Janice Drew

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Vyteris, Inc. develops, manufactures and commercializes pharmaceutical products. It is engaged in the process of developing first active drug delivery patch to receive marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug delivery patch technology allows precise dosing, giving physicians and patients control in the rate, dosage and pattern of drug delivery that may result in considerable therapeutic, economical, and lifestyle advantages over existing methods of drug administration. The company was founded on July 19, 2000 and is headquartered in Fair Lawn, NJ.

Calliditas Therapeutics Suisse SA engages in the development of NOX therapies. Its platform enables the identification of orally available small-molecules that selectively inhibit specific NOX enzymes, which amplify multiple disease processes such as fibrosis, inflammation, pain processing, cancer development, and neurodegeneration. The company was founded Chihiro Yabe, Robert A. Clark, David Lambeth, and Karl-Heinz Krause in 2006 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co. researches and develops pharmaceuticals and imaging products to treat diseases. It focuses on pharmaceuticals to treat unmet medical needs in the fight against HIV, cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disorders, cancer and arthritis-related disorders. The company is located in Wilmington, DE.

LSP Management Group BV (LSP) is an independent European venture capital firm which was founded by Martijn Kleijwegt, Frits van der Have and Tom Schwarz in 1998. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the firm provides financing to early- to mid-stage life science companies.

Andera Partners SCA (Andera Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Pierre-Michel Passy. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. engages in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products. It offers prescription and non-prescription dermatological and skin care products. The firm research, innovate and develop skin care treatments to health care professionals, patients and consumers. The company was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

BioTalent Canada is a non-profit organization, which focuses on building partnerships and skills for Canada?s bio-economy to ensure the industry has access to job-ready people. It connects employers with job seekers, delivers human resource information, and skills development tools so the biotech industry through projects, research and product development .The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Covagen AG engages in the research in as well as development, production, and distribution of pharmaceutical and diagnostic products and technologies. The company was founded by Julian Bertschinger and Dragan Grabulovski in 2007 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

AM-Pharma BV operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It engages in the development of proprietary recombinant human Alkaline Phosphatase. The firm’s products include Acute Kidney Injury, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Hypophosphatasia. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Bunnik, the Netherlands.

American Dermatological Association, Inc. recognizes, discusses and develops solutions for problems in the area of dermatologic health care, research and education. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Complix NVengages in the development of biopharmaceutical company developing Alphabodies, a pipeline of transformative protein therapeutics. The Company is currently focusing its internal research and development activities on oncology and autoimmune diseases. Its therapeutic Alphabodies focuses on the treatment of autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and multiple sclerosis, and infectious diseases, and viral diseases such as influenza, HIV, and RSV. The company was founded by Mark Vaeck and Ignace Lasters in 2008 and is headquartered in Diepenbeek, Belgium.

Civitas Therapeutics, Inc. develops transformative pulmonary delivery therapies. The company was founded by Glenn Batchelder, Richard P. Batycky, Martin I. Freed, Jennifer Fujii, Jeffrey Elton and James L. Wright on June 17, 2009 and is headquartered in Ardsley, NY.

Amolyt Pharma SAS engages in development of biopharmaceutical drugs, proteins and peptides for the treatment of metabolic diseases. The company was founded by Thierry Abribat in 2014 and is headquartered in Ecully, France.

Entasis Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the discovey, development, and commercialization of novel antibacterial prodcuts to treat serious infections caused by multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Its pipeline includes ETX2514SUL, targeting Acinetobacter baumannii infections; ETX0282CPDP, targeting Enterobacteriaceae infections; a Non-Beta-lactam PBP inhibitor, targeting Gram-negative infections; and zoliflodacin, targeting Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The company was founded by Manoussos Perros in May 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Oculis SA focuses on ophthalmic drugs and novel drug delivery to the eye. The Oculis drug delivery platform consists of a novel technique to facilitate drug absorption to both anterior and posterior parts of the eye. The advantage is a drug delivery system where diseases of the posterior part of the eye can be treated with a simple topical application. The Oculis drug delivery platform allows diseases such as DME (diabetic macular edema) at the posterior part of the eye to be treated with a non-invasive topical application. The company was founded by Einar Stefansson and Thorsteinn Loftsson in 2003is headquartered in Pully, Switzerland.

Pivotal Bioventure Partners Investment Advisor LLC (Pivotal Bioventure) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Vincent Cheung. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Rallybio Holdings LLC engages in the provision of healthcare services. The company is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Plexium, Inc. provides drug development methodology services. It specializes in immunomodulation as a therapeutic approach for CNS and oncology. The company was founded by Brian Paegel on July 12, 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Amplitude Ventures is a venture capital firm. The firm was founded in 2018. It’s headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Chinook Therapeutics U.S., Inc. operates as a development stage company. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Vico Therapeutics BV is a private biotech company based in Leiden, Netherlands that focuses on developing RNA modulating therapies for rare severe neurological disorders. The Dutch company's antisense oligonucleotide platform (AON) is directed towards different forms of spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) and Huntington disease (HD), while its early discovery RNA editing platform is directed towards Rett syndrome. Vico Therapeutics was founded in 2019 by Luc Dochez, Josh Mandel-Brehm, Gail Mandel, and Dr. Judith van Deutekom, who have strong academic reputations and vast industry experience. Micah Mackison has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Egle Therapeutics SAS is a biotech company based in Paris, France. Egle Therapeutics develops first-in-class immunotherapies targeting immune suppressor regulatory T cells (Tregs) for oncology and autoimmune diseases. The French company leverages its translational-based target discovery platform to unveil novel therapeutic Treg targets and computationally designed immunocytokines acting as antagonists or as selective Treg-agonists. The company was founded in 2020 by Luc Boblet, a serial biotech entrepreneur, and Dr. Eliane Piaggio, a renowned immunologist.

EQT Life Sciences Group BV (EQT Life Sciences) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of EQT AB founded in 2022 after the acquisition of LSP by EQT. The firm is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.