Johnson & Johnson is a healthcare company headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey, founded in 1886. Following the 2023 spinoff of its consumer-health business (Kenvue), it focuses on innovative medicine and medtech. Its ESG program, Health for Humanity, targets global health equity, a healthy workforce, and environmental health.

Novartis AG is a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company focused on innovative patented medicines and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies by revenue, headquartered in Basel and formed in 1996 through the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz. Its sustainability focus includes patient access, global health programs, ethical standards, and carbon neutrality.

Danaher is a US-based global science and technology innovator operating across biotechnology, life sciences and diagnostics. Through its family of operating companies it provides instruments, consumables and software that help customers accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of therapies and diagnostics.

Lonza is a Switzerland-based global manufacturing partner to the pharmaceutical, biotech and nutrition industries. As one of the world’s largest contract development and manufacturing organisations (CDMOs), it produces active pharmaceutical ingredients, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and related life-science products.

Sartorius is a Germany-based international partner to the life-science research and biopharmaceutical industry. Through its Bioprocess Solutions and Lab Products & Services divisions, it supplies laboratory instruments, bioreactors, filtration and single-use technologies that help customers develop and manufacture biopharmaceuticals more efficiently and safely.