Anja Koenig

Heptares Therapeutics Ltd. designs and develops new medicines targeting G protein-coupled receptors. It builts an exciting discovery and development pipeline of novel drug candidates, which have the potential to transform the treatment of serious diseases, including alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, migraine and diabetes. The company was founded by Richard Henderson, Fiona Hamilton Marshall, Ludwig Michael Steinmetz, Christopher G. Tate and Malcolm Weir in 2007 and is headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, the United Kingdom.

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.

Diagnoplex SA develops molecular diagnostics for colon cancer. It lead product, Colox is a minimally-invasive blood test developed for the systematic screening and detection of early and advanced colorectal cancer. The company was founded in April 2005 by Stavros Therianos, Curzio Roberto Maria Rüegg, Jacques R. Essinger and Jean-Pierre Rosat and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Forendo Pharma Oy provides novel pharmaceutical treatments for endometriosis and low testosterone levels. Its product fispemifene is the first selective estrogen receptor modulator designed only for men, which helps for the treatment of symptoms of low testosterone, in phase II clinical studies in men with secondary hypogonadism; fispemifene has normalized the low testosterone levels. Its 17HSD1-inhibitor focuses on endometriosis, is a potent and selective lead compounds demonstrated in vivo proof of efficacy in disease model of endometriosis. The company was founded by Risto Arvo Sakari Lammintausta in 2013 and is headquartered in Turku, Finland.

Ribon Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company which focuses on developing therapeutics targeting monoADP-ribosylating PARPs for cancer. Its medicines are used for blocking cancer cells? fundamental survival mechanisms. The company was founded by W. Lee Kraus, Tim Mitchison and Paul Chang in 2015 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

CUTISS AG develops bioengineered skin grafts to heal people with skin defects. The company was founded by Ernst Reichmann, Martin Meuli, Daniela Marino, Clemens Schiestl and Fabienne Hartmann-Fritsch and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Arctos Medical AG engages in the acquisition, development, holding, registration, management, disposal, and exploitation of intellectual property rights and similar assets in the medical sector. These include patents, trademarks, licenses, industrial property rights, and inventions. The company was founded on June 6, 2012 and is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland.