Mary Polan

Quidel Corp. engages in the development, manufacture and market of rapid diagnostic testing solutions. Its portfolio includes rapid immunoassays, cardiac immunoassays, specialized diagnostic solutions and molecular diagnostic solutions. The firm products are directly sold to end users and distributors and for professional use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, urgent care clinics, universities, retail clinics, pharmacies and wellness screening centers. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Wyeth LLC develops, manufactures, and distributes pharmaceuticals and biological substances. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Madison, NJ.

Motif BioSciences, Inc. develops antibiotics designed to be effective against serious and life-threatening infections. The company was founded on June 8, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MiraDx, Inc. provides research and testing for cancer treatments. It offers radiogenomics and cancer chemotherapy. The company was founded by Joanne B. Weidhaas and Frank Slack in February 2008 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

NovaTract Surgical, Inc. manufactures and develops laparoscopic medical devices. It offers NovaTract, a laparoscopic retractor that addresses the need to increase visibility (by using fewer instruments), improves tissue manipulations, provides angle of retraction modifications and reduces the number of ports and incisions. The firm also offers its intra-abdominal retraction system for use in general, colorectal, gynecology, urology, urogynecology, bariatric, and robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery applications. The company was founded by Eleanor L. Tandler in April 2010 and is headquartered in Agoura Hills, CA.

EpiEP, Inc. develops heart-related medical devices. It has developed epicardial access system, EpiAccess, which engages a patent protected pressure-guided needle that is designed to alert physicians of needle tip location during epicardial access procedures. The firm specializes on instruments that facilitates an epicardial approach for patients who benefit from minimally invasive procedures on the surface of the heart. The company was founded by Pamela M. Bunes, Jason Tucker-Schwartz, Srijoy Mahapatra and George T. Gillies in December 2008 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Motif Bio Plc is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical formulations. The company focuses on developing novel antibiotics designed to be effective against serious and life-threatening infections caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria. It offers Iclaprim, a novel diaminopyrimidine antibiotic that inhibits an essential bacterial enzyme called dihydrofolate reductase. The company was founded by Jonathan E. Gold on November 20, 2014 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

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.