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NewBiotics transforms drug resistances into therapeutic advantages. It focuses on the discovery and development of drug molecules that leverage the cycle of drug resistance in both cancer and infectious diseases. NewBiotics is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1997 and the company was acquired by Celmed Biosciences on June 7, 2004.

Developer of drugs for medical needs. Company develops novel pharmaceuticals through the company's technology access programs and therapeutic programs.

MethylGene Inc. (TSX:MYG) is a publicly-traded, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics with a focus on cancer. The Company's product candidates include: MGCD265, an oral, multi-targeted kinase inhibitor targeting the Met, VEGF, Ron and Tie-2 receptor tyrosine kinases that is in multiple clinical trials for cancer; MGCD290, a fungal Hos2 inhibitor for use in combination with fluconazole for serious fungal infections which has completed Phase I clinical studies; and mocetinostat (MGCD0103), an oral, isoform-selective HDAC inhibitor for cancer which has been in multiple Phase II clinical trials and is currently in a Phase II trial in refractory or relapsed follicular lymphoma. Mocetinostat is licensed to Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd in certain Asian countries. A fourth compound discovered using MethylGene's HDAC platform, EVP-0334 - a potential cognition enhancing agent for neurodegenerative diseases has successfully completed Phase I trials sponsored by EnVivo Pharmaceuticals Inc. MethylGene also has a funded collaboration with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. for applications in ocular diseases using the Company's proprietary kinase inhibitor chemistry.

Copernicus Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company and a leader in the emerging field of precision medicine and gene therapy. Through their proprietary, non-viral, nucleic acid nanoparticle platform, they are able to achieve robust gene transfer in several tissues without the immune response and limited treatment window of AAV.

The Medicines Company is focused on advancing the treatment of critical care patients through the delivery of innovative, cost-effective medicines to the worldwide hospital marketplace. The Company markets Angiomax(R) (bivalirudin) in the United States and other countries for use in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty, and Cleviprex(R) (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion in the United States for the reduction of blood pressure when oral therapy is not feasible or not desirable. The Company also has two products in late stage development: cangrelor, an investigational antiplatelet agent, and oritavancin, a semi-synthetic lipoglycopeptide antibiotic. The Company's pipeline also includes a serine protease inhibitor, CU2010, in early-stage development.

Cytochroma is a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company that designs, develops and commercializes prescription products to treat and prevent the clinical consequences of vitamin D insufficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The Company has an advanced portfolio of new therapies designed to safely and effectively treat patients with vitamin D insufficiency and SHPT associated with Stage 3, 4 or 5 CKD. In addition, Cytochroma is developing novel therapies to treat elevated blood phosphorus levels (hyperphosphatemia) in order to improve the control of SHPT in CKD patients.

LymphoSign is a pharmaceutical company that is focused on the development of drugs for blood cancers. LymphoSign was acquired by Aegera Therapeutics in August 2007. LymphoSign was founded in 2000 and is based in Markham, Canada.

Ceptyr, Inc was founded to focus on developing drugs against protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), a largely unexplored niche in pharmaceutical development.

Xanthus Pharmaceuticals Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the discovery, development, acquisition, and commercialization of small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disorders.

SemaThera is a spin-off company from AmorChem Venture Fund 1, focusing on SEMA 3A protein inhibitor in the treatment of ocular diseases, such as diabetic macular edema. This technology emerges from the laboratory of Dr Mike Sapieha, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosement (Montreal, Canada).

Xanthus Pharmaceuticals Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the discovery, development, acquisition, and commercialization of small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disorders.

MyX Therapeutics is a provider of medical research and development services intended to offer treatment for various type of asthma diseases. The company develops a drug delivery technology that covalently links to mucous membranes and it's delivery vehicle is able to deliver pharmaceuticals reliably due to the covalent linkage, enabling medical practitioners to obtain market sector differentiating novel products for delivery of ophthalmic, sublingual, intranasal, vaginal and IR of drug.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Lexicon Genetic) a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human disease, including immunology, metabolism, cardiology, and ophthalmology. The company's drug candidates include LX1031, which has completed Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders; LX4211 that has completed Phase II clinical trials to treat type 2 diabetes; LX2931, which is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases; and LX1032 that has completed Phase II clinical trials to treat the symptoms associated with carcinoid syndrome. It also has a preclinical development drug candidate, LX7101, for the treatment of glaucoma. The company has drug discovery alliances with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Genentech, Inc.; N.V. Organon; and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. It also has drug development financing collaboration with Symphony Icon; collaboration agreement with Taconic Farms, Inc.; and an alliance with Nuevolution A/S, which provides access to Nuevolution's Chemetics platform chemistry technology.

