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• BayBio  BayBio is Northern California's life science association.

• Beckman Coulter  Beckman Coulter, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of biomedical testing instrument systems, tests and supplies that simplify and automate laboratory processes.

• Benitec Inc.  Benitec develops RNA interference (RNAi)-based therapeutics to treat serious diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis C. 

• BioCentury Publications, Inc.  BioCentury Publications Inc. is a business information service dedicated to the needs of the management and investment communities in life science development.

• BioComm Network, Inc.  BioComm Network is a corporate and marketing communications resource for clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and healthcare industries.

• Biolog, Inc.  Biolog, Inc. is a privately held company that began operations in 1984.

• Bioscience Forum  The BioScience Forum (BioSF) conducts educational activities relating to the life sciences, including biotechnology, chemistry, pharmacology, biology, genetics and bioinformatics.

• BioPharma Technology Development LLP  BioPharma Technology Development LLP (BTD) BioPharma Technology Development fosters the commercial development of pharmaceutical and biotechnology products.

• BioTime, Inc.  BioTime, Inc. is engaged in the research and development of synthetic solutions that can be used for plasma volume expansion, blood replacement during hypothermic (low temperature) surgery, and organ preservation.

• BioVisability  BioVisability works with emerging companies and incubators in the life sciences.

• BioVitesse, Inc.  BioVitesse provides the fast growing industrial microbiological control market with automated in-process monitoring systems to detect and identify bacterial contamination, inside the clean rooms, in less than 4 hours instead of days.

• Bridge Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  Bridge Pharmaceuticals is a US-based SRI International (formally Stanford Research Institute) spin-off company focused on providing lower cost, FDA compliant drug development services in Asia for US and EU based clients

• BrighTex Bio-Photonics  BrighTex Bio-Photonics (BTBP), a corporation focused on development of applications for the Imaging, Sensing, and Recognition sector of the bio-photonics industry.

• Buck Institute  The Buck Institute - the first independent research facility in the country focused solely on aging and age-related disease - is taking a prominent role in shaping the future of medicine.

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• California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency  Jeff Newman is the Technology and Commerce Partnership Manager for the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.

• Cal State East Bay Small Business  The Cal State East Bay Small Business Development Center (SBDC), a new partnership between Cal State East Bay, the Northern California Small Business Development Center Network and the U. S. Small Business Administration, offers classes, consulting services and business planning resources for small businesses throughout Alameda County.

• California Separation Science Society  Based in the Bay Area, the California Separation Science Society (CaSSS) is the leading non-profit organization serving separation scientists.

• Cell Genesys, Inc.  Cell Genesys is focused on the development and commercialization of novel biological therapies for patients with cancer.

• CMEA Ventures  CMEA Ventures is a San Francisco based venture capital firm that was established in 1989 and specializes in high technology and life sciences investments.

• Comerica Bank Technology & Life Sciences Division   - Comerica’s Technology and Life Sciences Division is one of the nation’s leading technology banking practices, offering a wide range of financial services tailored to corporate customers, entrepreneurs and professionals.  

• Corgentech Inc.  Corgentech is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of DNA-based novel therapeutics for significant unmet medical needs.

• Craft Press Print broker, specializing in all corporate, symposia and non-profit printing

• CV Therapeutics  CV Therapeutics, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on applying molecular cardiology to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel, small molecule drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

• Cytokinetics, Inc.  Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) is a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel small molecule drugs that specifically target the cytoskeleton.

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• Datect Datect provides software tools for the automatic quality control of high throughput analytical data

• Davis, City of  We hope that you will find Davis to be a friendly, dynamic, and prosperous place to do business.

• DBC Real Estate Services  Mr. Gary Miller has over 35 years of successful experience in business, both in starting his own companies and as a strategic marketing specialist for established and startup biomedical companies.

• Deloitte & Touche USA LLP  Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is an organization of member firms around the world devoted to excellence in providing professional services, focused on client service through a global strategy executed locally in nearly 150 countries.

• DNA Bridges, Inc. Expert consulting to the life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries. 

• DNA Gateway International  DNA Gateway International, Inc. is a provider of business services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

• Dorsey & Whitney LLP  With over 600 attorneys in 19 offices in the USA, Canada, Europe and Asia, Dorsey and Whitney is a full service international law firm that has served its clients for nearly 100 years.

• DURECT Corporation  DURECT Corporation is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company with multiple proprietary drug delivery platforms, including the SABER™ Delivery System (a versatile depot injectable useful for controlled, sustained delivery of proteins, peptides and small molecules), the ORADUR™ sustained release oral gel-cap technology (an oral sustained release technology with several potential abuse deterrent properties), and the DURIN™ Biodegradable Implant (drug-loaded implant system).

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• Entelos, Inc.  Entelos, Inc. (www.entelos.com) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing new therapies for metabolic and inflammatory disorders.

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• Ferreira Service Inc. (FSI)  Temperature discomfort is the single most common complaint of office occupants. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a HVAC system that eliminates comfort complaints while saving energy?

