BioForward Member Directory

Our responsibility is both inspiring and humbling: to create a positive, lasting impact through design. We value empathy, are fueled by curiosity, and embrace the hard work that leads to innovation. Our goal is to create a company and culture where everyone, employees and clients, can together do the best work of their lives.

HealthLX (Healthcare Language Exchange) gives payers and providers an interoperability solution designed specifically for healthcare data exchange, including the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule. The HealthLX platform supports FHIR natively, and also supports an array of older healthcare data standards (HL7 v2, EDI, CDA). HealthLX simplifies the effort and cost of new solution integration by creating modern API endpoints on legacy systems, all while providing highly configurable security and enhanced levels of transaction monitoring. As a founding member of Health Level Seven International's (HL7) Da Vinci Project, HealthLX has been working with and supporting the development of use cases and the FHIR standard itself to comply with the Cures Act mandates.

Hooper Corporation is your full-service electric power and mechanical contractor. Headquartered in Madison, Wis., since 1913, Hooper has extensive experience in completing large and complex projects and is capable of traveling throughout the continental U.S. and Canada. We are dedicated to meeting customer needs and committed to making your vision a reality. Our employees are top-rated in design, engineering, project management, and business skills. We pride ourselves on the continued education our employees pursue to remain at the top of their game throughout employment. Community involvement is at the core of our values as we seek to give back to the communities in which we live and work.

Building and growing your biotechnology business is overwhelming. You’ve got big goals and a to-do list as long as your arm. You're charged with growing a business that's got a unique, complex story to tell - and boy, that’s a challenge! You need a strong brand identity to help you stand out in a competitive market. A website that tells your story succinctly. Technical graphics that illustrate your research and key findings. A pitch deck that helps you deliver funding. An annual report to highlight your achievements. In-depth white papers and descriptive case studies to educate, inform, and persuade your target audience about your product or solution That's where we come in. For more than two decades, our design-led creative solutions for web, digital and print have helped hundreds of busy teams like yours go further, faster, and with a whole lot less stress. So you build your innovation, get that growth and stop saying “I don't have time or the expertise.”

We offer expertise in chemical distribution, food and dairy sanitation, food ingredients, organic processing, liquid sulfur salts, water treatment, foam control, and compliance management. In addition to industrial chemical distribution, our specialty products are used in many of the products you use and consume daily. We make and supply the ingredients that make your food and beverages more flavorful, the fluoride to treat water and prevent tooth decay, the chemicals to improve water quality, and the cleaners and sanitizers used in the food industry to enhance the quality of our food supply.

IDBS helps BioPharmaceutical organizations accelerate the discovery, development and manufacturing of life-changing therapies that advance human health worldwide. From lab through manufacturing, IDBS leverages its 30+ years of experience working with a diverse list of customers, including 18 of the top 20 global BioPharma companies, and deep expertise in scientific informatics and process data management to tackle today's most complex challenges. Known for its signature IDBS E-WorkBook product, IDBS has extended solutions across the entire value chain for BioPharma Lifecycle Management (BPLM). Built on analytics-centric and cloud-native technology, IDBS Polar and Skyland PIMS platforms are powered by a digital data backbone to drive faster and smarter decisions in drug development and across the supply chain.

IMEG is a leading engineering design firm delivering a powerful combination of comprehensive technical expertise and deep collaborative partnership. As a national engineering and design consulting company, we've intentionally localized our focus to serve carefully chosen regions and markets, allowing us to put relationships and communities first, without sacrificing expertise. Our specialties are high-performing building systems, infrastructure, program management, and construction-related services, but our secret to success is found in our deep bench of 1,800 team members. For us, people-centered engineering is about more than the people we serve, it's representative of the engaged employee culture we've worked hard to create. We believe in investing in our people and their professional futures through continuous training, community involvement, and the ability to develop a niche specialty.

For nearly 20 years, Ideal Builders has sought to build one thing better than anyone else: relationships. Established in 2002, we made being of service to our community, our clients, our subcontractors, and our associates our top priority. Two decades and over 10 million square feet of buildings later, we have evolved significantly though our fundamental values remain unchanged. The partners at Ideal. Dave Martin, Jason Bollig, Tim Cleary, and BJ Galle, are fully engaged in the daily operations of the company. The belief that empowering all associates and treating all people with respect continues to drive our decisions, both big and small. Our commitment to building relationships will continue for another twenty years and beyond.

