Michael Kocher

Centocor, Inc. manufactures healthcare products. Its products include avakine & reopro. The company was founded in 1979 by Hubert J. P. Schoemaker & Michael A. Wall and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Shire ViroPharma, Inc. develops and manufactures drugs. It offers treatment for prophylaxis of hereditary angioedema, as well as capsules for the treatment of antibiotic associated pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and enterocolitis. The company was founded by Claude H. Nash and Mark A. McKinlay in September 1994 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.

Gemini Consulting Group, Inc. provides management consulting services. Its services range from management consulting, to the development of day surgery centers and hospitals. The company was founded by James B. McCarthy and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Endo Health Solutions, Inc. operates as holding company with interest in providing health care services. It offers pain management, pelvic health, urology, endocrinology and oncology services. The company was founded by Carol A. Ammon on November 18, 1997 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, sale, and distribution of medical imaging products. It provides diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine products that assist clinicians with the detection of disease, primarily cardiovascular. Its product protfolio includes DEFINITY, TechneLite, Xenon, AZEDRA, Cardiolite, and NEUROLITE. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in North Billerica, MA.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Novo Nordisk Fonden provides basis for the commercial and research activities conducted by the companies. It also supports scientific and humanitarian purposes activities. It awards grants for research within biomedicine, biotechnology, general practice and family medicine, nursing, and art history at public research institutions. It bridges gap between the discoveries made by researchers in biomedicine and biotechnology and their commercial application. The company was founded by August Krogh, Marie Krogh, Harald Pedersen, Hans Christian Hagedorn, August Kongsted and Thorvald Pedersen in 1922 and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

Novo Holding A/S provides financial investments and manages the Novo Nordisk Foundation?s assets. It offers seed and venture capital to development stage companies and takes ownership positions in companies within life science and biotechnology. The company was founded on September 8, 1999 and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

Egmont Fonden operates as a foundation that supports children and young people. The firm focuses on areas including care and learning. It generates change and value for children and young people, as well as supports children and families afflicted with deprivations caused by poverty and complex social factors. The company was founded by Elisabeth Egmont-Petersen, Dagmar Christensen, Axel Egmont-Petersen, Inger Egmont-Petersen, Karen Egmont-Petersen, and Holger Egmont-Petersen in 1920 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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.

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.

New England Healthcare Institute operates as a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization composed of stakeholders from across all key sectors of health and health care. The company was founded by Henri A. Termeer in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Barr Laboratories, Inc. develops and markets generic pharmaceuticals. The company was founded by Edwin A. Cohen in 1970 and is headquartered in Montvale, NJ.

CAT Forsknings og Teknologipark A/S is a Danish company that provides research site facilities. The private company is based in Roskilde, Denmark. and has subsidiaries in Denmark.

Novartis Austria GmbH operates as a holding company, which engages in the development and production of pharmaceutical products. The company was founded on January 30, 2006 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

COWI Holding A/S engages in providing engineering and consulting services. The firm through its subsidiaries provides consultancy services within the fields of engineering, environmental science and economics. Its subsidiaries offer consultancy services for infrastructure such as bridges, tunnels, marine structures, airports, and mapping. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.

Medical Valley Forchheim GmbH provides management consulting services. The private company is based in Forchheim, Germany.

Novo Holdings A/S (Investment Company) (Novo Holdings-IC) is the investment portfolio division of Novo Holdings A/S, a holding company headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark. They are ultimately owned by Novo Nordisk Fonden (Novo Nordisk Foundation). Founded in 1999, Novo Holdings-IC manages a broad portfolio of the Foundation’s financial assets.