Freeman J. Swank

MRIGlobal operates research and development organizations. The firm's programs include environmental research, health, pharmaceutical product development, agriculture & food safety, and national security, defense & energy. The company was founded in 1944 and headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Evogen is a global biological detection system company, and is the leading developer and manufacturer of High Definition PCR™ (HD PCR) molecular diagnostics systems, meeting the needs of a diverse range of markets including biodefense, clinical, research, animal health, agbio, food and water safety, indoor air quality, environmental monitoring and forensics. Through its core expertise and patented technologies in the collection, concentration, preparation and detection of clinical and environmental biological samples, the company have developed product offerings that range from stand-alone modules and assay kits through to fully integrated units for dedicated diagnostic tasks. The company are developing both semi- and fully-automated rapid HD PCR diagnostic systems and Automated Sample Preparation (ASP) technology for sample preparation.