Geron is a biotechnology company that specializes in developing blood cancer treatments for hematologic malignancies. The company's Imetelstat, an investigational first-in-class telomerase inhibitor, harnesses Nobel Prize-winning science in a treatment that may change the underlying course of these diseases. Geron was established in 1990 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.

The Institute Pasteur is a private, non-profit foundation. Its mission is to help prevent and treat diseases, mainly those of infectious origin, through research, teaching, and public health initiatives.The Institut Pasteur is a research center of international renown ideally located in the very heart of Paris. Each year the institute hosts a multitude of scientific and medical conferences and meetings as well as events on a variety of themes.

GemVax & KAEL Co., Ltd. engages in the production of chemical filters and gas scrubbers for semiconductors. It operates through the Pollution Removal and Bio businesses. Its products include carbon filter, coating resin, media, air refresher, mask, drugs and others. The company was founded on March 10, 1998 and is headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea.

Oncolys BioPharma Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company operates in two business segments. Pharmaceutical business segment is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals. Diagnostic reagents business segment is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of diagnostic reagents and equipment, as well as the provision of inspection service. The Company's main pipeline includes OBP-601 for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; OBP-301 (Telomelysin), an oncolytic virus; OBP-801, an epigenetic anticancer drug; OBP-1101 (Telomescan F35), a virus for blood floating cancer cells (CTC) detection; OBP-401 (Telomescan), a virus for inflammatory disease detection, and OBP-1102, a virus for leukemia detection, among others.

Institut National de la Sant? et de la Recherche M?dicale provides medical services. The firm specializes in biomedical research and public health research. The company is headquartered in Paris, Cedex, France.

Part of GemVax & KAEL Co., Ltd., Gemvax AS is a company headquartered in Porsgrunn, Norway, that develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals. It was founded by Mona Elisabeth M��ller. Gemvax AS was acquired by VaxOnco, Inc. from Pharmexa An on October 30, 2008.\nThe company says this about itself: Based in Seoul, Korea, GemVax Group operates in two main areas: environmental protection and biopharmaceutical drug development. The biopharmaceutical arm, GemVax & KAEL was formed in 1998 and comprises Samsung Pharm, GemVax and FEELingK. It has brought to the market the first-in-class immunotherapeutic drug RIAVAX��inj for pancreatic cancer. Based on telomerase modification, the company's lead candidate GV1001 also has potential other indications in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, a subsidiary of The University of Texas at Austin, is an American company located in Austin, TX. The firm oversees college activities.

KIM Co., Ltd., part of Tan Entertainment, is a South Korean company located in Changwon. The firm manufactures precision gears and driving devices.

The Group's principal activity is to produce pharmaceuticals and chemicals. The operations are carried out through the following divisions: Pharmaceuticals; Bio chemical; Chemicals; Food and Other. Pharmaceuticals include ethical drugs, bulk pharmaceuticals and biological research. Bio chemicals deal with biochemical diagnostic reagents, animal health products, agrochemicals and fertilizers. Chemicals includes solvents, plasticizes and their raw materials, detergent raw materials and specialty chemicals. Food includes alcoholic beverages, alcohol, seasonings, confectionery, baking ingredients and processed foods. Others include wholesale, commodity distribution and installation of facilities.

Digene Corporation is develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary gene-based diagnostic tests for the screening, monitoring, and diagnosis of human diseases with a focus on women’s cancers and infectious diseases worldwide. The company primarily offers human papillomavirus (HPV) testing products, which are FDA-approved tests for the detection of HPV, are a reproducible, objective test for the primary cause of cervical cancer. Its primary product is The Digene HPV Test, a FDA-approved test for HPV, the primary cause of cervical cancer.

National Cancer Center Korea is a South Korean company located in Goyang-si and ultimately controlled by the Government of South Korea. The firm provides clinical and medical research services.

Part of GemVax & KAEL Co., Ltd., KAEL-GemVax Co., Ltd. is a South Korean company located in Seongnam. The firm manufactures bio-pharmaceutical products. Magnus Moliteus, Gyeong Hee Kim and Sang-Jae Kim are the current co-CEOs of the company.

The University of California is the nation's best public university system, delivering top-notch research and innovation to California (and the world).

Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences CAS is a private company headquartered in Shanghai, China, that operates as researching agency.

Cancer Research Ventures Ltd. engages in the business of research and experimental development on biotechnology. It provides medical products. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.