Collaborative Research Inc.

In 1961 Orrie M. Friedman  founded one of the first biotech companies under the name Collaborative Research Inc.
It produced one of the first linkage maps of the whole human genome in the mid 1980s.

GTC

It changed its name to Genome Therapeutics (also call GTC, Genomecorp.com) and produced in 1994 the first commercial genome sequence, that of Helicobacter pylori, the pathogen responsible for peptic ulcers. The rights to the genome were sold to Astra AB of Sweden for $22 million and a similar deal struck with Schering-Plough.
In addition to infectious agents, it also worked on heritable diseases including asthma

Oscient

In 2004 Genome Therapeutics changed its name to Oscient Pharmaceuticals and its sequencing division joined with Agencourt. The latter spun out Agencourt Personal Genomics which was acquired by ABI for $120 million in 2007.