Members: Standard Members

Acacia Research Corporation's subsidiaries partner with inventors and patent owners, license the patents to corporate users, and share the revenue.  Their partners are primarily individual inventors and small companies with limited resources to deal with unauthorized users but include some large companies wanting to generate revenues from their patented technologies.

Akerman is a leading transactions and trial law firm known for its core strengths in middle-market M&A, within the financial services and real estate industries, and for a diverse Latin America practice. With more than 500 lawyers and government affairs professionals and a network of 19 offices, we are ranked among the top 100 law firms in the U.S. by The National Law Journal NLJ 250 (2012).

Canaan Partners is a global venture capital firm that invests in people who turn visionary ideas into valuable and significant technology & healthcare companies.

Gov't Affairs and Corp. Communications Research and Consulting

Venture Capital Firm

A boutique law firm that specializes in FDA regulations for products at all stages of the product life cycle. Clientele includes companies that market and manufacture pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biologics, nutritional supplements and foods. These clients range in size from Global Fortunie 500 companies to small start-ups.

Emergent Medical Partners is a life sciences investment firm that focuses on medical device and healthcare companies.

Consulting Services

The FaegreBD Consulting Health & Biosciences Practice group works with medical device manufacturers, industry groups and voluntary health associations to offer advisory, advocacy, regulatory, reimbursement, government funding, federal affairs, strategic counseling, public-private partnerships, economic development and legal services. Our strategic counsel helps clients navigate these often-changing, complex and challenging policy areas. FaegreBD Consulting is a division of Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP.

Fredrikson & Byron's Life Sciences Group advises companies and investors through all stages of development.

Research and private equity specialists in orthopedics

HillCo HEALTH, an advisory services firm of seasoned principals that count among its clients the most successful global healthcare financing, manufacturing and service entities

M Squared Associates was founded in 2001 to provide the full range of clinical and regulatory services that medical device companies need to bring new products to market.

Healthcare advisory and financial services firm

The MedCelerate Consulting Group enables medical device companies to grow and succeed in international markets at a faster velocity.  Our practice focuses on early assessment of international opportunities through manufacturing and commercial ramp-up activities.  Clients range from mid-size device companies to entrepreneurial, single-product start-ups.  We work closely with CEOs and boards to execute specific projects and can also provide interim senior management leadership.

Engineering / Design / Product Development

Venture Capital Firm

With offices and staff across the U.S. and Europe, and a corporate presence throughout the world, our services cover a product's full lifecycle, including product development and regulatory strategy, preclinical development, quality systems and supplier qualifications, documentation and audit, submissions, and post-marketing surveillance. We also offer CE Marking and Authorized Representative services specifically for the EU market. Our multi-lingual, mult-disciplinary Regulatory and Quality practice is comprised of well-know experts previously employed with FDA, EU Competent Authority (CA) and Notified Body, as well as some of today's most technologically advanced companies.  Other practice areas include process optimization and commercialization.