At Illumina, our goal is to apply innovative technologies and revolutionary assays to the analysis of genetic variation and function, making studies possible that were not even imaginable just a few years ago. These studies will help make the realization of personalized medicine possible. With such rapid advances in technology taking place, it is mission critical to have solutions that are not only innovative, but flexible, scalable, and complete with industry-leading support and service. As a global company that places high value on collaborative interactions, rapid delivery of solutions, and prioritizing the needs of its customers, we strive to meet this challenge. Illumina's innovative, array-based solutions for DNA, RNA, and protein analysis serve as tools for disease research, drug development, and the development of molecular tests in the clinic.

Imbed Biosciences, Inc. is a privately held medical device company developing novel and patent-pending technologies for imbedding bio-active molecules in wound dressings and surgical implants. The company was founded in December 2010 by a multidisciplinary group of engineers, veterinary scientists and medical surgeons. Imbed's vision is to bring next-generation wound dressings and surgical meshes into clinics to prevent infections and expedite wound closure, and reduce the overall cost of managing surgical and chronic wounds.

Drug discovery is a long, expensive, and complex process. Immuto`s suite of groundbreaking protein footprinting technologies makes for faster, more accurate, and more efficient characterization that translates into better data, lower costs, and faster turnaround time. Immuto`s suite of proprietary technologies enables developers to investigate interactions of therapeutics and their targets with an unprecedented degree of accuracy and speed. Their services are Epitope Mapping, Protein Smal Molecule Interaction, Protein-Protein Interaction, and Protein Higher Order Structure.

A global biopharmaceutical company on a mission to Solve On., Incyte follows the science to find solutions for patients with unmet medical needs through the discovery, development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics. Since 2002, Incyte has remained committed to the relentless pursuit of science that can improve the lives of patients, make a difference in healthcare and build sustainable value for our stakeholders. Incyte’s unique expertise in medicinal chemistry and biology has enabled us to establish a portfolio of first-in-class medicines for patients and a strong pipeline of products in Oncology and Inflammation & Autoimmunity. We are creating a diversified pipeline of clinical candidates, the majority of which were discovered by Incyte scientists. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Incyte has operations in North America, Europe and Asia. For additional information on Incyte, please visit Incyte.com or follow us on social media: LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube.

Drug & Device Development Consulting and Human Factors Testing

International Flavors and Fragrances combines in-depth knowledge with current research and expert science to deliver unmatched value to the food and health industries.

Intuitive Biosciences specializes in (1) assay development and manufacturing and (2) non-human primate disease screening. We develop molecular and immunoassays for infectious, autoimmune, and bacterial diseases and cancer detection. We partner with labs and other companies for test development on multiple test platforms to produce either research use only or clinical diagnostics. Our non-human primate tests screen for diseases and are run as a service in our lab and at customer facilities in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. Intuitive Biosciences is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Invenra is developing next generation, multispecific antibody therapeutics based on our high-performance B-Body® Platform. With an initial focus in oncology, we and our partners are currently advancing pipelines of novel bi- and multispecific antibody candidates. With our growing portfolio of innovative therapeutic approaches and best in class clinical antibody screening and development platform, we intend to expand our pipeline across additional disease categories, creatively optimizing candidates to address even the most challenging of therapeutic targets.

Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing designs, builds, and integrates custom automation equipment for applications nationwide. Located in Madison, WI, we provide value-added engineering and automation equipment from concept to completion. Isthmus has a wide range of expertise, including precision assembly, custom material handling & packaging vision integration, custom process development, and much more. We are a worker-owned cooperative, meaning that every employee has a vested interest in the success of your project. Workers who care. Automation that works.

Isthmus Project, a subsidiary of UW Health in Madison, Wisconsin, serves as an innovation hub working with UW Health System and UW School of Medicine and Public Health innovators, including faculty physicians, scientists, residents, science trainees, nurses, and staff, to bring innovative healthcare solutions to market.

JP Cullen is a fifth-generation family-owned business. Since 1892, we have taken on the most challenging government, education, healthcare, commerce, industrial, arts & entertainment and historic restoration projects across Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and northeast Iowa.

JangoBio is a pre-clinical stage biotech located in Madison, WI. The company was formed in 2015 to advance novel regenerative medicines for treatment of reproductive hormone imbalance and associated age-related conditions.

Nestled between Madison and Milwaukee, Jefferson County is an ideal haven for biohealth and advanced manufacturing enterprises. Boasting a strategic location and robust infrastructure, the county provides fertile ground for innovation and collaboration, offering a supportive environment for research, development and growth. With a mix of urban amenities and natural beauty, coupled with a business-friendly environment and commitment to economic development, Jefferson County beckons as a prime destination for companies seeking a thriving ecosystem.