Karen Carothers

Plexxikon, Inc. provides clinical and medical drug discovery and development services. The company was founded by Joseph P. Schlessinger, Thomas Richard Kassberg, Sung-hou Kim and K. Peter Hirth in 2001 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Iconic Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of serious eye disorders. Its product ICON-1, is a novel immune-conjugate fusion protein that works with the body’s immune system to address the root causes of inflammation and angiogenesis together, potentially altering the course of causes of blindness. The company was founded by Alan Garen, Kirk Dornbush, and Michael I. Sherman in 2003 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Entelos, Inc. develops predictive computer models of human disease. Its solutions include mechanism-based, mathematical models; virtual patients, populations; biosimulation software and biosimulation expertise. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Afferent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops selective drugs for the treatment of debilitating neurogenic disorders. It offers programs for respiratory, cardiovascular, chronic pain, biology, and clinical trials. The firm offers drugs for osteoarthritis pain, treatment-refractory chronic cough, and interstitial cystitis or bladder pain syndrome. The company was founded by Anthony P. Ford in December 2009 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops novel RNAi-based therapeutics. The firm’s products include QPI-1002 and QPI-1007 is being developed as a neuroprotective agent for the treatment of optic neuropathies that result in the death of retinal ganglion cells. The company was founded by Daniel Zurr, David M. Fineman and J. Gregory Swendsen in December 1993 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Roche Diagnostics GmbH is a German company that develops innovative medicines, treatments, and diagnostics. The company is based in Mannheim, Germany. The CEOs of the company are Claudia Fleischer, Claus Haberda, Clemens Schmid. Roche Diagnostics was acquired by Roche Holding AG on January 01, 1999.

Pfizer Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and provides medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products. Its products include prescription and counterfeit medicines, and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Tadworth, the United Kingdom.

EMD Serono, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical firm. The firm develops recombinant prescription medicines. Its therapies include neurology and immunology, metabolic endocrinology, fertility, and oncology. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Rockland, MA.

Roche Ltd. provides investment services.

Novo Nordisk, Inc. operates diabetes care company. It offers biopharmaceuticals, chronic weight management, human growth hormone therapy and hemophilla management services. The firm also provides rare bleeding disorders, growth hormone related disorders, and women's health. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

Enterome SA develops personalized medical-tests and diagnostics. The firm profiles human gut microbiome to improve management of microbiome-related disease. It primarily specializes in research adn development focusing on disease management. The company was founded by Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Emiliem, Inc. develops drugs for the treatment of cancer. The firm is particularly interested in diagnostic markers for rare diseases and the computational aspects of predicting both positive and negative patient outcomes. The company was founded by James E. Burden and Sucha Sudarsanam in 2005 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops oncology drugs. It is dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapeutics with a focus on cancer. Its products include Guadecitabine, Onalespib, AT7519, AT13148, ASTX727, ASTX660. The company was founded in March 1991 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

C2N Diagnostics LLC is a private company that focuses on mechanism-based approaches to prevent or stop the progression of human neurological disorders. The company is based in St. Louis, MO. The company's lead commercial product, PrecivityAD™, is a mass spectrometry-based test that measures in blood multiple analytes including a?42, a?40, and apolipoprotein e isoforms. This test predicts brain amyloid plaques as determined by PET scan results and received a breakthrough device designation from the Food and Drug Administration in early 2019. C2N Diagnostics aims to bring accurate, widely accessible, and cost-effective blood tests to the clinic for the betterment of patient care and brain health monitoring in the field of neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease. The company was founded by Ravi Kiron, Joel Bennett Braunstein, Ilana Fogelman. Joel Bennett Braunstein has been the CEO since incorporation.

IO Biotech ApS operates as a clinical stage biotech company. It develops immunotherapy for cancer by targeting a mechanism used by tumour cells to evade immune responses. The company was founded by Mai-Britt Zocca, Mads Hald Andersen, Inge Marie Svane, Anders Ljungqvist and Per Thor Straten and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

ShangPharma Innovation Inc. (ShangPharma Innovation) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Shangpharma Investment Group Ltd. founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Ipsen Bioinnovation Ltd. Engages in the research and development of pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a bio-technology company. It develops in-class G Protein-Coupled Receptor targeted drugs to address serious, unserved medical needs. The company was founded by Alain D. Baron, Marcus F. Boehm and Xinzhong Dong and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Stelexis Therapeutics LLC focuses on identifying and isolating the earliest definable stem and progenitor cells, which harbor clonal properties and pre-cancerous alterations. The company was founded by Ulrich Steidl, Derrick Rossi, Amit Verma, Evripidis Gavathiotis, and Roman Perez-Soler in 2017 and is headquartered in New York ,NY.

TRex Bio Ltd. is a British company that provides biotechnology research and development services. The private company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 2018 by Houman Ashrafian.