Dawn Svoronos

AERIC, Inc., dba The Conference Board of Canada, is an independent, not-for-profit applied research organization headquartered in Ottawa, Saskatchewan. The Board helps build leadership capacity for a better Canada by creating and sharing insights on economic trends, public policy issues, and organizational performance. They forge relationships and deliver knowledge through their learning events, networks, research products, and customized information services. Their members include a broad range of Canadian organizations from the public and private sectors. The Conference Board of Canada was formed in 1954, and is affiliated with The Conference Board, Inc. that serves some 3,000 companies in 67 nations.

Center for Drug Research & Development operates as a drug development and commercialization company. The firm provides the specialized expertise and infrastructure to identify, validate and advance promising discoveries, and transform them into commercially viable investment opportunities for the private sector and ultimately into new therapies for patients. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Osteoporosis Canada operates as a national organization serving people who have osteoporosis. The company was founded by Joan Harrison and Timothy M. Murray and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

AgNovos Healthcare LLC is a medical technology company that develops new products using regenerative medicine to address bone disease. The company is based in Rockville, MD, where they have their corporate headquarters, manufacturing, research & development, and corporate support services. The company's first product, the Ossure® Local Osteo-Enhancement Procedure Kit, is CE-marked to form new bone in the pelvis and extremities. AgNovos Healthcare was founded in 2012 by James Howe and Tanner Howe, with Tanner Howe serving as the CEO since then.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Canada, Inc. is a Canadian biopharmaceutical company that has been inventing medicines and vaccines for over 130 years. The private company is based in Kirkland, Canada and is committed to increasing access to healthcare through policies, programs, and partnerships. Merck Canada continues to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases such as cancer, HIV, and Ebola. The company aspires to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world. Marwan Akar has been the CEO of the company since 1997.

Analgesics Solutions LLC operates as a risk mitigation company which develops analgesics. The company was founded by Dr. Nathaniel Katz in 2006 and is headquartered in Wayland, MA.

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics to treat grievous blood-based disorders. It also provides oral medicines for sickle cell diseases. The company was founded by Matthew P. Jacobson, Andrej Sali, Jack Taunton, Charles J. Homcy, Craig D. Muir, and David R. Phillips in February 2011 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.