David E. McCarty

Gen-Probe, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets rapid, accurate and molecular diagnostic products and services that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases, screen donated human blood, and ensure transplant compatibility. It also develops and manufactures the PROCLEIX assays, which are used to detect human immunodeficiency virus, the hepatitis C virus, the hepatitis B virus, and the West Nile virus in donated human blood. The firm's clinical diagnostics products include APTIMA family of assays, which are used to detect the common STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea. Gen-Probe was founded by Thomas H. Adams and David E. Kohne in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Solulink, Inc. provides bioconjugation products and services. It offers magnetic beads and agarose, antibody labeling kits, flow cytometry reagents, antibody-oligo kits, biotin, digoxigenin and horseradish peroxidase labeling products, crosslinking products, peptide and oligo linking, and accessories. The company was founded by David Schwartz in 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Novex Corp. developed electrophoresis gels and related products. The company was headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA.

PanCel Corp. develops technology to genetically engineer pancreatic cell lines for the cure of diabetes. Its product under development is a bio-artificial endocrine pancreas that can be safely transplanted into diabetic patients to restore normal glucose-responsive insulin secretion with no or minimal immunosuppressive drugs. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Del Mar, CA.

Alexon Biomedical, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The private company is based in Mountain View, CA.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Boehringer Mannheim Diagnostics Corp. develops and manufactures personal diagnostic devices. The company is based in Houston, TX.

Life Technologies Corp. provides products in the areas of scientific research, genetic analysis and applied sciences. Its brands include Invitrogen, Applied Biosystems, Gibco, Molecular Probes, Noves, Ambion and Ion Torrent. The firm’s portfolio includes the most cited products and technologies in qPCR, capillary electrophoresis sequencing, nextgeneration sequencing, molecular diagnostics, forensics, cell culture and analysis, and agriculture research. The company was founded on November 21, 2008 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.