Jeffrey R. Jasper

NightstaRx Ltd. develops and commercializes therapies for retinal dystrophies. It offers retinal gene therapy that provides one-time cure for choroideremia (a rare inherited cause of blindness) and other retinal dystrophies. The company was founded by Robert MacLaren, Miguel Seabra, and Matthew During in January 2014 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

OrbiMed Advisors LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. It was founded by Sven Borho and Carl Gordon in 1989. The firm provides discretionary investment management services to US and non-US public and private funds.

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.

The Broad Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of research and development in biomedicals to cure infectious disease. Its scientific areas include chemical biology and therapeutics, genome regulation, cellular circuity and epigenomics, medical and population genetics, and metabolism. The company was founded by Eric S. Lander, Eli Broad and Edythe Broad in 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

RiboX Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of fully engineered circular RNA therapeutics. The private company is based in Shanghai, China.

Zenas Pharma, Inc. is an American pharmaceutical company that is focused on developing a portfolio of first- and autoimmune therapeutics to address areas of high unmet medical need. The company is located in the US. The company's lead product candidate, obexelimab (zb012), is a novel bifunctional antibody with first-in-class potential that inhibits B-cell lineages that express CD19.

Visirna Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures and commercializes RNAi-based investigational cardiometabolic medicines. The company is based in Shanghai, China.

HemoShear Therapeutics LLC engages in the development of human-relevant systems for applications in drug research and development. It creates human relevant systems that replicate the biology of organ systems and diseases throughout drug discovery and development. The firm's technology imposes human-derived hemodynamic forces on human primary cells to recreate human biology. The company was founded by Brian R. Wamhoff and Brett R. Blackman in 2008 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Shanghai Rarestone Health Tech Group Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that focuses on rare disease therapy and self-management information through internet information. The company is based in Huangpu, China. The company also operates and promote medical devices and communication platforms. The CEO of the company is Shawn Xiang.

Turnstone Biologics, Inc. develops bio-therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. It develops Maraba oncolytic viral immunotherapy, a platform representing a disruptive approach in the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by David Stojdl, Brian D. Lichty and John C. Bell and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Khosla Ventures LLC (Khosla Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Faeth Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in TX. The American company focuses on developing precision therapies for metabolic oncology using a machine-learning platform and a metabolic regimen involving the patient's diet. Faeth's lead program combines FTH-001 and FTH-003 with an insulin suppressing regimen to slow tumor growth by shutting down the PI3K/MTOR pathway. The company's scientific founders include Drs. Lew Cantley, Sid Mukherjee, and Karen Vousden. Anand Parikh has been the CEO since incorporation.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Avistone Pharmaceuticals is a Chinese clinical-stage biotechnology company that specializes in precision oncology therapeutics. The company is located in China.

Ablaze Pharmaceuticals is a Chinese clinical-stage pharmaceutical company founded in 2021 with a mission to bring advanced targeted radiopharmaceutical therapies to benefit cancer patients. Ablaze Pharma has secured a partnership with Rayzebio, Inc., an innovative radiopharmaceutical company based in CA, to gain exclusive development and commercial rights to a series of Rayzebio's products in the greater region. The company is based in Jing'an District, China. The company leverages its team's extensive business experience and network in cross-border product development and deal making to become the leader and partner of choice in the emerging TRT market. Alex Qiao has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

The New York City Investment Fund Manager Inc. (The New York City Investment Fund Manager) is a venture capital firm founded by Henry Kravis in 1996. The firm is headquartered in New York, United States.

Part of GSK Plc, Affymax Research Institute is a company that researches and develops pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. Affymax Research Institute was acquired by Affymax, Inc. from GSK Plc on July 30, 2001.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Rgenta Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures medicines for oncology and neurological disorders. The company was founded by Simon Xi, Travis Wager, and Zhiping Weng and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Echosens SA engages in the manufacture of medical imaging equipment. It focuses on developing FibroScan. The company was founded by Laurent Sandrin and Sylvain Yon on June 20, 2001 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Elpiscience Biopharma Ltd. engages in the development of cutting-edge immunotherapies to fight cancer. Its business scope includes technology research and development, transfer of own technology achievements and provision of related technical advice and technical services of biomedicine and biotechnology; import and export, and wholesale of mechanical equipment, electronic products, instrumentation, and plastic products. The company was founded on September 30, 2017 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.