John Reed

Stratagene Corp. researches, develops and markets diagnostic products and technologies for life science research. The company's products are used in the research of amplification, cell biology, cloning, microarrays, nucleic acid analysis, protein function and analysis, and quantitative PCR. Its clients include the industrial and government research sectors. The firm sells its products in more than 60 countries. Stratagene was founded in 1984 and is located in La Jolla, CA.

BIOCOM provides scientific and technological services. The firm focuses that positively influence the growth of the life science industry, including capital formation, public policy, workforce development and scientific discovery and development. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute conducts and translates biological research programs. The firm offers tumor initiation and maintenance, cancer metabolism and signaling network, tumor microenvironment and cancer immunology, degenerative disease, development/aging/regeneration, immunity and pathogenesis, human genetic, cardiovascular metabolism, integrative metabolism, metabolism genomic control, bioinformatics and structural biology programs. The company was founded by William Fishman and Lillian Fishman in 1976 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

CONNECT creates and scales companies in the technology and life sciences sectors. It creates an environment in which entrepreneurs and C-suite executives have access to the people, capital, and technology resources. The organization was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Clovis Oncology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the acquisition, development, and commercialization of innovative anti-cancer agents in the United States, Europe, and additional international markets. Its U.S. marketed product, Rubraca (rucaparib), an oral small molecule inhibitor of poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP), is approved for use in the maintenance treatment and treatment of eligible adult patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer, and also for the treatment of adult patients with a deleterious BRCA mutation (germline and/or somatic)-associated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), which have been treated with androgen receptor-directed therapy and a taxane-based chemotherapy. In Europe, Rubraca is approved for use in recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer. The company was founded by Andrew R. Allen, Gillian C. Ivers-Read, Patrick J. Mahaffy, and Erle T. Mast on April 20, 2009 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Synthorx, Inc. focuses on prolonging and improving lives of cancer and autoimmune disorder patients. Its product pipeline is comprised of THOR-707, IL-2 Synthorin, IL-10 Synthorin, and IL-15 Synthorin. The company was founded by Floyd E. Romesberg and Court R. Turner in 2014 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.