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Suzhou Connect Biopharma Co. Ltd. develops novel medicines for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and inflammation. Its products include CBP-307, CBP-174, and CBP-201. The company was founded by Zheng Wei and William Pan in 2012 and is headquartered in Taicang, China.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Crown Bioscience, Inc. provides biomedical outsourcing solutions. It provides syngeneic and xenograft tumor models and custom model development and drug testing. The firm produces antibodies for therapeutic, diagnostic and theranostic applications. It also offers preclinical and drug development for anti-cancers therapeutics. The company was founded by Dr. Yiyou Chen, Dr. Yue Alexander Wu, Dr. William Pan and Dr. Faming Zhang in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

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.

Tsinghua Yuanxing Biotechnology, Inc. is engaged in the development of biological and pharmaceutical products. It is involved in the research and development, commercialization of adenoviral vector vaccine. The company was founded on December 4, 2000 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

Novartis Corp. manufactures pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer health, generics, eye care and animal health products. It manufactures drugs for oncology, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on November 15, 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

San Diego Athena operates as a not-for-profit organization. It supports and develops women. The company was founded by Barbara Bry in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Caris Life Sciences Ltd. provides diagnostics and anatomic pathology services. The firm develops an unbiased profiling platform for novel target identification, drug development and delivery, diagnostic and disease monitoring, and precision medicine enabling aspects. It offers services throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia and other international markets. The company was founded by David D. Halbert in 2008 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

MedTrust Online LLC develops online support and connection services for oncologists. It provides Internet-based solution that enables physicians to practice precision medicine. The company was founded by Christopher Yoo on December 3, 2007 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Part of QIAGEN NV, Exiqon Diagnostics, Inc. provides cancer treatment services. The company is based in Tustin, CA.

Part of Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC, Terragen Discovery, Inc. is a developer of antibiotics and patent drugs. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. Terragen Discovery was acquired by Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC on October 26, 2000 for $25.61 million.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers China is a venture capital and investment advisory firm based in Beijing, China.

KPCB China Fund II LP seeks investment opportunities in companies located in China. The fund focuses on companies operating in the fields of health technology, industrial services, and technology services sectors.. It provides financing for seed, early and later-stage capital requirements.

CVie Therapeutics Co., Ltd. manufactures drugs to treat hypertension and acute heart failure. The private company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Zenesis Ltd. provides consultancy and software development house focused on providing tailored, cost effective implementations. The company was founded by John Henry Spackman and is headquartered in Clifton, the United Kingdom.

Chiral Quest (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. provides drug discovery services. It focuses on the development and manufacture of chiral catalysts, development of synthetic processes, and a technology applications platform. Its products include a, b, and Cyclicb-amino acids; b-hydroxy acids; chiral amines, alcohols, amino alcohols, and pyrrolidines; succinates; and achiral compounds, a-hydroxy acids, and APIs and intermediates. Chiral Quest has one manufacturing site in Jiangxi province, and three overseas offices in USA, Europe & India respectively. The company was founded by Xumu Zhang in 2000 and is headquartered in Suzhou, China.

OriGene Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of products for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic research. It offers CDNA clones, antibodies, assay kits, vectors, RNA Interference (RNAi), tissues, proteins, genome editing, and other products. The company was founded by Wei-Wu He in 1996 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

OMNI Pharmaceuticals (USA), Inc. is a private company based in Pembroke Pines, FL.

Smooth Prosper Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures and sells surgical devices.

GenScript Corp. provides biological research and drug discovery services to pharmaceutical companies. Its products include antibodies, recombinant proteins, protein isolation and analysis, molecular biology reagents, peptides, and cell lines. It offers life sciences research services and preclinical drug development services. The company was founded by Ye Wang, Fang Liang Zhang, and Lu Quan Wang in 2002 and is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ.

Xwpharma operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on eveloping a portfolio of internally discovered product candidates for the treatment of neurological disorders. The company was founded by Jia-Ning Xiang and is headquartered in Wuhan, China.

Chime Biologics Ltd. is a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that provides customer-centric and cost-effective outsourcing services for biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing. The company is based in Wuhan, China, and its world's first GE Kubio facility is located at Wuhan's Bio-Lake Biotech Industry Development Zone, with a clear path to expand the total capacity up to 140,000+ liters in the near future. The Chinese company has introduced the world's first modular biopharmaceutical plant, Kubio, which empowers its partners' success in biologics from cell line development to commercial manufacturing. Chime Biologics is committed to making cutting-edge biomedicines affordable and accessible to all patients, fulfilling its commitment to human health. Chime Biologics is ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 certified and has been providing customers with clinical materials for pre-clinical and clinical stages worldwide since 2016.