Barbara Castellano

Cordis Corp. develops and manufactures devices for interventional vascular medicine and electrophysiology. The firm's products include guidewires, balloons, forceps, catheters, and stents to treat a variety of circulatory system problems including coronary artery disease and cerebral aneurysms. The company was founded by William P. Murphy Jr. in 1959 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Mentor Worldwide LLC develops, manufactures and markets science-based products. It offers surgical and non-surgical medical procedures such as breast implants, skin and tissue expanders and facial and dermal implants. The company was founded by Christopher J. Conway in 1969 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Xerox Corp. engages in the integration of paper and digital products. The firm offers home, office, office laser, multifunction and all in one printer, digital sheet-fed printing presses and scanner. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

IntraPace, Inc. develops systems for the treatment of obesity. These also track patient activity levels, providing an overview of food consumption and exercise trends. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

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

Congenia SRL operates as pharmaceutical company, is engaged in the development of novel therapeutics for diseases associated with mitochondrial stress-induced dysfunction. The company develops small molecule drugs that target the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, a protein channel with various macromolecular components that along with mitochondrial protein p66, appears to be associated with oxidative stress-induced cell death. The company was founded in 2004 by Saverio Minucci, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Marco Giorgio and Paolo Bernardi and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Ri.Tra.Ma Rink Trading & Manufacturing SpA engages in the manufacture and distribution of self-adhesive materials. Its products include roll labels, graphics, offset sheets, papers, boards, industrial tapes, and polyester fiber sheets. The company was founded by Arnold Rink in 1962 and is headquartered in Caponago, Italy.

Sofinnova Partners SA (Sofinnova) is an independent venture capital firm established in 1972 and headquartered in Paris, France. Originally known as Sofinnova, the first venture capital firm created in France, the firm created a U.S. subsidiary in San Francisco in 1976. In 1997, both firms were bought out by their management teams, which become the majority shareholders of the new companies, Sofinnova Partners in Paris and Sofinnova Ventures in San Francisco.

HeartSine Technologies LLC designs and develops automatic external cardiovascular defibrillator devices. Its products include samaritan PAD 450P with CPR rate advisor, samaritan PAD 350P with CPR coaching, samaritan PAD trainer family, Pad-Pak, heart trac, samaritan CPR, and accessories. The company was founded by Andrew O'hara, Drew Hofmann and John Anderson in 1998 and is headquartered in Newtown, PA.

Pierre Fabre Médicament SA manufactures cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. It focuses on research, development, and prescription of medicines and cosmetics. The company was founded on December 31, 1982 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Assietta Private Equity SGR SpA (Assietta Private Equity) is a private equity subsidiary of Asietta SpA founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Lifearc provides research services. It specializes in intellectual property management, drug discovery, medical diagnostics and antibody engineering. The firm services include complete technology transfer service for scientists in MRC units and institutes, Awards to Inventors, Collaborative drug discovery and antibody engineering, Funding early stage research with commercial/translational potential and protecting new ideas. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Creganna Tactx Singapore Ltd. develops and manufactures medical devices. Its services include designing, developing, manufacturing and delivering finished medical devices; clinical, regulatory support and supply chain solution. The company was founded by Ian Quinn in 1980 and is headquartered in Galway, Ireland.

Opera SGR SpA is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Milan.

Italfarmaco SpA engages in the production and distribution of pharmaceutical and fine chemical products. It also provides research and development, scientific publishing, business development, and licensing services. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Takara Bio Europe AB is a provider of stem cell derived products and technologies which will drive unprecedented innovation in drug discovery and regenerative medicine today and in the future. The company was first in the world to bring to the market human embryonic stem (hES) cell-derived hepatocytes and cardiomyocytes for use as drug discovery tools. Cellartis is also the single commercial source of ethically derived hES cell lines and has developed cell lines for a range of uses. This hES cell technology platform offers a path to tools and regenerative medicine discoveries of the future. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Genextra SpA (Genextra) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Franceso Micheli and Saverio Minucci. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

EryDel SpA offers medical research. It develops drugs and diagnostics delivered through human red blood cells via a medical device technology. The company was founded by Luigia Rossi and Mauro Magnani in 2007 and is headquartered in Bresso, Italy.

Zerusa Ltd. strength lies in developing close partnerships with its physician inventors, entrepreneurs or partner companies to identify and exploit an unmet need in the market. They work the front lines with the physicians in coronary cath labs, peripheral radiology labs and neuroradiology labs to understand physician needs, challenges and opportunities. They have the capability to realize those product improvements or new product ideas that larger medical device companies overlook. Yet, they are willing to work with those same companies to market its innovative technologies.

Zambon SpA is engaged in manufacturing pharmaceutical products. It offers anauran, anaurette, asacol, codex, fluimucil, and giason. The company is headquartered in Bresso, Italy.

Assobiotec is an organization that represents approximately 130 companies and technological and scientific parks in the biotech sector. Assobiotec is based in Milan, Italy. The Italian company focuses on various areas such as health, agriculture, environment, and industrial processes. The private company was founded in 1986, and the CEO is Leonardo Vingiani.

Visconti Diffusione di Paolo Addario e C. SNC manufactures, imports and distributes fashion accessories for men and women. The firm offers leather wallets, keyholders, bags, and briefcases under its brands including DuDu, Nuvola Pelle, du, and antica toscana. It also involves in the administration, planning and design, quality control, and logistic services departments. The company was founded by Enrica Addario and Paolo Addario in 1992 and is headquartered in Pordenone, Italy.

Praesidium SGR SpA is a private equity firm. The private company is based in Milan, Italy.

Neuravi Ltd. designs and develops medical devices for the treatment of acute stroke. Through its investment in the Neuravi Thromboembolic Initiative the company supports collaboration between engineers, clinicians and researchers to deepen the understanding of clot and occlusion dynamics to improve patient outcomes in stroke. Neuravi The company was founded by Mahmood K. Razav, Eamon Brady, John O'Shaughnessy and David Vale in 2009 and is headquartered in Galway, Ireland.

Neuromod Devices Ltd. operates as a medical device company which engages in the research and development of neuromodulation technologies for chronic tinnitus. The firm develops proprietary neuromodulation technologies designed to address pathologies, which are believed to give rise to illusory perceptions, such as tinnitus. These technologies utilize bi-modal neuromodulation and aim to promote positive therapeutic change within the human nervous system. The company was founded by Ross O?Neill in 2010 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Tricol Biomedical, Inc. /1/ develops and markets innovative technologies that address wound care from closure to treatment. The company is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Biovelocita Srl (Biovelocita) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Silvano Spinelli, Gabriella Camboni and Sofinnova Partners. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Atlantic Therapeutics Ltd. is a medical device developer of non-invasive pelvic floor strengthening and nerve stimulation products. The firm offers INNOVO products. The company is headquartered in Galway, Ireland.

Amypopharma Srl develops therapeutic solutions for protein disorders. It specializes in functionalized nanoliposomes to treat protein misfolding disorders. The company was founded by Massimo Ernesto Masserini and Francesca Re in 2015 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Xgen Venture Sgr SpA (XGEN Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Federica Draghi, Paolo Fundarò and Daniele Scarinci. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Knoll International SpA designs and manufactures home & office furniture and furnishings products. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.