Takara Bio Inc., develops, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of life science reagents and kits under the Takara®, Clontech®, and Cellartis® brands. Key products include SMART® cDNA synthesis kits for a variety of samples and applications, including NGS; high-performance qPCR and PCR reagents (including the Takara Ex Taq®, Takara LA Taq®, Titanium®, and Advantage® enzymes); Cellartis stem cells and stem cell reagents; RT enzymes and SMART library construction kits; the innovative In-Fusion® cloning system; Guide-it™ gene editing tools; Tet-based inducible gene expression systems; and Living Colors® fluorescent proteins. These and other products support applications including NGS; gene discovery, regulation, and function studies; protein expression and purification; RNAi, gene editing, and stem cell studies; and plant and food research

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

HEALBE Corp. provides wearable devices that automatically measures the calories consume and burn. Its flow technology that combines information from three sensors with an algorithm to calculate calorie intake by reading the amount of glucose in cells. The company was founded by Artem Shipitsyn, George Mikaberidze and Stanislav Povolotsky in 2012 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

The USC Incubator accelerates the development of USC’s top student and alumni entrepreneurs through experiential education, mentorship and community. The USC Incubator, supported by the Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC’s Marshall School takes founders from feasibility and development work, on to customers, a tested business model, getting distribution, building a team, bootstrapping and investment preparation. They also provide access to other supporting resources, such as legal and financial assistance.

Takara Shuzo Co. Ltd. manufactures and markets alcoholic beverages. Its products include alcoholic beverages, raw alcohol, health drinks, and seasonings. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

Ligand is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing or acquiring technologies that help pharmaceutical companies discover and develop medicines. Ligand business model creates value for stockholders by providing a diversified portfolio of biotech and pharmaceutical product revenue streams that are supported by an efficient and low corporate cost structure. Ligand's goal is to offer investors an opportunity to participate in the promise of the biotech industry in a profitable, diversified, and lower-risk business than a typical biotech company. Ligand business model is based on doing what we do best: drug discovery, early-stage drug development, product reformulation, and partnering. Ligand partner with other pharmaceutical companies to leverage what they do best (late-stage development, regulatory management, and commercialization) to ultimately generate Ligand revenue.

HaimBio is a drug development company. Their flagship product, Starvanip, is a metabolism-based cancer therapy that kills cancer cells by starving them of metabolic energy. Starvanip inhibits cancer cell growth and induces apoptosis -- the death of cancer cells. It does this by inhibiting the energy source of cancer cells, dramatically reducing side effects such as harm to normal cells and reducing the toxicity of current anticancer therapies. The drug will also improve the rate of response and target a wider range of cancers. Tests have demonstrated efficacy with 12 types of cancer, as well as significant reductions of tumor sizes and increases of cancer cell death with almost no death of normal cells.

Telik, Inc. is an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel small molecule drugs to treat serious diseases. Its TELINTRA product is used for treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome and chemotherapy. The company's product candidates were discovered using its proprietary drug discovery technology TRAP, which enables the rapid and efficient discovery of small molecule drug candidates. Telik was founded in September 1988 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) is a government research institute in Daejeon, South Korea. It is dedicated to biotechnology research across a broad span of expertise, from basic studies for the fundamental understanding of life phenomena to applied studies such as drug discovery, novel biomaterials, integrated biotechnology and bioinformation.

Massachusetts General Hospital was established to provide care to Boston's sick, regardless of socioeconomic status—an innovative idea in 1811. In the words of their founder, John Warren, MD, “When in distress, every man becomes their neighbor.” They subsequently became the first teaching hospital for Harvard University’s new medical school and have been redefining excellence in healthcare ever since. They have remained at the forefront of medicine by fostering a culture of collaboration, pushing the boundaries of medical research, educating the brightest medical minds and maintaining an unwavering commitment to the diverse community they were created to serve. They believe that because of diversity they excel, through inclusion they respect their community, and with a keen focus on equity they serve, heal, educate and innovate at the highest levels. Their first priority is the well-being of their patients—near and far. As a team they are able to maintain a singular focus on providing the highest quality, most compassionate care to each and every patient.

Established in 1973 in Korea, Hanmi Pharmaceuticals now is one of the top 5 pharmaceutical companies in terms of revenue, and the most R&D focused company with the highest R&D investment for several years. Hanmi has been successful for a few decades with high flexibility, continuously changing its market/development strategy from first generics to IMD & FDC (Incrementally Modified Drug and Fixed Dose Combination) to new drug development including innovative small molecules and biologics. During the period of significant changes, Hanmi made multiple strategic collaboration relationships with multinational companies and biotech companies. Based on the success in 1980s and 1990s, Hanmi started its Chinese operation in 1996 with establishment of Beijing Hanmi. Now, Beijing Hanmi grew as a well-localized and well-settled Chinese company with more than 1,300 staffs including R&D, sales / marketing, and manufacturing experts and significant growth rate higher than 20% every year. Currently, Hanmi and Beijing Hanmi is closely collaborating on various business opportunities and new drug development projects as well as sales and marketing in Chinese territories. As the only Asian company with significant presence both in Korea and China, as the most R&D focused company with number of clinical stage projects with competitiveness, and as the company with open innovation based on multiple development/marketing collaborations, Hanmi is trying to develop and provide differentiated treatment options to patients suffering from various disease.

Shanghai Qianyi Biotechnology Co., Ltd., established on 2013-12-25, The scope of business includes engaging in biotechnology,Medical Technology,Technology development in the field of computer science and technology,technical consulting,Technical Services,technology transfer,one type,Class II medical device,computer,Software and Auxiliary Equipment,electronic product,Sales of Office Supplies,Business Management Consulting,Corporate Image Planning,marketing planning,Conference and exhibition services,business inquiries,Engaged in the import and export of goods and technology. [Items subject to approval by law,Business activities can only be carried out after approval by relevant departments]

Sanofi is a global healthcare company. Among their duties are researching disease causes, determining starting points for drug treatment, developing drugs, producing active ingredients, and delivering finished drugs and active ingredients. Specialists in vaccines, rare diseases, rare blood disorders, neurology, immunology, oncology, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and consumer healthcare.

Repure Life Science, Inc. is a South Korean private company with domestic subsidiaries. The firm develops anticancer drugs.