John F. Burd

Quidel Corp. engages in the development, manufacture and market of rapid diagnostic testing solutions. Its portfolio includes rapid immunoassays, cardiac immunoassays, specialized diagnostic solutions and molecular diagnostic solutions. The firm products are directly sold to end users and distributors and for professional use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, urgent care clinics, universities, retail clinics, pharmacies and wellness screening centers. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Bayer Corp. manufactures and markets pharmaceutical, healthcare, nutrition and materials products. The firm offers consumer care, diagnostics, diabetes and animal health products. It also provides material science products, which include coating, adhesive and sealant raw materials polycarbonates polyurethanes and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Whippany, NJ.

Part of Johnson & Johnson, LXN Corp is a company that develops and commercializes fructosamine monitoring technology for diabetes. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company was founded by John F. Burd. LXN was acquired by Inverness Medical Technology, Inc. on March 29, 2001 for $18.48 million.

Oculir, Inc. develops medical devices. It develops products such as non-invasive glucose meter to measure glucose from white part of the human eye (the conjunctiva). The company was founded by John Burd and David A. Socks in 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Resonac Holdings Corp., MAST Immunosystems, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing quality allergy care through their comprehensive panel test for environmental and food allergens called OPTIGEN® Allergen-Specific IgE Assay. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company also offers the OPTIGEN® Multiplex Allergen-Specific IgE Assay and the AP3600™ Fully-Automated System for OPTIGEN Allergy. MAST Immunosystems was acquired by Resonac Corp., part of Resonac Holdings Corp. from April 20, 2020 on November 04, 1996 for $40 million.

Windamere Venture Partners LLC (Windamere Venture Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Scott L. Glenn. The firm is headquartered in San Diego.

Freedom Meditech, Inc. operates as a medical device company which focuses on the development and commercialization of ophthalmic medical devices. It specializes in devices for the detection, monitoring, and management of chronic diseases, such as diabetes. The company was founded by Craig H. Misrach and Keith D. Ignotz in December 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.