• Fremont, City of  The City of Fremont, California - A Perfectly Cultured Environment to Grow Your Biotech Company.

• French American Chamber of Commerce  The San Francisco Chapter of the French-American Chamber of Commerce (FACC) is a non-profit, member driven organization dedicated to serving the needs of the French-American business community throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

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• Genentech  Genentech, the founder of the biotechnology industry, is a company with a quarter-century track record of delivering on the promise of biotechnology.

• Glycometrix  Glycometrix, Inc., is an emerging life sciences company using complex-sugars from blood serum as biomarkers to detect ovarian cancer.

• Golden State Networks  GSNets delivers a broad spectrum of quality services to our clients Computer and Network Consulting Monitoring and Management of your Network Outsourced IT Services Microsoft Certified Partner Cisco Registered Partner.

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• Hindman, Chris - BJ Droubi & Company  

• Hutton Associates  David Hutton, founder and Principal of Hutton Associates, provides business development consulting services (corporate partnering, strategic planning) to those in the Life Science/Biotechnology sectors.

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• Inmerge Web based databases, online conference registration, abstract submission & proceedings on CD

• Institute for OneWorld Health  The Institute for OneWorld Health develops safe, effective and affordable new medicines for people with infectious diseases in the developing worlds. 

• Inverseon, Inc  Inverseon is a clinical-stage company re-profiling drugs for chronic diseases.

• IO Informatics, Inc.  IO Informatics ensures the life scientist gets access to all of the information pertaining to the discovery task at hand, guaranteeing that no stone is left unturned and all evidence is considered when it comes to making crucial drug discovery decisions.

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• K2 BioVentures, LLC  K2 BioVentures provides technical entrepreneurs (MD, PhD, or MS Eng) and life science startups with Board of Directors service, strategy advice, management mentoring, recruiting of officer level hires, seed capital and venture capital fundraising.

• Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP  Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (K&LNG) is composed of approximately 1,000 lawyers who practice in offices located in Boston, Dallas, Harrisburg, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York, Palo Alto, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Washington.

• Kosan Biosciences, Inc.  Kosan uses molecular biology to develop drugs from polyketide natural products.

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• LENOS Software  Based in San Francisco, LENOS Software is your LEADING PROVIDER for event marketing CRM software solutions including enterprise meeting consolidation, registration software solutions, workshop/seminar registration and microsites.

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• McCormick Law Offices  We provide general legal services to business clients through out the world. We specialize in start up businesses.

• MedLex Inc.  MedLex is a software development and consulting company. We provide portfolio management software and consulting services to the biopharmaceutical industry.

• meister.NET Corporate and Product Websites, FLASH, Multimedia Presentations

• Minert Architects  Minert Architects is a full service architectural firm with a 20-year history of specializing in projects for the life sciences industries, and in servicing a broad range of company sizes and project types.

• MIZE - www.mize.org  Nancy K. Mize, Ph.D., Biomarkers & Pharmacogenomics Consulting services for clients in the areas of FDA regulatory processes for Personalized Medicine, Biomarkers, and Pharmacogenomics with over 15 years of experience at companies including Genentech, ALZA, and numerous startups.

• MJ Film/Video Productions Audio-Visual Services

• MBEST University of California Monterey Bay Education, Science and Technology Center (MBEST)  - The University of California’s, Monterey Bay Education, Science and Technology (MBEST) research center is located in Central California, easy driving distance to San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

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• Nektar Therapeutics  Nektar Therapeutics provides industry-leading drug delivery technologies, expertise and manufacturing to enable the development of high-value, differentiated therapeutics.

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• Oakland, City of  / Community and Economic Development Agency  Located at the Bay Area’s transportation crossroads, Mayor Jerry Brown has cultivated a pro-business climate in Oakland that has attracted hundreds of new companies and more than 10,000 jobs in the last three years.

• Onyx Pharmaceuticals  Onyx Pharmaceuticals is developing innovative small molecule cancer treatments based on a molecular understanding of cancer.

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• Pacific BioDevelopment, LLC  Our mission at Pacific BioDevelopment is to provide the highest quality integrated drug development strategies in order to facilitate timely and cost efficient proof-of-concept results, entry into the clinic, or market approval.

• Pacific BioFacilities  Pacific BioFacilities is a team of experienced facilities planning and management specialists supporting leading Bay Area biotech and pharmaceutical corporations.

• Palo Alto, City of Economic Development  - The City of Palo Alto is home to the Stanford Research Park, one of the nation's leading locations for biotech, research and development, information technology, nanotechnology and life science companies. 

• Perlegen Sciences  Perlegen Sciences, Inc. is working to provide safe and effective medicines to patients worldwide.

• Pharmacyclics, Inc.  Pharmacyclics is a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing a patented new class of drugs to treat cancer, atherosclerosis and other diseases.

• Pharmatech Associates  Pharmatech Associates, Inc. was founded in 1995 to service the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and medical device industries.

