Nadia Waheed

AcuFocus, Inc. develops KAMRA inlay for the treatment of presbyopia. Its KAMRA inlay is an intra-corneal inlay designed to create a small aperture effect, allowing the eye to see near and intermediate objects more clearly. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc. develops and provides wavefront measurement technologies. It focuses on research, development, manufacturing, and distribution of the Optiwave Refractive Analysis (ORA) system with VerifEye used during cataract surgery. The firm offers ophthalmic medical devices. The company was founded by Kenneth C. Aldrich, William B. Adams, Thomas J. Berryman, and Tony Van Heugten in 1997 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Aerpio Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative therapies for vascular diseases. The firm develops small molecules and monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of vascular disease and enhancement of wound healing. Its two lead programs include a tie-2 activator for diabetic macular edema and vascular leak, and a hypoxia-inducible factor 1-a stabilizer for wound healing and the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. The company was founded by Joseph H. Gardner and Robert Shalwitz in 2011 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

A.T. Kearney, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. Its services include strategic, operational and technology consulting executive search services. The company was founded by Andrew Thomas Kearney in 1926 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP provides legal services. It is a business and litigation firm with a diverse client base, includes business, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations, government entities and individual clients. The firm represents business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. The company was founded by Robert D. Klingler in 1873 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Purdue Pharma LP engages in the development and provision of prescription medicines. It offers a portfolio of medical products in categories, including prescription opioids, sleep, laxatives, antiseptics, and dietary supplement. The company was founded by Raymond R. Sackler in 1991 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

INO Therapeutics LLC engages in the development of pharmaceutical drugs. The company is headquartered in Hampton, NJ.

CDI Bioscience, Inc. has developed an innovative technology for increased yield of bioproducts, manufactured in cellular systems. Genetic engineering technology is used to control the metabolism of cells, thus shifting the cell from explicative to production mode (RP Shift®). In particular, this technology has been designed for use in mammalian cells, unlocking their potential to produce proteins, peptides and enzymes. The current design of the technology can be readily translated to bacterial and yeast cellular systems for the production of commercial grade bio products. Recombinant therapeutic proteins have proven to be invaluable biopharmaceuticals for the treatment of chronic and life-threatening diseases. While exceptionally effective, the dosage requirements are generally very high for the required treatment. Several hundred milligrams of protein per administration is common and multiple doses are often required and being protein based drugs, they can only be produced by living cells which is why increasing production yield is a challenge. CDI Bioscience has developed a patented technology that dramatically improves the product yield in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. CDI's core technology, RP Shift®, solves a number of intermediate problems in the development of biopharmaceutical products by significantly boosting the productivity and viability of production cells.

Accelerator Services Corp (Accelerator Services) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Carl Weissman and Rodney F. Burgar. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

American Academy of Ophthalmology, Inc. is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company advocates for patients and the public and set standards for ophthalmic education. The organization provides information about managing a practice, clinical pearls, and how to thrive in residency for young ophthalmologists. The company also offers an Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award and have committees that are essential to the establishment and implementation of the organization's mission and strategic goals. The Academy's website, EyeSmart, provides information on eye diseases, treatments, news, and tips for lifelong eye health. The company also has a faculty development program for their annual meeting and offer a program called Eyecelerator that advances eye care innovation by connecting creative entrepreneurs with mission-driven investors and access to markets.

Part of General Electric Co., Datex-Ohmeda, Inc. develops and manufactures medical equipment. The company is based in Madison, WI.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Silver Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops novel regenerative medicines. The firm focuses on treating cardiovascular disease. Its molecules are designed to promote resilience and regeneration of damaged tissues after acute or chronic injury. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Encore Vision, Inc. operates as an ophthalmology clinic. It offers EV06, an ophthalmic pharmaceutical solution in a conventional eye drop bottle, which includes its proprietary active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The company is headquartered in Spokane, WA.

Founded in 1948, Worley Field Services Ltd. is a British construction services company that is part of Jacobs Solutions, Inc. The company is based in Brentford, UK.

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.

Sofregen Medical, Inc. develops innovative silk-based solutions for soft tissue defects. Its products: SERI silk derived surgical scaffold is knitted scaffold made from ultra-pure, sterile, silk-derived bioprotein that facilitates neovascularization and native tissue regeneration over time and Sofregen technology a silk derived material for medical application. The company was founded by Anh Hoang and Howard J. Weisman on May 19, 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

IanTech, Inc. develops ophthalmic devices for cataract surgery. Its products include miLoop, miPhaco, miMissions, and miResources. The company was founded by Luke Clauson and Sean Ianchulev and is headquartered in Reno, NV.

Surface Ophthalmics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics. The firm’s current drug pipeline consists of three proprietary drug candidates. Surface topical eye drop drug candidates, SURF-100 and SURF-200, utilize a patented delivery vehicle. The company is founded by Mark L. Baum and it is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

TherOptix, Inc. develops and manufactures drug-eluting contact lens. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

hC Bioscience, Inc. is a biotech company based in Cambridge, MA and has subsidiaries in the United States. A single trna therapy has the potential to treat many diseases, regardless of the gene or location of the mutation. hC Bioscience is dedicated to improving the lives of patients by developing first-in-class trna-based therapeutics that target protein dysfunction. The company's innovative approach to precision protein editing has the potential to treat genetically defined conditions that account for 10-15% of all human diseases. The lead platform in development is directed at restoring protein function in diseases caused by nonsense mutations or premature termination codons (PTCs). The company was founded in 2021 by Leslie J. Williams, who has been the CEO since then.

SKS Ocular, LLC is a private ophthalmology company incubator that uses state-of-the-art research and development technologies to discover and advance novel therapeutics through preclinical or clinical proof of concept.