Genentech is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. It creates multiple products on the market and a development pipeline. The company became a member of the Roche Group in 2009. As part of their merger agreement, Roche and Genentech combined their pharmaceutical operations in the United States. Genentech’s South San Francisco campus now serves as the headquarters for Roche pharmaceutical operations in the United States. Genentech’s Research and Early Development section operates as an independent center within Roche. Genentech was founded in 1976 by [Robert Swanson](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/robert-a-swanson) and [Herbert Boyer](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/herbert-w-boyer). It is headquartered in South San Francisco, C.A.

NHC Communications, Inc. manufactures network switching and test equipment for local telecom service providers, corporations and multi-tenant buildings. It also offers the XPoint product line geared for smaller network applications. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Mount-Royal, Canada

Bausch & Lomb is a Canadian eye health products company based in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the world's largest suppliers of contact lenses, lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products. The company was founded in Rochester, New York in 1853 by optician John Bausch and cabinet maker turned financial backer Henry Lomb. Until its sale in 2013, Bausch & Lomb was one of the oldest continually operating companies in the US.

Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. manufactures and markets health care and nutritional products. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in East Hanover, NJ.

Manufactures vaccines for diseases like hepatitis, influenza, rubella and typhoid fever

QIAGEN GmbH provides products for preanalytical sample preparation and molecular diagnostics solutions. It develops and markets consumable products and automated solutions to molecular diagnostics laboratories, academic researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and applied testing customers for purposes such as forensics, animal or food testing and pharmaceutical process control. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Hilden, Germany.

Alcon Research Ltd., a subsidiary of Nestl�� SA, is a company headquartered in Huntington, WV, that manufactures optical goods.

Bayer Corp. manufactures and markets pharmaceutical, healthcare, nutrition and materials products. The firm offers consumer care, diagnostics, diabetes and animal health products. It also provides material science products, which include coating, adhesive and sealant raw materials polycarbonates polyurethanes and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Whippany, NJ.

Eli Lilly engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the pharmaceutical products business segment. The company manufactures and distributes products through owned or leased facilities in the United States, Puerto Rico, and 25 other countries. Its products are sold in approximately 135 countries. It also conducts research to find products to treat diseases in animals and to increase the efficiency of animal food production.

CooperVision International Holding Co. LP, part of The Cooper Cos., Inc., is a company headquartered in St. Michael, Barbados, providing investment services.

Vestar, Inc., a subsidiary of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., is an American company located in San Dimas, CA, involved in pharmaceutical preparations. Nexgen, Inc. acquired Vestar, Inc. on February 22, 1995 for $96.70 million.

Grifols SA engages in the production of plasma derivatives. It operates through the following segments: Bioscience, Hospital, Diagnostic, Bio Supplies, and Others. The Bioscience Segment includes all activities related with products deriving from human plasma for therapeutic use. The Hospital Segment comprises of all non-biological pharmaceutical products and medical supplies manufactured by group companies earmarked for hospital pharmacy. The Diagnostic Segment deals with the marketing of diagnostic testing equipment, reagents, and other equipment. The Bio Supplies segment consists of all transactions related to biological products for non-therapeutic use. The Others segment focuses on the rendering of manufacturing services to third party companies. The company was founded by José Antonio Grifols Roig on November 18, 1940 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

S.E.A. Medical Systems Inc. is a private healthtech company that has created a disruptive platform technology with life-saving product applications, allowing for the identification and characterization of medical solutions in real time. Using a patents pending version of impedance spectroscopy, the identity and concentration of solutions can be determined almost instantly through a comparison of a unique electronic signature generated from contact of the solution with a disposable BIOMEMS sensor chip and comparison to a known library of profiles. SEA's technology is broadly applicable to multiple platforms including preventing IV preparation errors in the Pharmacy, identifying and stopping medication errors at the bedside, keeping expensive biopharmaceutical manufacturing on track, ensuring dialysis patients get their full therapeutic benefit, and detecting counterfeit medications to prevent them from entering the distribution channel. These devices cumulatively have the real potential for multi-billion dollar annual product sales. For example, Auto IV is a disruptive technology that has the potential to revolutionize the smart pump business, currently valued at over $3B per year in the US. Companies in these business segments find our technology compelling and for the right investor or partner, this is an opportunity to have a major transformative impact on Medicine. Based in San Jose, CA, the company has been supported by Series A investors including Quantum Technology Partners, New Biology Ventures, and private investors, Series B investor JK&B Capital and non-dilutive capital.

Part of QuidelOrtho Corp., Micro Typing Systems, Inc. is a company headquartered in Pompano Beach, FL, that manufactures blood bank serology tests. On March 18, 2002 Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. acquired Micro Typing Systems, Inc.

Gruppo Lepetit SRL, part of Sanofi, is a company headquartered in Italy. The firm manufactures pharmaceuticals and proprietary medicines, medical and surgical supplies.

Behringwerke AG, a subsidiary of Sanofi, is a German company located in Marburg. The firm produces specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical products.