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Nimbus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in discovering and developing innovative small molecule therapeutics for serious diseases, including metabolic disorders, cancer, and immune-inflammatory conditions. The company employs a computational technology-driven approach to advance its diverse pipeline of drug candidates into clinical development. Its Nimbus Apollo program includes the lead candidate NDI-010976, an allosteric inhibitor targeting Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, which is being investigated for treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma, among other diseases. NDI-010976 received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2016, and the company aims to leverage its strategic partnerships to enhance its research and development efforts. Founded in 2009, Nimbus Therapeutics continues to focus on creating highly selective and potent medicines that address unmet medical needs.

Areteia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to putting asthma patients in better control of their disease. The company was spun out of Pennsylvania-based Knopp, which published results from its phase 2 clinical trial last year that showed its oral drug candidate could reduce the count of blood eosinophil, which is an indication of improving lung function and is found in several asthma-related treatments.

Upstream Bio focuses on developing an antibody therapy for the treatment of severe asthma. They are clinical-stage monoclonal antibodies that inhibit the TSLP receptor, a validated target located upstream of various signaling cascades that influence a range of immune cells that are important in common and unusual illnesses.

Halda Therapeutics is a research-stage drug discovery company, seeking to create the next generation of precision medicine based on a novel therapeutic modality which may be a platform for a number of disease states.

Curie Therapeutics is a fully integrated, next-generation radiopharmaceuticals company focused on pioneering a new class of targeted radiopharmaceuticals that are both safe and effective. Curie's radiopharmaceuticals are composed of rationally designed conjugates against carefully selected biological targets, to deliver alpha and beta-emitting radionuclide payloads.

Recludix pharma is a developing platform to discover potent and selective inhibitors of challenging protein targets. The platform approach integrates custom generated DNA-encoded libraries, massively parallel determination of structure-activity relationships, and a proprietary screening tool to ensure selectivity.

Disc Medicine is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, and developing innovative treatments for patients with severe hematologic disorders. The company's pipeline includes bitopertin for the treatment of erythropoietic porphyrias and diamond-blackfan anemia.

Nimbus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in discovering and developing innovative small molecule therapeutics for serious diseases, including metabolic disorders, cancer, and immune-inflammatory conditions. The company employs a computational technology-driven approach to advance its diverse pipeline of drug candidates into clinical development. Its Nimbus Apollo program includes the lead candidate NDI-010976, an allosteric inhibitor targeting Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, which is being investigated for treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma, among other diseases. NDI-010976 received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2016, and the company aims to leverage its strategic partnerships to enhance its research and development efforts. Founded in 2009, Nimbus Therapeutics continues to focus on creating highly selective and potent medicines that address unmet medical needs.

Eliem Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing treatments for nervous system disorders. The company leverages its expertise in neuroscience, translational medicine, and clinical development to meet this unmet medical need with a highly innovative pipeline. Eliem Therapeutics develops and commercializes potentially “best-in-class” drug candidates to treat neuronal excitability disorders. These conditions—such as chronic pain, depression, epilepsy, and anxiety—cause deep suffering for tens of millions of people each day. At its core, the Eliem team is motivated by the promise of helping patients live happier, more fulfilling lives.

Eliem Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing treatments for nervous system disorders. The company leverages its expertise in neuroscience, translational medicine, and clinical development to meet this unmet medical need with a highly innovative pipeline. Eliem Therapeutics develops and commercializes potentially “best-in-class” drug candidates to treat neuronal excitability disorders. These conditions—such as chronic pain, depression, epilepsy, and anxiety—cause deep suffering for tens of millions of people each day. At its core, the Eliem team is motivated by the promise of helping patients live happier, more fulfilling lives.

DTx Pharma develops technology that will unleash RNA-based therapeutics as the modality of choice for personalized treatment across therapeutic areas. DTx Pharma believes its approach to delivering RNA medicines solves some of the issues that limited previous-generation platforms, including poor pharmacokinetics and insufficient cellular uptake.

Perfuse Therapeutics specializes in developing therapies for the treatment of eye disease. The company is pursuing a novel mechanism to treat various eye diseases, starting with glaucoma, by improving retinal perfusion.

Day One Biopharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that focuses on developing new cancer therapies for patients of all ages. The company understands that advances in cancer research now enable drug developers to identify children and adults who may benefit from the same medicine. They develop new therapies that meet the critical needs of people of all ages living with cancer starting from the biology of childhood cancer. Day One Biopharmaceuticals also focuses its efforts to bring the best medicines to families receiving the life-altering news of a new cancer diagnosis and the need for a treatment plan. It prioritizes programs that can be rapidly brought to market for both younger and older patients. The company's goal is to license and acquire the most promising products from research institutions as well as for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Pandion Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing bispecific antibody therapeutics to achieve localized immunomodulation at the site of disease for durable, tissue-specific treatment of patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and organ transplants. Pandion’s approach has the potential to more effectively induce and sustain response and remission in patients with many autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. They aim to shift the paradigm and create a new generation of drugs with transformative efficacy and improved safety.

Disc Medicine is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, and developing innovative treatments for patients with severe hematologic disorders. The company's pipeline includes bitopertin for the treatment of erythropoietic porphyrias and diamond-blackfan anemia.

Trefoil is a biotechnology company that brings forward novel engineered FGF-1 compounds to treat endothelial cell-mediated diseases, including Fuchs dystrophy and other serious endothelial cell diseases. The eFGF-1 technology platform to develop first-in-class regenerative pharmacologic treatments for corneal diseases, which debilitating and cause a significant amount of preventable blindness throughout the world. Trefoil focuses on a topical eye drop formulation of TTHX1114 for the treatment of ulcerative conditions on the front surface of the cornea which leads to corneal scarring and substantial loss of vision. The company's mission is to improve human health and create new therapies using drugs developed with protein engineering. The management team at Trefoil has more than 100 years of pharmaceutical development and commercialization experience. As an early-stage development company, Trefoil has been recognized by the biopharmaceutical funding community through the CONNECT Springboard business plan program award and the Southeast Biotechnology Early Company Competition.