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Ability Orthopedics sells prosthetic devices.

Adhezion Biomedical develops and produces cyanoacrylate-based medical adhesive, wound care and microbial barrier products for connective tissue (human skin). The company's manufacturing and research facility is located in Hudson, N.C.

Advanced Hydrogen Technologies develops hydrogen-based technologies and materials that can be used in the manufacturing, medical, defense, automotive and aerospace industries.

AgriFacture is a commercial vertical farm that produces vegetables, fruits, mushrooms and herbs.

Allergen Science & Consulting provides consulting and analytical services associated with the manufacture of allergenic extracts with medical applications.

Allergy Partners is a single-specialty practice specializing in the treatment of allergic disease, asthma, and immunology. The company operates an Extract Lab in Asheville, NC.

ALP Life Sciences has formulated and markets a High-3 fish oil supplement to increase omega-3 absorption and bioavailability for the treatment of fatty liver disease and inflammatory diseases.

Andy Oxy provides medical and industrial gas and welding supplies.

Ardeal Pharma is a virtual pharma company developing patented stabilized sulforaphane for the dermal pharmaceutical and cosmetic markets.

Asheville Angels is a member-based angel investor network with a focus on startups and early-stage, high-growth companies in Asheville and across the Southeast.

Asheville Sustainability Research evaluates the nutritional benefits of and develops new uses for spent craft brewer's yeast.

Baird Regulatory Services provides drug regulatory affairs consulting.

Bent Creek Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit botanical research and economic development organization serving primarily North Carolina-based natural products companies seeking to innovate botanical wellness solutions.

BioNetwork Asheville provides economic and workforce development for the life science industries across NC through education, training and laboratory resources. This location supports entrepreneurs in the food, beverage and natural products industries.

BioVendor develops, manufactures and sells biological reagents and research products, including enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits, antibodies, proteins and other molecules for life science research. This location is the U.S. headquarters.

Blue Ridge Botanical Supply of Boone provides fresh plant material to homeopathic and herbal manufacturers worldwide.

Blue Ridge Hemp provides cannabinoid-infused topical products.

Blue Ridge Naturally is a certification program for natural products, raw material products, aggregators and manufacturers. They work with area companies to market and promote the natural products of Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia.

Botanical Consulting International provides consulting services for the sourcing, formulation, education and sustainability efforts of global botanical resources.

Botanics Trading supplies organic botanicals for use in the manufacturing of herbal medicines and dietary supplements.

Carolina Financial Group is an investment banking firm that specializes in raising private capital and providing financial advisory services.

Cohesion Phenomics is a CLIA-certified molecular diagnostic laboratory. Cohesion Phenomics also develops DNA sequencing tests for complex and single gene disorders within specific clinical areas such as cardiovascular disease.

Conviron supplies, installs, certifies, and repairs plant growth chambers and rooms, incubators, germinators and special application rooms.

The Coweeta Research Work Unit at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory studies how forests affect the streams that flow through them.

Creative Economic Development Consulting provides strategic planning, organizational development, site assessment and economic impact analysis services.

Dogwood Health Trust is a non-profit organization created from the net proceeds of the sale of Mission Hospital. The Trust's mission is to improve the health and well-being of all people and communities of Western North Carolina.

Elite HRV provides a heart rate variability and nervous system tracking tool for iOS, Android and desktop systems that allows users to measure and improve health, fitness and brain function.

Environmental Testing Solutions offers microbiological and chemical testing for drinking water and wastewater and aquatic biomonitoring toxicity testing.

Flavor Sciences creates and manufactures flavoring materials serving all segments of the food industry.

Fullerton Genetics Center offers evaluation, testing, diagnosis and counseling for patients and families who may be affected by birth defects, mental retardation or genetic disorders. The Center includes a lab, personalized medicine program and clinic.

Genova Diagnostics performs diagnostics and molecular genetics testing under federally-designated clinical lab standards to support physicians in personalized chronic disease treatment and prevention.

Giles Chemical manufactures Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate heptahydrate) for various industries, such as pulp and paper, agriculture and animal feed and bath and beauty.

Golden Needle provides health practitioners and their patients with acupuncture supplies, nutritional supplements, homeopathic products, medical supplies and herbal products.

Haywood Vocational Opportunities manufactures disposable medical products such as surgical drapes, fluid pouches and instrument covers. HVO provides vocational training and employment to adults with disadvantages and disabilities.

The Highlands Biological Station is a UNC inter-institutional center for field biology education and research. It includes research and teaching labs, meeting space, a natural history museum and a native plant Botanical Garden.

Inception Micro Angel Fund is a member-managed seed stage angel fund seeking to invest dollars and time in seed stage, high growth companies and spin outs from WCU, UNC Asheville and licensed opportunities from Oak Ridge National Laboratories.

Immune Diagnostics provides advanced testing services to developers of immuno-therapeutics and vaccines using its proprietary technologies. The company's pipeline includes related clinical diagnostics, point-of-care and companion assays and systems.

Ivory Tower Science conducts research and educates students in fermentation sciences at its fermentation pilot plant.

KdT Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund investing in computational science and life science firms.

Lennon Search provides direct staffing and contract placements of top executives, product managers, QA/RA management, operations engineers and production managers in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries.

Medical Action Industries develops, manufactures and distributes disposable medical products such as operating room supplies, collection and containment products and laboratory products.

MediSpect Medical Research provides clinical research for the pharmaceutical and medical fields and conducts medical research for a variety of diseases and conditions.

Micro Audiometrics produces and sells middle ear analyzers and audiometers for schools and medical facilities, as well as threshold audiometers for OSHA testing in industrial settings.

MOLTOX manufactures products used in mutagenicity testing and human risk assessment, as well as prepared bacteriological media including nutrient, selective and enrichment media used in industrial, environmental and molecular microbiology.

Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station conducts laboratory, greenhouse, and field studies in crop research.

Native Botanics grows botanically-based raw materials for the dietary supplement industry.

Nature's Pharmacy and Compounding Center provides natural medicines and prescription compounding.

The North Carolina Arboretum operates a public garden within the Bent Creek Experimental Forest. The Arboretum offers environmental science educational programs, and houses medicinal plants, a germplasm repository and a botanical reference library.

OTS manufactures orthotic devices that support hip, knee, ankle, wrist and elbow joints. OTS also manufactures infrared ovens used to heat plastic for device manufacturing.