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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

QVT Financial LP is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2003 by Daniel Gold. QVT Financial provides administrative and/or investment management services to private funds including US limited partnerships, non-US limited partnerships and non-US Corporation.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

HealthCor Management LP (HealthCor) is a holding firm and SEC-registered hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was co-founded by Joseph Healey and Arthur Cohen in 2005. HealthCor provides investment management services to several privately offered pooled investment funds and institutional investors through separately managed accounts.

Standard Investments LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by David S. Winter and David J. Millstone in 2009. They were formerly known as 40 North Management LLC and changed its name to Standard Investments LLC in October 2021. The firm is a subsidiary of Standard Industries, Inc., ultimately held by G Holdings, Inc. Standard Investments provides discretionary investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles (Discretionary Funds). The investors of the discretionary funds include the general partners of the discretionary funds, the principals, certain high-net-worth individuals, and certain Family Entities.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Capital Management LLC, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. provides trading and executions services to their clients.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Wolfe Research LLC is a FINRA-registered sell-side research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Edward Wolfe in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Wolfe Holdco LLC. Wolfe Research provides bespoke research of various stocks in every major GIC sector for institutional clients. The firm has established a reputation for macro research underpinning coverage in Industrials, Utilities/Energy, Consumer/Retail, Financials/REITS, Healthcare and TMT.

Bionest Partners, Inc. provides consulting services to the medical industry. The firm offers expertise in all aspects of the life sciences including medical devices, diagnostics, research and development, marketing, corporate development, and personal medicine strategy. The company was founded by Robert J. Easton in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

KVP Capital Advisors LP provides investment advice. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA.

Part of ABG Management Ltd., Ally Bridge Group (NY) LLC is a company that provides investment advice. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 2018 by Fan Yu. Fan Yu has been the CEO since 2018.

Iron Triangle Partners LP (Iron Triangle) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Cos Cob, Connecticut. Founded in 2019, Iron Triangle provides discretionary investment advice to private investment funds.

Tri Locum Partners LP (Tri Locum) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Prashanth Jayaram in 2019. Tri Locum provides discretionary investment management services to qualified investors through its private, pooled investment vehicles.

Part of Tourmaline Bio, Inc., Tourmaline Sub, Inc. is a late-stage clinical biotechnology company based in New York, NY. The company's lead program, Tour006, is an anti-IL-6 antibody with high binding affinity and a naturally long half-life. Tour006 has been studied in over 400 autoimmune patients across six clinical trials. Tourmaline Sub plans to develop Tour006 for thyroid eye disease (TED) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), with additional indications being considered. The company, founded in 2021 by Sandeep Kulkarni and Caley M. Castelein, is focused on developing transformative medicines for patients with life-altering immune diseases. Sandeep Kulkarni has been the CEO since 2021. Tourmaline Sub was acquired by Talaris Therapeutics, Inc. on October 19, 2023, for $43.50 million.