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RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS

Air Force Medical Service: Modernization:  http://www.sg.af.mil/
I.D.:   Our Headquarters provides oversight, policy and resources to modernize healthcare services and our Medical Support Agency discovers world-class solutions to global healthcare challenges.

Brooks Development Authority/Brooks City-Base Foundation:  www.brookscity-base.com
I.D.:   Owner, operator, and economic developer of Brooks City-Base, a 1250-acre premier location for science, research, technology and business, with over 2 million square feet of facilities.

Cancer Therapy & Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio www.ctrc.uthscsa.edu
I.D.: South Texas’ only academic cancer center designated by the National Cancer Institute and an international resource for the development of novel approaches for treating cancer.

Healthcare Discoveries Inc., Division of Catalyst Pharma Group, Inc.:
www.healthcare-discoveries.com/sanantonio.html
I.D.:  Dedicated clinical research site with 130+ beds, onsite pharmacy and laboratory.  Conducts 30-40 clinical trials per year, including tQTc, PK, PD, bioequivalence, food inhibition, MTD, etc.

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research:  www.sfbr.org
I.D.: SFBR is one of the nation’s leading independent biomedical research institutes, with marked success in genetics, neonatal development, and research on infectious, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI):  www.swri.org; www.bioengineering.swri.org;www.biomedicalmaterials.swri.org
I.D.:  Southwest Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organization benefiting government, industry and the public through innovative science and technology since 1947.

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio:
www.uthscsa.edu
(health science center)   

www.uthscsa.edu/research/index.shtml (research home page)
I.D.: South Texas’ leading research institution, ranked in the top 5% of the 1,650 U.S. universities and non-profits receiving federal research funding.

University of Texas At San Antonio (UTSA): www.utsa.edu
I.D.:  An emerging public research university dedicated to higher education, the creation of new knowledge, access and excellence.

ASSOCIATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS

Texas Research & Technology Foundation: www.trpf.com
I.D.:  An innovation-based economic developer for San Antonio and South Texas, providing the physical infrastructure and start-up capital to bioscience-based enterprise.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Ag-West Bio Inc.:  www.agwest.sk.ca
I.D.:  A not-for-profit bioeconomy organization involved in funding, fostering and facilitating commercialization of life science technologies in the areas of human and animal health, and biofuels and bioproducts in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Life Science Association of Manitoba:  www.LSAM.ca
I.D.: As one of Canada’s fastest growing Life Science regions, LSAM is proud to serve over 150 member companies who research, collaborate and manufacture Life Sciences products for export around the world. 

   
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