Vicki E. Farrar

Cognetix, Inc. discovered and developed drugs. Its products were used for the treatment of epilepsy, local anesthesia, heart disease, stroke, neuromuscular back pain, multiple sclerosis, and spinal cord injury. The company was founded in 1996 by Dennis B. Farrar, Baldomero M. Olivera and J. Michael McIntosh and was headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT

Catheter Connections, Inc. develops vascular access products. Its flagship product DualCap, designed to protect patients from acquiring infections during intravenous infusion therapy. It disinfects both IV tubing end connectors and needle-free valves. The company was founded by Michael W. Howlett, James Mercer, Vicki Farrar, and Robert Hitchcock in 2008 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Q Therapeutic Products, Inc. develops novel products to treat debilitating and fatal diseases. The company was founded by Dennis B. Farrar and Mahendra S. Rao in 2004 and is headquartered in Salt Lake, UT.

Covington & Burling LLP provides legal services. It also provides support services in the following administrative departments including accounting, human resources, information research services, information technology services, library, operations, marketing, practice systems support, recruitment, attorney and alumni relations, and professional development. The company was founded by J. Harry Covington and Edward B. Burling on January 1, 1919 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Q Therapeutics, Inc. engages in developing adult stem cell therapies to treat debilitating disease of the central nervous system. Its product, Q-Cells will undergo first-in-human trials for ALS. The firm’s therapeutic strategy is intended to restore the normal activity of neurons by providing the support functions present in healthy central nervous system tissue. The company was founded by Dennis B. Farrar, Mahendra S. Rao, Mani Ramaswami, and Steven Goldman on March 28, 2002 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Irell & Manella LLP provides legal services. It serves litigation, real estate, insurance, debt finance, mergers and acquisitions, tax, private and public companies, entrepreneurs, environment, and other business sector. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Morrison & Foerster LLP is a law firm that provides legal services on various industries, which include: litigation, financial services, intellectual property and technology, and transactional work, such as corporate, capital markets and real estate finance representations. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Light Line Medical, Inc. is a medical company based in an undisclosed location. Light Line Medical has developed a patented, non-invasive visible light platform to prevent catheter-associated infections. The technology uses safe visible light emitted through a fiber optic cable to disinfect and protect the inside and outside of the catheter, killing microbes and preventing infection without relying on drugs, chemicals, or harmful UV light. The American company's published international patent portfolio includes 23 issued patents and 16 pending patent applications. The technology is effective in preventing infections in dialysis, urinary/Foley, respiratory/endotracheal, and vascular catheter use. The company was founded by Mitchell Barneck and has been led by CEO Vicki E. Farrar since 2017.