Apjohn Ventures

Tetra Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a portfolio of therapeutic products that will bring clarity of thought to people suffering from Fragile X syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury, and other brain disorders.

Tetra Discovery Partners provides consulting services in drug discovery and development. They partner with Universities to commercialize intellectual property and conduct proprietary research on diseases affecting the central nervous system. Their research focuses on developing new treatments for depression and schizophrenia. Severe forms of depression affect 2–5% of the US population, while mood disorders impact 7% of the world’s population and rank among the top ten causes of disability.

Sierra Oncology is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company on a mission to deliver targeted therapies that treat rare forms of cancer. The company harnesses its deep scientific expertise to identify compounds that target the root cause of disease. Sierra Oncology's team takes an evidence-based approach to understand the limitations of current treatments and explore new ways to change the cancer treatment paradigm. Sierra Oncology is transforming promise into patient impact.

CytoPherx (formerly Nephrion) clinical stage medical device company addressing inflammation-based diseases and conditions. The company’s products are custom configurations of a proprietary selective cytopheresis-based inflammation modulating system.

CytoPherx (formerly Nephrion) clinical stage medical device company addressing inflammation-based diseases and conditions. The company’s products are custom configurations of a proprietary selective cytopheresis-based inflammation modulating system.

Svelte Medical Systems (Svelte) is a privately held company focused on delivering novel products in the $5 billion coronary stent market. Its mission is to address key clinical issues in the stent market by improving stent deliverability, reducing cost, and dramatically improving the safety of the device compared to current market products. Svelte has developed the lowest profile and most deliverable balloon-expandable stent in the market, along with technology to create a non-thrombogenic, non-inflammatory Drug-Eluting Stent (DES). Svelte was started by Robert Fischell, David Fischell, and Tim Fischell in 2007.

Ikano Therapeutics a specialty pharmaceutical company, focuses on developing nasal spray drug products.

Sierra Oncology is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company on a mission to deliver targeted therapies that treat rare forms of cancer. The company harnesses its deep scientific expertise to identify compounds that target the root cause of disease. Sierra Oncology's team takes an evidence-based approach to understand the limitations of current treatments and explore new ways to change the cancer treatment paradigm. Sierra Oncology is transforming promise into patient impact.

CytoPherx (formerly Nephrion) clinical stage medical device company addressing inflammation-based diseases and conditions. The company’s products are custom configurations of a proprietary selective cytopheresis-based inflammation modulating system.

RenaMed Biologics a biotechnology company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of diseases associated with compromised kidney function. The company focuses on patients suffering from acute renal failure and additional indications where kidney function is compromised. It develops RBI-01, which utilizes physiologically active human renal epithelial cells and administered ex vivo, to replace and maintain severely compromised, or lost kidney functions due to illness, or trauma. The company was founded in 1995 as Nephros Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to RenaMed Biologics, Inc. in 2005. RenaMed Biologics, Inc. is based in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

Ikano Therapeutics a specialty pharmaceutical company, focuses on developing nasal spray drug products.

Sierra Oncology is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company on a mission to deliver targeted therapies that treat rare forms of cancer. The company harnesses its deep scientific expertise to identify compounds that target the root cause of disease. Sierra Oncology's team takes an evidence-based approach to understand the limitations of current treatments and explore new ways to change the cancer treatment paradigm. Sierra Oncology is transforming promise into patient impact.

Sierra Oncology is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company on a mission to deliver targeted therapies that treat rare forms of cancer. The company harnesses its deep scientific expertise to identify compounds that target the root cause of disease. Sierra Oncology's team takes an evidence-based approach to understand the limitations of current treatments and explore new ways to change the cancer treatment paradigm. Sierra Oncology is transforming promise into patient impact.

Sierra Oncology is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company on a mission to deliver targeted therapies that treat rare forms of cancer. The company harnesses its deep scientific expertise to identify compounds that target the root cause of disease. Sierra Oncology's team takes an evidence-based approach to understand the limitations of current treatments and explore new ways to change the cancer treatment paradigm. Sierra Oncology is transforming promise into patient impact.

ZyStor Therapeutics, Inc. is a privately-held biotechnology company developing enzyme replacement therapies for the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases.

Asterand Bioscience is the leading global provider of high quality, well characterized human tissue and human tissue-based research solutions to drug discovery scientists. Our mission is to provide human-based solutions to accelerate the identification and validation of drug targets and enhance the selection of drug candidates with an increased likelihood of clinical success. Asterand Bioscience has a well-established human tissue heritage, having been formed in 2006 through the merger of Asterand (founded 2000), a human tissue biorepository and Pharmagene (founded 1996) a human tissue-based drug discovery company. With this background and capability in human tissue procurement, characterization and research tools, Asterand Bioscience is uniquely positioned to provide a comprehensive approach to meet the research needs of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostic companies, as well as academia. From our offices in Detroit, MI and Royston, U.K., our employees focus on providing services and products to accelerate drug discovery research from target identification through compound evaluation and drug safety.