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iBio develops and offers product applications of its iBioLaunch™ platform, which provides collaborators full support for turn-key implementation of the company’s technology for both proprietary and biosimilar products. IBIO’s iBioLaunch platform is a proprietary, transformative…

MRI Interventions creates innovative platforms for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures in the brain and heart. By utilizing a hospital’s existing MRI suite, MRIC’s FDA-cleared ClearPoint® system is designed to enable a range of minimally…

AtheroNova operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, AtheroNova Operations Inc., as an early stage biotech company focused on the discovery, research, development and licensing of novel compounds to reduce or regress atherosclerotic plaque deposits. AHRO…

Echo Therapeutics is a transdermal medical device company specializing in advanced skin permeation technology. ECTE is developing its Prelude® SkinPrep System as a platform technology to allow for significantly enhanced and painless skin permeation that…

Gasco Energy is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the development of large natural gas deposits in the U.S. Rocky Mountain region and on exploratory oil plays in the San Joaquin Basin in…

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative treatments that address unmet medical needs in neurological and related central nervous system disorders. The company’s pipeline of product includes pimavanserin, which is in phase 3…

Immunovaccine is a clinical stage vaccine development company focused on advancing its patented DepoVax™ vaccine adjuvanting platform and product candidates for cancer therapy and infectious diseases. The company’s pre-clinical stage vaccine product candidates comprise pandemic…

Verisante Technology produces coated papers, including coated groundwood and coated freesheet, and specialty paper products, for use primarily in media and marketing applications, including magazines, catalogs and commercial printing applications such as high-end advertising brochures,…

Hemispherx Biopharma is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the manufacture and clinical development of new drug entities for treatment of seriously debilitating disorders. The company’s flagship products include Alferon N Injection(R) (FDA approved for…

MediciNova is a biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring and developing novel, small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of diseases with unmet need with a commercial focus on the U.S. market. MNOV’s portfolio of clinical and preclinical…

Reed’s manufactures natural sodas in the natural foods industry. The company owns the Virgil’s Root Beer product line and the China Cola product line, and in 2012 launched Reed’s Culture Club Kombucha line of organic…

Cytosorbents is a therapeutic device company that uses blood purification to modulate the immune system and fight multi-organ failure in life-threatening illnesses. In 2011, the company’s CytoSorb® was approved in the European Union as a…

Local.com is a national online media company that connects merchants and consumers. Leveraging its technology platforms, the company provides business solutions such as digital marketing products and tools such as local business and product search,…

World Energy Solutions is an energy management services firm providing a range of energy management solutions to commercial and industrial businesses, institutions, utilities and governments. The company primarily focuses on retail and wholesale energy procurement…

AspenBio Pharma is an in vitro diagnostic company focused on the clinical development and commercialization of its lead product AppyScore, a blood-based test designed to aid in the identification of patients at low risk for…

Virtual Piggy is a technology company delivering online solutions for parents and merchants to provide a tool to address these issues and is designed to provide a secure mechanism by which children can make purchases…

RepliCel Life Sciences is a patented natural hair cell replication technology that has the potential to become the world’s first, minimally invasive solution for androgenetic alopecia and general hair loss in men and women. The…

AudioCodes designs, develops and sells advanced Voice over IP (VoIP) and converged VoIP and data networking products and applications to service providers and enterprises. The company’s converged VoIP and data communications and products are deployed…

Curis is a drug development company focused on leveraging its signaling pathway drug technologies to seek to create new targeted small molecule drug candidates for cancer. The company develops the Erivedge (vismodegib) capsule, which is…

Newtek Business Services, The Small Business Authority, is a direct distributor of a wide range of business services and financial products to the small- and medium-sized business market under the Newtek® brand. The company provides…

Provectus Pharmaceuticals is engaged in the development of oncology and dermatology therapies with a focus is on melanoma, breast cancer and cancers of the liver. PVCT has received orphan drug designations from the FDA for…

VirtualScopics provides quantitative imaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. VSCP has developed a software platform for analysis and modeling of both structural and functional medical images. The company is focused on…

Neuralstem is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of treatments for central nervous system disease based on transplanting human neural stem cells and the use of small molecule drugs. CUR is in…

XZERES is a renewable energy and clean energy technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets distributed generation, wind power systems, as well as power management and power efficiency solutions for the commercial, light industrial…

Aeterna Zentaris is an oncology and endocrinology drug development company with a pipeline that includes compounds at all stages of development, from drug discovery to marketed products. AEZS is currently investigating treatments for various unmet…

Perion Network is a global Internet consumer software company that designs and markets a suite of downloadable consumer products, including customized e-mail software products, software for sharing digital photo creations, a photo discovery tool, and…

iCo Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on redosing or reformulating drugs with clinical history for new or expanded indications. The company has exclusive worldwide rights to three products: iCo-007, in phase 2 for the…

Safeguard Scientifics is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in expansion financings, growth capital, management buyouts, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, corporate spinouts, growth stage and early stage financings. SFE primarily focuses on investments in…

Affymax provides scalable, innovative genomic analysis tools and reagents for discovery, exploration, validation and genetic testing. The company’s technologies are used by pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies, as well as academic, government and nonprofit research…

Broadwind Energy provides its customers in the energy and infrastructure markets with gears and gearing systems, specialty weldments, wind turbine gearing, and wind turbine towers and services. BWEN sells its products through its sales force…

Dendreon is a biotechnology company focused on targeting cancer through the discovery, development, commercialization and manufacturing of novel therapeutics that may significantly improve cancer treatment options for patients. The company specializes in antigen identification, engineering…

NeurogesX is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a portfolio of novel non-opioid, pain management therapies to address unmet medical needs. NGSX’ most advanced product candidate, NGX-1998, is a topically…

Bio-Path Holdings is a biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutic products utilizing its proprietary liposomal delivery technology designed to systemically distribute nucleic acid drugs throughout the human body via intravenous transfusion. The company’s lead product…

PDL BioPharma is a biotech company with a patented process to create humanized antibodies. PDLI engages in the management of antibody humanization patents and royalty assets, which consist of its Queen et al. patents and…

BIOLASE is a medical technology company that develops, manufactures and markets dental lasers; distributes and markets dental imaging equipment; and manufactures products that are focused on technologies that advance the practice of dentistry and medicine.…

Synthesis Energy Systems provides technology, equipment and engineering services for the conversion of low rank, low cost coal and biomass feedstocks into energy and chemical products. SYMX coverts feedstocks into energy and chemical products through…

Endocyte is focused on developing targeted therapies that treat cancer and inflammatory diseases. Using proprietary technology, Endocyte creates novel SMDCs and companion imaging diagnostics for personalized targeted therapies. The company aims to improve the specificity,…

Cytokinetics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics that modulate muscle function for the potential treatment of serious diseases and medical conditions. The company’s lead drug…

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative precision diagnostic agents and radiopharmaceutical agents. NAVB is actively developing four radiopharmaceutical agent platforms: Lymphoseek®, 4694, CFT and RIGScan™. The company’s…