Elizabeth S. Song

Chiron Corp. provides nucleic acid test for blood screening. Its products include tigris system, target capture system, reagent preparation incubator, and many more. The company was founded in 1981 by William J. Rutter, Edward E. Penhoet & Pablo Valenzuela and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Lynx Therapeutics, Inc. was a developer of genetic analysis products for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agriculture industries. It's MPSSTM instruments analyze millions of DNA molecules in parallel enabling genome structure characterization at an unprecedented level of resolution. MPSSTM provides comprehensive and quantitative digital information important to modern systems biology research in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agricultural industries. The company was headquartered in Hayward, CA.

EGeen International Corp. provides drugs and medical services. It focuses on therapeutics, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-infectives, CVD, dermatology, metabolism and endocrine, CNS and neurology, oncology, pulmonary, and vaccines. The firm specializes in clinical trials of biologics, therapeutic vaccines, drug or device combinations, and various formulations of small molecule drugs. The company was founded by Kalev Kask in 2001 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.