James Cummings

MedImmune LLC develops medicines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases such as cancer and immune system disorders. It offers solutions in the areas of monoclonal antibodies and vaccines for infection, oncology, respiratory disease and inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, and neuroscience. The company was founded by Wayne T. Hockmeyer in 1988 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Innerscope Research, Inc. operates as a media research firm. It specializes in marketing, biometrics, research, biometric research, market research, neuromarketing, neuroscience, facial coding, consumer neuroscience, eye tracking, implicit testing and media research. The company was founded by Carl D. Marci in 2006 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

PharmaSecure, Inc. provides anti-counterfeiting solutions for emerging markets. It protects patients from the threat of counterfeit medicines. The firm offers its brand protection platform to a wide-range of industries including FMCG, beauty and personal care, electronics, automotive, and agri-business. The company was founded by Taylor N. Thompson, Sarah Hine and Nathan J. Sigworth in November 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

American Diabetes Association provides diabetes related medical services. It funds research, publishes scientific findings, provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health professionals and the public. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Invus Public Equities Advisors LLC is an investment advisory firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Raymond Debbane in 1985 and is a subsidiary of The Invus Group LLC. Invus Public Equities Advisors serves as the general partner of Invus Public Equities, L.P.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology is a non-profit organization founded in 1964 with the overarching goals of improving cancer care and prevention. More than 27,000 oncology practitioners belong to ASCO, representing all oncology disciplines and subspecialties. Members include physicians and health-care professionals in all levels of the practice of oncology. American Society of Clinical Oncology is the world’s leading professional organization representing physicians who treat people with cancer. ASCO’s members set the standard for patient care worldwide and lead the way in carrying out clinical research aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. ASCO's efforts are also directed toward advocating for policies that provide access to high-quality care for all patients with cancer and at supporting the increased funding for clinical and translational research.

American Association for Cancer Research prints and publishes scientific journals including clinical cancer research, molecular cancer therapeutics, molecular cancer research, cancer epidemiology, and biomarkers and prevention. The company was founded on May 7, 1907 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

American Society of Hematology provides the most current practice tools, clinical support and educational products needed in hematology. The firm offers educational products and services for clinicians and scientists. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Essen Instruments, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of cell and bead based screening solutions. It offers phenotypic drug discovery, antibody discovery and in vitro toxicity testing. The firm’s proprietary technologies, instrumentation, assays and software products address the pervasive need to provide turnkey solutions that increase productivity in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science research. The company’s products are used in biologics discovery, small molecules, in vitro tox and cellular research antibody applications. The company was founded by R. Terry Dunlay, Larry A. Sklar, and Bruce S. Edwards in 2006 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Finney Capital (Finney Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Thrive Bioscience, Inc. develops advance drug discovery solutions. The firm provides automated non-microbial cell culture instruments for research, drug discovery, drug development and regenerative medicine markets. The company was founded by Alan P. Blanchard and Thomas Forest Farb in 2014 and is headquartered in Wakefield, MA.

Exigo Capital Corp. provides financial services. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Krister Nilsson.

seqWell, Inc. operates as biotechnology company. Its products include plexWellTM 96, plexWellTM 384, plexWellTM Plus 24, and plexWell LP 384. The company was founded by Joseph Mellor and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

Driver Bioengineering, Inc. develops modular, drug-responsive, titratable, ribozyme based control devices for chimeric antigen receptor. It engages in building control systems for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapeutics. The company was founded by Gusti Zeiner, Christina Smolke and Benjamin Wang on May 12, 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Palvella Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a rare disease biopharmaceutical company. It develops and commercializes pathogenetically targeted therapies for rare genodermatoses with no approved treatments. Its products include QTORIN, PTX-022, PTX-367, and PTX-014. The company was founded by Wesley H. Kaupinen in 2015 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

KaRNATeq, Inc. develops tools for RNA sequencing in genomics. The company is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

S2 Genomics, Inc. develops laboratory automation solutions for processing solid tissues for life science applications. The company was founded by Stevan Jovanovich, Peter Wagner, Shannon Hall and Roger McIntosh in 2016 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

Orion Genomics LLC provides genomics research and clinical laboratory services to healthcare and agricultural research organizations. It develops genomic research tools and oncology diagnostic products for cancer screening and therapy selection. The company was founded by Robert A. Martienssen, W. Richard McCombie, John D. McPherson and Richard K. Wilson in 1998 and is headquartered in St. Loius, MO.