Yung Shin Pharmaceutical Industrial Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products. Its products include active pharmaceutical ingredients, traditional Chinese medicine, human medicine, animal medicine, food products, and medical equipment. The company was founded by Tien Te Li in 1952 and is headquartered in Taichung, Taiwan.

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.

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), led by President Chubachi, is a public research institution funded by the Japanese government to a large extent. The present AIST is a rather new research organization established in 2001. However, AIST and its predecessor organizations have been contributing to society through continuous advancement in technologies and support to Japanese industries since 1882. Headquarters of AIST are located in Tsukuba and Tokyo. AIST has over 40 autonomous research units in various innovative research fields, and the units are located at ten research bases and several sites (smaller than research bases) of AIST all over Japan. About 2300 researchers (about 2000 with tenure: about 80 from abroad) and a few thousands of visiting scientists, post-doctoral fellows, and students from home and abroad are working at AIST. About 650 permanent administrative personnel and many temporary staff support research works of AIST.

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.

UAB Research Foundation (doing business as UABRF), a subsidiary of The University of Alabama System, is a company headquartered in Birmingham, AL. The firm engages in identify, assess, and market commercially viable technology developed at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.