Irena Melnikova

VPIsystems, Inc. engages in the provision of network planning software and services for the global telecommunications industry. It enables optimized solutions through LTE network analytics for the escalating bandwidth requirements in backhaul and core networks. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Somerset, NJ.

Arvinas Operations, Inc. develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, pro-inflammatory, autoimmune and rare diseases. It offers proteolysis-targeting chimera PROTAC-based drugs that induce protein degradation to target and eliminate disease-causing proteins from the body. The company was founded by Craig M. Crews in July 2013 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

MPM Bioimpact Inc (MPM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Ansbert K. Gadicke and Luke B. Evnin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part of Amgen, Inc., Amgen Research (Munich) GmbH is a biotechnology company based in Munich, Germany. The company has over 850 employees working at two locations in Germany. Amgen Scholars Europe Programs offer practical research experience to 100 students from all over Europe every summer. The company utilizes biotechnological possibilities to develop innovative treatments for diseases. The company continuously develops new substances to provide biopharmaceuticals to patients worldwide with serious illnesses. The CEOs of the company are Peter Kufer and Robert Saller. Amgen Research (Munich was acquired by ECKA Granulate GmbH & Co. KG from Aurubis AG on June 13, 2002.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts LLC is a pharmaceutical company that provides free medicines and adult vaccines to qualified patients through their Merck Patient Assistance Program. The company is based in Boston, MA and is a part of Merck & Co., Inc. and its affiliates. The company also offers information about insurance coverage and financial assistance options for eligible patients. The company conducts clinical trials and provides medical information covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine through their Merck Manuals. Additionally, they report on their commitment to operating responsibly to benefit society through their corporate responsibility program, which includes their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report. Merck for Mothers is an initiative to create a world where no woman has to die giving life.

BioSight Ltd. is a clinical stage biotechnology company engaging in the development of therapeutics for hematological malignancies and disorders. The company was founded by Stela Gengrinovitchan and Mark Gengrinovitch on November 10, 1999 and is headquartered in Lod, Isreal.

Transcelerate Biopharma, Inc. is a non-profit consortium that collaborates with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to improve the delivery of new medicines. The non-profit company is based in King of Prussia, PA. The organization's mission is to identify, prioritize, design, and facilitate implementation of solutions to drive the efficient, effective, and high-quality delivery of new medicines. Transcelerate has 20 member companies and 30+ initiatives focused on improving the patient and site experience, enhancing sponsor efficiencies and drug safety, and harmonizing processes and sharing information. The company was founded by Garry Arthur Neil, and Janice Chang has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Blade Therapeutics, Inc. offers anti-fibrotic therapies to meet unserved patient needs. Its product portfolio is to address various fibrotic diseases and their underlying pathophysiology. The company was founded by Hal Dietz and Wendye R. Robbins and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

ImmunoMet Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a development-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes novel oncology products. It offers novel technology that designed to disrupt cancer cell growth and enhance anti-cancer immunity. The company was founded in July 2015 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Imcheck Therapeutics SAS operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops immunotherapeutic anti-cancer strategies for research. The company was founded by Olive Daniel in 2015 and is headquartered in Marseille, France.

Maverick Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a preclinical stage biotech company. It develops a novel class of T cell- redirecting antibody therapeutics that have the potential to substantially broaden the range of targets and clinical applications to be used for this ultra-potent mechanism. The company was founded by Robert Dubridge and Patrick A. Baeuerle in 2016 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence & Safety is a non-governmental organization that builds, implements, and maintains comprehensive systems. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded by Greg Koski.

CTx Operations, Inc. operates as a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company. It develops novel cellular therapeutics. The company was founded by Saar Gill and Michael Klichinsky in 2017 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Auron Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It aims to cure cancer by radically changing the paradigm of cancer therapeutics from cell killing to transformation of malignant cells into more normal functioning cells. The company was founded by Kate Yen, Matt Vander Heiden, Ross Levine, and Eytan Stein and is headquartered in Wellesley, MA.

Magnolia Neurosciences Corp. operates as a drug discovery and development company. The firm focuses on the creation of a novel class of neuroprotective medicines. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Redona Therapeutics, Inc.operates as a biotechnology company focused on the modulation of non- RNA (ncRNA) function to treat cancer and other human diseases. It uses small molecules to modulate expression levels of oncogenes and other proteins of significance in disease. The company was founded by George Daley, Richard Gregory, Frank Slack, and Piotr Sliz and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

ImmunOs Therapeutics AG is a company based in Schlieren, Switzerland that pioneers HLA-based therapeutics to create transformational medicines for cancer and inflammation. The Swiss company has identified specific HLA molecules that activate the immune system and is utilizing these molecules as the backbone of novel therapies capable of stimulating both the innate and adaptive immune systems of cancer patients to eliminate tumor cells. ImmunOs' lead program is a multi-functional fusion protein that blocks specific LILRB and KIR receptors and activates anti-tumor responses. The company is also using HLA molecules to develop novel therapies to treat inflammatory diseases. ImmunOs is supported by leading international investors, including Samsara BioCapital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Gimv, Pfizer Ventures, Biomed Partners, Schroder Adveq, Mission BioCapital, GL Capital, Peak6, Fiscus, and Redalpine. The company was founded by Osiris Marroquin Belaunzaran and Christoph Renner, and the CEO is Sean R. Smith.

Mediar Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapeutics to halt, reverse and fibrosis. The company was founded by Paul Yaworsky in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Trex Bio, Inc. manufactures immunotherapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

MPM BioImpact LLC (MPM BioImpact) is a venture capital firm a subsidiary of MPM Bioimpact Inc founded in 1996. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Photys Therapeutics, Inc. is a company based in Cambridge, MA that was founded by Longwood Fund and Dr. Amit Choudhary of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The company is advancing phosphorylation inducing chimeric small molecules (PHICs), a proprietary new class of bifunctional medicines that direct and repair protein phosphorylation to treat a range of diseases including cancer, immune, metabolic, and rare diseases. PHICs enhance the pairing of specific kinases with disease target proteins, inducing precise phosphorylation at native and/or non-native sites, modulating key functions including activation, stabilization, trafficking, localization, phospho-antigen presentation, inactivation, degradation, and interactions of proteins. The company's approach unlocks diverse classes of targets, developing a new class of medicines for precise control of protein function. The company was founded by Amit Choudhary, David Steinberg, Edward Holson, Lizzie Ngo. David Steinberg has been the CEO since incorporation.