Jonathan Kaufman

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Life Sciences Pennsylvania (LSPA) is a trade association that represents various entities in the life sciences industry, including biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, research, and investment companies, as well as service providers. The non-profit company is based in Wayne, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The organization unifies innovators in the state to make Pennsylvania a leader in the life sciences industry. Founded in 1989, LSPA aims to create a business and public policy environment that encourages and incentivizes the diverse life sciences economy in Pennsylvania. Christopher P. Molineaux has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Part of Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an American company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.

Oxford Bioscience Partners is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1992 by Edmund Martin Olivier, Alan G. Walton and Cornelius T. Ryan. The firm is headquartered in Boston.

Cortendo AB engages in the provision of biopharmaceutical business. Its activities include development and distribution of orphan drugs for metabolic and endocrine diseases as well as diabetes. Its products include cortisol inhibition and normocort. The company was founded on October 6, 1996 and is headquartered in Trevose, PA.

CytoReason Ltd. is an Israeli company that aims to link mechanisms across diseases, treatments, and patient groups. The company is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. The company provides a platform that connects decisions to the underlying science of drug programs. The company's team includes top immunologists, a chief medical officer, a chief data scientist, a VP of strategic alliances, a chief technology officer, and a head of commercial operations. The company focuses on immune-mediated diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, atopic dermatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and asthma, immuno-oncology diseases such as non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and melanoma, and fibrosis diseases such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, systemic sclerosis, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. CytoReason was founded in 2016 by Elina Starosvetsky, Ksenya Kveler, Yuval Kalugny, Renaud Gaujoux, David Harel, and Shai Shen-Orr. David Harel has been the CEO since 2016.

Cook MyoSite, Inc. is a private company based in Pittsburgh, PA that was founded by Michael Chancellor in 2002. The company is dedicated to the development and commercialization of technology related to the collection, selection, and expansion of human skeletal muscle cells for the treatment of various disorders. Cook MyoSite operates several regulated clinical studies and provides custom services, including modified cell samples to contract manufacturing arrangements, procurement and processing of muscle cells from specific donor populations, custom media formulations, CMO/CDMO arrangements, and QC analytical testing and assay development. The company specializes in muscle cell technology and cell therapy.

Restorative Therapies, Inc. operates a physiotherapy center. The company is based in Nottingham, MD. The company was founded in 2004 by John W. McDonald and the CEO is Jim Janicki.

Helomics Corp. provides cancer care development and treatment consulting services. Its products include chemoFx, biospeciFx, geneFx colon and geneFx lung. It also offers research and development services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Verogen, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells forensic genomics products and services. It offers MiSeq FGx Forensic Genomics System, including the MiSeq FGx sequencer, ForenSeqTM DNA Signature Prep Kit, and the ForenSeq Universal Analysis Software. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of NutraGenics, Inc. (Arizona), LipoGenics, Inc. manufactures dietary supplements. The company is based in Phoenix, AZ. The company was founded by Leaf Huang. LipoGenics was acquired by NutraGenics, Inc. (Arizona) on October 31, 1996.

Part of Innoviva, Inc., RGene Therapeutics, Inc. is a company that specializes in the research and design of gene therapy. The company is based in The Woodlands, TX. The company was founded by Leaf Huang. RGene Therapeutics was acquired by AmpliPhi Biosciences Corp. on June 20, 1996 for $25 million.

OncoTrap, Inc. develops the medicine that induces or potentiates the immune response as a means to eradicate tumor burden. The company was founded by Rihe Liu and Leaf Huang is headquartered Chapel Hill, NC.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is a non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of hospital health programs and services. It operates through the following business units: Provider Services, Insurance Services, UPMC International, and UPMC Enterprises. It also develops programs in transplantation, cancer, neurosurgery, psychiatry, orthopedics, and sports medicine. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Part of AstraZeneca PLC, AstraZeneca LP is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing and commercializing prescription drugs for various therapeutic areas. The company is based in Wilmington, DE.

ProSciento, Inc. is a full-service clinical research organization that works with biopharma companies worldwide to support their outsourced clinical research needs. The company is based in Chula Vista, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company specializes in providing comprehensive and customized services for multinational, early development clinical trial programs for metabolic continuum diseases, including diabetes, obesity, and steatotic liver disease. ProSciento has conducted over 300 clinical projects and supported the development of many approved metabolic drugs and devices on the market. ProSciento was founded in 2003, and Marcus Hompesch has been the CEO of the company since its inception.

Nuron Biotech, Inc. markets and develops vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. It develops novel biologics and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative and infectious diseases. The firm is advancing products to meet unmet medical needs in the areas of multiple sclerosis, alzheimer's, hepatitis b and hepatitis c for patients across the globe. The company was founded by Vithalbhai Dhaduk, Shankar Musunuri and David Zeng in 2009 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.

1315 Capital LLC (1315 Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Adele C. Oliva and Michael Koby. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Accretive LLC (Accretive) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Michael Cline. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Knopp Neurosciences, Inc. operates as a drug discovery and development company. It focused on delivering breakthrough treatments in neurological disorders. It operates through three areas: inflammation discovery platform, mitochondrial discovery platform, and ion channel discovery platform. The company was founded by Gregory T. Hebrank in 2004 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Immunetrics, Inc. operates as a bio-simulation company. The company was founded by Carson Chow, Timothy R. Billiar, Gilles Clermont, Mitchell P. Fink and Yoram Vodovotz in 2001 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

The Wall Street Journal, Inc. publishes newspapers and periodicals. It covers international business, financial news, and issues of the United States. The company was established in 1889 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Knopp Biosciences LLC engages in the operation of a drug discovery and development company. It offers dexpramipexole product, an orally bioavaliable small molecule in development treatment of asthma, eosinophil-associated disorders and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease. The company was founded by Robert Bowser and Gregory T. Hebrank in 2004 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Healthcare Royalty Management LLC (Healthcare Royalty) is a private equity subsidiary of Cowen, Inc. founded in 2007 by Gregory Brown. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Founded in 1991 by Philip Paul, Paul Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm located in San Francisco with additional offices in New York City, Hong Kong, London, Paris and São Paulo.

Oak Hill Capital Management LLC (Oak Hill Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of OHCM Management LLC founded in 1986 by Robert M. Bass. The firm is headquartered in New York.

J. H. Whitney & Co. LLC operates as an alternative investment manager. The firm provides private equity capital to small and middle market companies. The company was founded by John Hay Whitney in 1946 and is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

USHEALTH Group, Inc. provides insurance products. Its products include premierchoice, secure advantage, securedental, premiervision, medguard, life protector, accident protector, income protector, essential health benefit and ppo networks. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Apogee IT Services engages in the provision of information technology security, data backup, and disaster recovery services. The firm also offers network and infrastructure services. It serves law firms, financial service,s and manufacturing companies. The company was founded by Peter Briden in 1990 and is headquartered Sewickley, PA.