William H. Longfield

Cytyc Corp. manufactures and markets medical diagnostic applications. The company is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

C. R. Bard, Inc. engages in designing, development, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, and sales of medical, surgical, diagnostic, and patient care devices. It sells its products to hospitals, individual healthcare professionals, extended care facilities, and alternate site facilities. The company was founded by Charles Russell Bard in 1907 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

Applera Corp. manufactures medical instruments

Horizon Health Corp. provides mental health and rehabilitation services. It owns and operates freestanding behavioral health facilities. The firm offers contract management services for psychiatric and physical rehabilitation employee assistance programs for employers. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Lewisville, TX.

Manor Care, Inc. provided short-term post-acute services and long-term care. The firm provided care for patients and residents through a network of nursing and rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, and hospice and home care agencies. The company was headquartered in Toledo, OH.

Applied Biosystems, Inc. is a company that provides integrated systems for sequencing, flow cytometry, and various types of PCR. The company is based in Foster City, CA. The company's products cover the entire process from sample preparation to data analysis. The company was founded by Chris Yoo, Marvin H. Caruthers, Michael W. Hunkapiller, and Leroy E. Hood. Applied Biosystems was acquired by Invitrogen Corp. from Applera Corp. on November 21, 2008 for $6,417.85 million.

Life Technologies Corp. provides products in the areas of scientific research, genetic analysis and applied sciences. Its brands include Invitrogen, Applied Biosystems, Gibco, Molecular Probes, Noves, Ambion and Ion Torrent. The firm’s portfolio includes the most cited products and technologies in qPCR, capillary electrophoresis sequencing, nextgeneration sequencing, molecular diagnostics, forensics, cell culture and analysis, and agriculture research. The company was founded on November 21, 2008 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Atlantic Health System, Inc. is a non profit organization which operates hospitals and medical health centers. Its services include behavioral health, cancer care, family medicine practices, genetic services, heart health, home care, integrative medicine, maternity, neuscience, pediatrics, and women health. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ.