Alcide Barberis

EffRx Pharmaceuticals SA manufactures and distributes specialty pharmaceutical products. The firm's focus areas include metabolic bone disease, oncology supportive care, pediatric medication, and medical support to companies in life cycle management. It also engages in licensing agreements and distribution and commercialization partnerships. The company was founded by Christer Ros?n in 1998 and is headquartered in Freienbach, Switzerland.

Telormedix SA operates as a biopharmaceutical company, that focuses on targeted immunity in the treatment of cancer and other diseases. Its products include TMX-101 for the treatment of localized bladder cancer, TMX-201 for the topical treatment of bladder cancer, skin cancer, and other indications, as well as for use as a vaccine adjuvant, and TMX-302 for use in preclinical trials for the treatment of autoimmune disease. The company was founded in October 2007 by Lorenzo Leoni, Roberto Maj, Rolf M. Zinkernagel and Dennis A. Carson and is headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland.

Oncalis AG ('Oncology alliances') has been founded in June 2006 as a spin-off from ESBATech AG, a Swiss biotechnology company that has developed technology platforms in both the antibody and small molecule areas of pharmaceutical research. Oncalis has acquired from the mother company all small molecule-related assets, including a yeast-cell based, high- throughput screening platform for receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), and a number of specific and potent kinase inhibitors. The company is currently financed by ESBATech's Series A investors, including Novartis Venture Fund, BioMedInvest and Venture Incubator (VI) Partners. Oncalis will now focus on the discovery and development of small molecule inhibitors for oncology indications.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

ESBATech AG develops antibody fragment therapeutics. The firm's antibody fragment is derived from human antibody fragment scaffolds. It develops Immuna, an antigen-independent platform to screen, select, and optimize highly-stable and soluble, single-chain antibody fragments. The company was founded by Dominik Escher in September 1998 and is headquartered Schlieren, Switzerland.