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Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization, also known as ibio, is a state trade association representing the life sciences industry in Illinois. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The organization's mission is to promote, connect, and engage the life sciences community to drive discovery, transform lives through groundbreaking research, and grow the economy. The company's membership ranges from corporations to startup companies in the biopharma, medical device, and nutrition industries. The Illinois life sciences industry is recognized as a national leader, and ibio's members are committed to expanding the boundaries of science by discovering, developing, and delivering innovative and needed therapeutics and products to transform patients' lives.

Sarissa Biomedical Ltd. develops and produces novel biosensors. It products sarissaprobes, sarissagold, analogue, dual potentiostat, starter kits and parts. The company was founded by Nicholas Egerton Dale and Enrique Llaudet Carles on November 4, 2002 and is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Microvisk Ltd. engages in the manufacture and development of micro-viscometer based on micro electro mechanical sensors technology for medical field. The firm's products include CoagMax, CoagLite, CoagManager and SmartStrip. It develops technology for the detection and analysis of a fluid's properties using a cantilever-based micro-viscometer. The company was founded by Vladislav Djakov, Paul Morgan Vernon and Jeremy Burford Peckham in 2004 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

GlySure Ltd. engages in the development of glucose monitoring devices. It provides prototypes for human clinical testing. The company was founded by Barry Colin Crane in 2003 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

Base4 Innovation Ltd. develops single molecule detection platforms for healthcare and life sciences. The firm develops DNA sequencing using techniques based on silicon chip technology which can easily be scaled up and this high-throughput technology will cut the time and cost of genetic tests, enabling them to be used much more in patient diagnosis and treatment. The company was founded by Cameron Alexander Frayling in 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Momentum Bioscience Ltd. develops a technology for the detection of infection in blood and other normally sterile body fluids. Its solutions include EMA Sepsis, a detection method for organisms in blood; EMA Total, a detection method for organisms in NSF; EMA Bacteria for the detection of bacteria; and EMA Fungi for the detection of fungi. The company was founded by William Henry Mullen in 2008 and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.

First Light Diagnostics, Inc. develops automated medical diagnostic products for the detection of microbes that cause healthcare and hospital infections. The firm offers MultiPath technology detects and counts fluorescent targets without using magnification. Its MultiPath technology is used for screening, blood infections, surgical infections, skin infections and GI infections. The company was founded by Donald Straus and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Altoida, Inc. operates as a health technology firm that uses active digital biomarkers and cutting-edge technology. It offers an FDA-cleared and CE Mark-approved medical device and brain health data platform to support early detection of Alzheimer's disease. The company was founded by Richard Fischer, Ioannis Tarnanas and Maximillian and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SwipeSense, Inc. develops and markets hand sanitation devices. The firm offers different kinds of sanitizer dispensers, including wall-mounted version and portable version. Its sanitizers are connected too an application that automates the manual observation reporting and also analyzes information. Users can view individual compliance levels, unit comparisons, and historical trends through the app. The company was founded by Mert Hilmi Iseri and Yuri Frank Maxwell Malina in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.