• Pharmatek Laboratories, Inc.  Pharmatek Laboratories, Inc. is a premier pharmaceutical chemistry development organization supporting the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Formed by the April 2005 merger of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP and Shaw Pittman LLP, our firm has approximately 900 lawyers in 16 offices, located in global centers for capital markets, finance, energy, healthcare, and technology.

• Polygenetics, Inc.  Polygenetics, Inc. is a biomedical research and development company owning patent rights on porous polymer materials (Cavilink™) that provide near zero-order release of contained drugs.

• PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP  PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global leader in providing professional services to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.

• Prinz Law Office  The Prinz Law Office represents high technology and life sciences companies in a variety of domestic and international commercial transactions dealing with the development, commercialization, protection, and transfer of their most valuable assets – intellectual property.

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• R&D Logic, Inc.  Founded in 2000, R&D Logic Inc. is the global leader of financial planning and tracking solutions specific to the life sciences industry.

• R and R Images  Located in Phoenix, Arizona, R and R Images clients include many Bay Area biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

• Raven biotechnologies, inc.  Raven biotechnologies, inc. develops monoclonal antibody (MAb)-based cancer therapeutics using tissue-specific stem and tumor cells as antigens.

• Receptor Biologix  Receptor BioLogix, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a newly discovered class of protein therapeutics called Intron Fusion Proteins™ (IFP™) to treat cancer, autoimmune, metabolic and other diseases.

• Rogers Consulting Group  Rogers Consulting provides business development (strategic alliances, negotiations, business plans) and marketing (marketing/sales planning and market research) services to pharmaceutical/biotech, diagnostic, instrument and genomic companies.

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• Sacramento, City of -  Economic Development Department The City of Sacramento is located along the “Interstate 80 Corridor”, midway between San Francisco and the Lake Tahoe area.

• San Carlos, City of Centrally located exactly halfway between San Francisco and San Jose and near the San Francisco International Airport, the City of San Carlos is the perfect location for any business.

• Sangamo BioSciences  Sangamo's ZFP technology offers a fundamental new approach to human therapeutics.

• San Jose BioCenter San Jose is turning innovation into industry.

• Sares Regis Group of Northern California  Sares Regis and its principals have developed over 4 million square feet of commercial projects over the past 20 years.  

• Satori Labs  Satori Labs™, Inc. is a leading designer and developer of connected information management technologies and products.

• Schering Plough Biopharma  Schering-Plough Biopharma is a newly formed biologics entity of Schering-Plough Corporation, created in May, 2005, to capitalize on the company’s historic strength in biotechnology.

• SGE, Incorporated  It is about 35 years since Ernest Dawes established Scientific Glass Engineering in a tiny garage at the backyard of a house in Melbourne, Australia.

• Selexis USA  Selexis helps its partners to move more rapidly towards their markets by decreasing the timelines from preclinical testing into clinical trials.

• Signature Leadership Signature Leadership is a Leadership & Executive Development Consulting Firm, focused on early stage and emerging companies in the bay area.

• Silicon Valley Tech Tours  We provide an intense and practical interaction with the Silicon Valley Life Sciences business community.

• Skyline Ventures  Skyline Ventures, formed in 1997, is a nationally-known firm that specializes in hands-on investing in healthcare companies.

• Sirna Therapeutics  Sirna Therapeutics (NASDAQ:RNAI) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi).

• Solano Economic Development Corporation  Solano County is the best that Northern California has to offer.

• Swinerton Builders  Founded in California in 1888, Swinerton Builders has a long successful history of innovation and performance as premier building professionals. 

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• Takeda Research Investment  Takeda Research Investment is the corporate venture investment arm of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.

• Target Discovery, Inc.  Target Discovery’s next generation clinical diagnostics utilize new technologies to uniquely discriminate the specific isoform modifications of protein biomarkers.

• TeamCalifornia  TeamCalifornia connects businesses with public and private economic development organizations across California that can expedite projects and are invaluable sources of information on opportunities and resources in California.

• Threshold Pharmaceuticals  Threshold Pharmaceuticals a biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs based on Metabolic Targeting, an approach that targets fundamental differences in metabolism between normal and certain diseased cells.

• Trace Genetics, Inc  Trace Genetics is a rapidly growing Identity Genomics company providing products and services for the Genealogy, Forensics, and Molecular Diagnostics markets.

• Trellis Bioscience, Inc.  Trellis has developed a breakthrough technology for the characterization of individual cells in unprecedented detail.

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• University of California Berkeley Extension  The rapid pace of scientific discovery and product development mean biotech companies face special challenges.

• University of California, Davis  UC Davis has world-renowned researchers, state-of-the-art laboratories, and a vision to lead development of the next generation of science and technology.

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• Vacaville, City of  Vacaville is home to several of the world's most successful life science businesses.

• Valentis, Inc.  Valentis is a biotechnology company engaged in the development of innovative products for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a large and unsatisfied market.

• Van Meter Group, Inc.  Some want a distinctive logo with letterhead, business cards and collateral to match.

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• Women’s Technology Cluster  The Women's Technology Cluster is the pre-eminent business incubator in the US dedicated to women leaders building technology-driven businesses.