Aegera Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing targeted therapeutics to address major unmet medical needs. Aegera has three programs in clinical development, two for oncology and one for neuropathic pain. Aegera is also dedicated to identifying novel development candidates based upon its core technologies and internal expertise and experience in rapidly moving lead candidates through preclinical development and into clinical trials.

Osprey Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. develops protein therapeutics for the treatment of inflammatory and immune diseases. Its pipeline of fusion protein therapeutics includes leukocyte population modulators that target and neutralize chemokine-activated leukocytes underlying a variety of inflammatory and immune diseases. The company's lead candidate CCL2-LPM targets the CCR2 chemokine receptor expressed by pathologically activated leukocytes is for the treatment of IgA nephropathy, an inflammatory kidney disease. Osprey Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Cytochroma is a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company that designs, develops and commercializes prescription products to treat and prevent the clinical consequences of vitamin D insufficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The Company has an advanced portfolio of new therapies designed to safely and effectively treat patients with vitamin D insufficiency and SHPT associated with Stage 3, 4 or 5 CKD. In addition, Cytochroma is developing novel therapies to treat elevated blood phosphorus levels (hyperphosphatemia) in order to improve the control of SHPT in CKD patients.

NewBiotics transforms drug resistances into therapeutic advantages. It focuses on the discovery and development of drug molecules that leverage the cycle of drug resistance in both cancer and infectious diseases. NewBiotics is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1997 and the company was acquired by Celmed Biosciences on June 7, 2004.

Salmedix is an oncology drug development company with a commercial focus on the treatment of hematologic malignancies, or blood cancers. Its primary product, SDX-105, is marketed by healthcare professionals in Germany for the treatment of several types of blood cancers. Salmedix conducts Phase II clinical trials for SDX-105 in the U.S. and Canada. Its other clinical-stage product candidates, SDX-101 and SDX-102, each with significant prior human clinical experience, are also in Phase II development. Founded in 2000 by David Kabakoff, Salmedix is headquartered in San Diego, California.

IDUN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of human therapeutics to control apoptosis. Its products under Phase 2 and preclinical trials include drugs for liver disease, CNS diseases, inflammation, and cancer, as well as IDN-6556 for the treatment of liver diseases in patients infected with Hepatitis C virus. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in San Diego, California. As of July 30, 2010, IDUN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Osprey Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. develops protein therapeutics for the treatment of inflammatory and immune diseases. Its pipeline of fusion protein therapeutics includes leukocyte population modulators that target and neutralize chemokine-activated leukocytes underlying a variety of inflammatory and immune diseases. The company's lead candidate CCL2-LPM targets the CCR2 chemokine receptor expressed by pathologically activated leukocytes is for the treatment of IgA nephropathy, an inflammatory kidney disease. Osprey Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Ambit Biosciences is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of small molecule kinase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disease, and other indications. Ambit's lead compound, AC220, is a novel, potent, highly selective, orally bioavailable FMS-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) inhibitor, and is currently under clinical investigation in patients with relapsed or refractory AML. Ambit is developing AC220 in collaboration with Astellas Pharma Inc. as part of a worldwide agreement to jointly develop and commercialize FLT3 kinase inhibitors in oncology and non-oncology indications. In addition to AC220, Ambit's clinical pipeline includes AC480, a pan-HER inhibitor, and AC430, an oral JAK2 inhibitor. Ambit also has a pipeline of preclinical candidates which includes CEP-32496, a BRAF inhibitor licensed to Cephalon.

Ore Pharmaceuticals uses a proprietary system, based on analysis of gene expression and gene regulation, to discover drug targets and drug leads. Gene Logic uses READS in its drug target and drug lead discovery programs and to generate genomic data for its database products. The Company's objective is to provide its pharmaceutical company partners with novel drug targets, drug leads and a suite of genomic database products to reduce the time, cost and risk associated with drug discovery. The Company believes that by building its portfolio of partnerships it will generate current revenues and establish a long-term economic interest in the product pipelines of multiple partners through milestone and royalty payments. Gene Logic has established major strategic alliances with Procter & Gamble and Japan Tobacco.

Cytochroma is a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company that designs, develops and commercializes prescription products to treat and prevent the clinical consequences of vitamin D insufficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The Company has an advanced portfolio of new therapies designed to safely and effectively treat patients with vitamin D insufficiency and SHPT associated with Stage 3, 4 or 5 CKD. In addition, Cytochroma is developing novel therapies to treat elevated blood phosphorus levels (hyperphosphatemia) in order to improve the control of SHPT in CKD patients.

