Cecil B. Pickett

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Yumanity, Inc. engages in transforming drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases services. It provides integrated discovery platforms, phenotypic screening (uHTS) platforms, in which different protein misfolding pathologies are modeled in yeast to help discover compounds to correct these pathologies; a human neuronal platform. The company was founded by Anthony N. Coles, Jr. and Susan L. Lindquist in December 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Founded in 2004, Biogen Idec New Ventures is the corporate venture group of Biogen Idec, Inc. In 2003, Biogen and IDEC Pharmaceuticals merged to create Biogen Idec, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB)

Part of Biogen, Inc., Biogen Idec, Inc. (North Carolina) is a pharmaceutical company based in Durham, NC. The company develops pharmaceutical products. Michel Pericles Vounatsos has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Schering-Plough Research Institute provides pharmaceutical research. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Schering Plough Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. The firm discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.