BioForward Member Directory

Gilson manufactures analytical instrumentation for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, including HPLC systems, pipettes, fraction collectors, SPE systems, detectors, pumps, injectors, and much more. Gilson also manufactures the legendary Pipetman manual liquid handlers, which have led the market for over 30 years.

In collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), GoDx is relentlessly developing a paper based test to accurately detect the specific bugs that cause diarrheal diseases. Globally, 2.2 million people die from these gastrointestinal infections, of which is the second cause of death in children. By identifying which bug is causing the diarrhea, doctors can quickly choose the most effective medicine, so that we may be treated in time.

We are a one-stop shop to support your business in identifying and implementing efficient workflows. With process and change expertise, and a collection of experienced partners, we help you get your business to the next level. We meet with you to learn about your business, understand why you feel chaotic, and provide an independent assessment of how to proceed toward excellence. We are agnostic regarding tool selection, meaning we don’t have something to ‘sell’ you. We are here to be an extension of your team with no hidden agenda except to help you succeed.

Gregor Diagnostics is a molecular diagnostics company developing a new screening test for prostate cancer.

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.

Hausmann Group is a leading independent insurance agency here in Wisconsin with expertise in designing and implementing risk management and employee benefit strategies for clients across the country. Our commitment is to help protect our clients' assets and bottom line. We use the collective intelligence of our entire team to stay at the forefront of the insurance industry.

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.

At Horizon, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to improve patients’ lives. And the clearest expression of that purpose is the portfolio of medicines we offer to treat rare, autoimmune and severe inflammatory diseases.

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.

At Iazo Biosciences we offer a wide range of services including general microbiology research and development, probiology, direct-fed microbials, strain discovery, plant and animal health, and literature reviews and reports. Our team of scientists provides top-quality services that help advance your research goals. Whether you're looking to discover new probiotic strains, improve your agricultural product, or gain insights from the latest scientific literature, we have the expertise and resources to support your needs. Our microbiological services encompass a broad range of applications, from basic microbiology research to industrial biotechnology applications. We offer customized solutions for microbial fermentation, product development, and process optimization, as well as expertise in microbiome analysis and functional genomics.

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.

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.