Rami Skaliter

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.

Tikcro Technologies Ltd. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It pursues an early stage biotechnology project generating new antibodies for cancer treatment addressing immune modulation. This project is based on technology from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. It promotes a new approach for the generation of antibodies which are expected to have selectivity and blocking capabilities and, as a result, are expected to effectively modulate the immune system. Tikcro Technologies was founded on December 14, 1999 and is headquartered in Hadera, Israel.

Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd. develops cell therapies for neural degenerative diseases. Its therapeutic cells include retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells and neural progenitor cells. The firm's cells are derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), which are considered to be the gold standard source of cells for the development of stem cell therapies. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.