Jeffrey Stein

Diversa searches high and low for DNA. In its quest to develop new enzymes and other active biological compounds, the biotechnology company collects and catalogs the DNA of organisms in diverse environments (from manure piles to tropical islands). A variety of manufacturers license these compounds from the firm to develop or improve their products, which include detergents, oils, animal feeds, and pharmaceuticals. Diversa's products include enzymes for the oil and gas industry

Sofinnova Investment Inc (Sofinnova Investment) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by Jacques F. vallle & Joel F. Martin. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Quorex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was previously engaged in discovering and developing drugs to address the growing need for new therapies to treat bacterial infections. The company's was purchased by Pfizer Inc in 2005. Quorex was headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Trius Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company which focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative antibiotics for life-threatening infections. It engages in developing tedizolid phosphate an intravenous, or IV, and oral antibiotic, for the treatment of serious gram-positive bacterial infections, initially for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, ABSSSI, and subsequently for other indications, including pneumonia. ABSSSI is a new classification for complicated skin and skin structure infections, or cSSSI. Tedizolid phosphate is an IV and orally administered second generation oxazolidinone. The company develops antibiotics for gram-negative infections. Trius Therapeutics was founded by John Finn and John P. Schmid in June 2004, and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Prevacept Infection Control, Inc. develops and designs pharmaceutical products to eliminate microbial infections. The firm offers B-Lock, an anti-coagulant catheter lock solution with broad spectrum activity against bacterial and fungal microorganisms known to form bio-film structures in indwelling catheters. The company was founded by Krzysztof Appelt and Thomas I. Bradshaw in 2006 and is headquartered in Broomfield, CO.

Antimicrobials Working Group is an American nonprofit company. The firm operates as an association of antimicrobials and diagnostics companies. The company says this about itself: AWG was founded in 2012 with the vision of utilizing collective power to improve the regulatory, investment, and commercial environment for emerging infectious disease companies. Today, AWG is comprised of thirteen antimicrobials companies: Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cidara Therapeutics Inc., CorMedix Inc., Crestone, Inc., Entasis Therapeutics Inc., Iterum Therapeutics Ltd., Melinta Therapeutics LLC, Nabriva Therapeutics US Inc., Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc., Qpex Biopharma, Inc., SCYNEXIS Inc., UTILITY therapeutics Ltd., and Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.