Ambit Biosciences is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of small molecule kinase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disease, and other indications. Ambit's lead compound, AC220, is a novel, potent, highly selective, orally bioavailable FMS-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) inhibitor, and is currently under clinical investigation in patients with relapsed or refractory AML. Ambit is developing AC220 in collaboration with Astellas Pharma Inc. as part of a worldwide agreement to jointly develop and commercialize FLT3 kinase inhibitors in oncology and non-oncology indications. In addition to AC220, Ambit's clinical pipeline includes AC480, a pan-HER inhibitor, and AC430, an oral JAK2 inhibitor. Ambit also has a pipeline of preclinical candidates which includes CEP-32496, a BRAF inhibitor licensed to Cephalon.

Interomex Biopharmaceuticals Inc. is dedicated to the identification of novel biological targets in key cellular processes with the aim of discovering lead compounds for the treatment of disease. The company’s proprietary Repressed Trans-activator (RTATM) technology can be used to detect protein-protein interactions between a host and an infectious agent, as well as within cells in normal and diseased states. A particular advantage of RTATM is its ability to detect the interactions of transcription transactivator proteins, which are key control points in viral infections and cell activation.

Viron Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of viral proteins to treat and prevent human inflammatory disorders. Viral proteins represent a revolutionary new class of drugs. By harnessing the evolutionary power of viruses and other pathogens to evade the human body's protective inflammatory response, Viron is able to identify and develop powerful protein therapeutics that have distinct advantages in potency and efficacy over conventional drug therapy. Viron is the first company to successfully advance a viral protein drug into human testing.

A specialized, preclinical-stage biotech company, Inversago Pharma develops new generations of peripherally-restricted cannabinoid-1 receptor (CB1) inverse agonists/ antagonists for the treatment of Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), Type-1 Diabetes (T1D), obesity and other metabolic disorders such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Inversago’s technology addresses limits associated with first generation CB1 blockers, allowing the company to exploit their full medical potential.

Liminal BioSciences Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovery, development, and commercialization of novel treatments for patients suffering from diseases that have unmet medical needs. It operates through two segments, Small Molecule Therapeutics and Plasma Derived Therapeutics. The Small Molecule Therapeutics segment’s lead product candidate is fezagepras (PBI-4050) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory diseases, and Alström Syndrome. The Plasma Derived Therapeutics segment provides Plasma Protein Purification System, a multi-product sequential purification process for the extraction and purification of therapeutic proteins from human plasma. It also engages in developing Ryplazim for the treatment of congenital plasminogen deficiency. The company operates in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The company was formerly known as Prometic Life Sciences Inc. and changed its name to Liminal BioSciences Inc. in October 2019. Liminal BioSciences Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

A specialized, preclinical-stage biotech company, Inversago Pharma develops new generations of peripherally-restricted cannabinoid-1 receptor (CB1) inverse agonists/ antagonists for the treatment of Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), Type-1 Diabetes (T1D), obesity and other metabolic disorders such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Inversago’s technology addresses limits associated with first generation CB1 blockers, allowing the company to exploit their full medical potential.

Chromos Molecular System is an online community for aestheticians, laser, and medical professionals. Chromos is the Greek word for color – and as we know, without light there is no color. Lorenzo Kunze’s 40 years in the medical and aesthetic field provides him the ability and experience to provide a pure and guiding light to medical and aesthetic professionals around the world.

Cytochroma is a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company that designs, develops and commercializes prescription products to treat and prevent the clinical consequences of vitamin D insufficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The Company has an advanced portfolio of new therapies designed to safely and effectively treat patients with vitamin D insufficiency and SHPT associated with Stage 3, 4 or 5 CKD. In addition, Cytochroma is developing novel therapies to treat elevated blood phosphorus levels (hyperphosphatemia) in order to improve the control of SHPT in CKD patients.

GeneFormatics is a biotechnology company specializing in structural proteomics.

Copernicus Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company and a leader in the emerging field of precision medicine and gene therapy. Through their proprietary, non-viral, nucleic acid nanoparticle platform, they are able to achieve robust gene transfer in several tissues without the immune response and limited treatment window of AAV.

Message Pharmaceuticals

Elitra Pharmaceuticals in San Diego, CA is a private company categorized under Pharmaceutical Preparations. It was established in 1997 and incorporated in California.