiant Pharma, Inc. is a Canadian preclinical-stage biotech company that specializes in designing gut-restricted small molecule drug therapeutics with various biological targets in gastroenterology. The company is based in Montréal, Canada and was founded by Elizabeth Elizabeth Kwong. The company's proprietary precision delivery technology platform allows for the creation of tissue-specific drugs with improved tolerability and enhanced therapeutic effects. Giiant's first lead program, GT-2108, is a microbiota-activated PDE4 inhibitor prodrug. Maxime Ranger has been the CEO of the company since 2021.