Gabriela Burian

Aprea Therapeutics AB operates as a holding company that provides research performed at Karolinska Institutet. It focuses its activities on discovery and development of novel anticancer compounds targeting the tumor suppressor protein. Its product has been tested in a Phase I/II dose escalating safety study in patients with refractory hematological malignancies or prostate carcinoma. It pursues the development of an anticancer drug, APR-246, which has p53-based mechanism for patients with ovarian cancer. The company was founded by Klas Gosta Wiman, Galina Selivanova, Vladimir Bykov, Wenjie Bao, Natalia Issaeva, and Staffan Strömblad in 2003 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

Bioskills BVBA provides business services. The private company is based in Waasmunster, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded by Jim van Heusden.

FlandersBio vzw is a life sciences cluster organization based in Flanders, Belgium. FlandersBio creates value by organizing networking and training activities, supporting internationalization, providing services, and building expertise. The Belgian company was founded by Jean Marie Stassen.

Ovizio Imaging Systems SA develops and markets imaging systems and sensors. Its microscopes include iLine F, iLine M, iLine S and QMod. The company was founded by Catherine Yourassowsky, Frank Dubois, Philip Mathuis and Serge Jooris in December 2009 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Biogazelle NV is a research and development stage biotechnology firm. It specializes in ribonucleic acid for next generation diagnostics in the field of oncology and other diseases. The company was founded by Jan Hellemans and Jo Vandesompele in 2007 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

Modus Therapeutics AB operates as a clinical-stage drug development company that develops new pharmaceutical therapies designed to restore impaired blood flow and oxygen transport in diseases with unmet medical needs. The firm’s product Sevuparin, evaluates in a phase II clinical trial in sickle cell disease (SCD) and repeated painful crises in SCD, so called vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) that leads to loss of vital organ function and reduced life span. The company was founded by Carl Mats Wahlgren in 2011 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

Karolinska Development AB (Private Equity) (Karolinska Development) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Karolinska Development AB founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in Solna.

ReWind Therapeutics NV is a biotech company based in Leuven, Belgium that develops first-in-class remyelinating therapies for myelin-related diseases. The Belgian company's aim is to bring these therapies into fast-track clinical development. Myelin-related diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, are those where the myelin sheath surrounding nerves is damaged, leading to deficient nerve transmission that may affect multiple functions, including sensation, cognition, and movement, among others. ReWind Therapeutics develops first-in-class therapeutics designed to re-initiate the process of remyelination in patients suffering from major debilitating diseases such as multiple sclerosis, optic neuritis, or nerve injuries. The company's team has extensive R&D expertise and has built a strong patent estate for developing novel remyelination therapeutics. The company was founded in 2017 by Ku Leuven's Centre for Drug Design and Discovery (CD3) and Axxam S.p.A. The CEO of the company since 2021 is Anja Harmeier.

Lundbeckfonden Ventures (Lundbeckfonden Ventures) is a venture capital firm wholly-owned by the Lundbeck Foundation. The firm was established in 2009 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Part of Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Acacia Pharma, Inc. distributes pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Dover, DE.

VarmX BV is a spin-off from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) founded in 2016 by Professor Pieter Reitsma, a world-leading expert in hemostasis and thrombosis. VarmX is based in Leiden, NL. The Dutch company's lead compound, VMX-C001, is a modified recombinant blood factor X developed for the treatment of severe spontaneous bleeding and for the prevention of bleeding during urgent surgery in patients taking oral factor Xa inhibitors (FXa DOACs) as anticoagulation therapy. The company is supported by a strong syndicate of investors. Jan K. Öhrström has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

DySIS Medical Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets medical imaging systems. Its imaging systems assist clinicians with non-invasive, in-vivo detection of cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions and provides tools to aid medical practitioners in the detection, grading, and documentation of cervical neoplasia. The company was founded by Costas Balas in 2002 and is headquartered in Livingston, the United Kingdom.

Merck Serono Ltd. provides research and development services and manufactures medicinal drugs. The company is headquartered in Middlesex, the United Kingdom.

Intrexon ActoBiotics NV manufactures biopharmaceutical products. It focuses on the development and commercialization of a new generation of biological drugs. The company represents a novel concept for oral administration of therapeutic proteins, and is designed to be safer and more effective than injectable biopharmaceuticals. Intrexon Actobioticswas founded by Mark Vaeck, Emil Pot and Bernard Coulie in June 2006 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

Hemab ApS develops antibodies for the treatment of rare bleeding disorders. The company is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish company was founded in 2019 by Johan Henrik Faber. Benny Sorensen has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Novo Holding A/S provides financial investments and manages the Novo Nordisk Foundation?s assets. It offers seed and venture capital to development stage companies and takes ownership positions in companies within life science and biotechnology. The company was founded on September 8, 1999 and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

Acesion Pharma ApS develops drugs for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia. The firm's technology blocks ion channel with a selective drug molecule constitutes a target for developing treatment of AF. The company was founded by Ulrik Svane S?rensen and Morten Grunnet in 2011 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tribune Therapeutics AB is a preclinical biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing novel medicines to treat patients with fibrotic diseases. Healthcap and Novo Seeds provided funding for the company, and they are based in Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish company was created by Healthcap and Novo Seeds, the early-stage investment and company creation team of Novo Holdings. The company was founded in 2020 and has in-licensed an asset from one of the largest technology transfer offices in the Nordic region. The founders of the company are Håvard Attramadal, Ole J. Kaasbøll, and Georg Vo Beiske, who has been the CEO since 2020.

Gimv Life Sciences (Gimv-LS) is the venture capital division of Belgium's Gimv NV (XB: GIMB), an investment firm founded in 1980. Based in Antwerp, Gimv-LS manages a variety of funds which focus on investing in European companies in the life sciences / biotech sector, including the Biotech Fonds Vlaanderen, which was established at the request of the Flemish Region to provide venture capital to existing and start-up medium and large-sized companies in the Flemish biotechnology sector.

Janssen Pharmaceutica NV engages in the development of medical solutions. It offers research and development services in the field of mental illness, neurological disorders, anesthesia, analgesia, gastrointestinal disorders, fungal infection, allergies and cancer. The firms products include Zytiga, Caelyx, Dacogen, Edurant, Fentanyl-Janssen, Intelence, Leustatin, , Pariet, and Reminyl. The company was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen and is headquartered in Beerse, Belgium.

MyCartis NV develops technologies for healthcare personalization needs. It offers Evalution, a multiplex analysis platform to develop protein and nucleic-acid based clinical biomarkers. The company provides disruptive solutions in the fields of clinical and translational research for various applications in the detection of proteins and nucleic acids, such as sandwich immunoassays, antibody assays, genotyping assays, and mutation analysis assays to customers and partners. It offers products for various disease areas, including cell signalling, cardiovascular, oncology, and preeclampsia. The company was founded by Koen Kas in August 2004 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

CropDesign NV develops traits for cereal crops. It delivers agronomic traits for the global commercial seed markets. The firm focuses on enhancing grain yield in crops such as corn and rice, and increasing biomass of energy crops. Its platform, TraitMill, lows evaluating the effect of genes on the performance of plants under different growing conditions, including drought and low nutrient stress. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Blgium.