etherna’s mission is to be a technology leader in the development of nucleic acid-based medicines which enables our partners to create new drugs and improve patients’ lives.
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.
CDR-Life is a Zurich-based biotech company that develops innovative therapeutic antibody fragments with a focus on immuno-oncology and ophthalmology. Our facilities are located in the Bio-Technopark in Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
Aerium Therapeutics is discovering and developing novel monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and antiviral treatments against SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Endeavor BioMedicines develops new treatments targeting the underlying causes of pulmonary fibrosis. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Solana Beach, California, United States.
Chroma Medicine is a new genomic medicine company working on epigenetic editing. Chroma Medicine is pioneering a new class of genomic medicines that harness epigenetics, nature’s innate mechanism for gene regulation, to revolutionize the treatment of genetically driven diseases. Chroma Medicine was established in 2021 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Rectify is developing disease-modifying precision therapies that restore ABC transporter function to address the underlying cause of serious genetic diseases. The company’s pipeline spans multiple therapeutic areas.
CinCor is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a mission to advance promising clinical candidates toward marketing approval. CinCor’s focus is on cardiovascular, metabolic and kidney diseases. CinCor has program is CIN-107, a novel aldosterone synthase inhibitor.
Developer of an automation software created to improve online customer service. The company's software utilizes artificial intelligence to deflect half of inbound queries that are the repetitive tasks and leaves customer care agents more time to solve difficult and interesting issues, enabling clients of eCommerce customer service to improve customer satisfaction and lower costs.
Alpine Immune Sciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical business focused on researching and developing protein-based immunotherapies to treat autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Its strategy incorporates a patented scientific platform for transforming native immune system proteins into differentiated, multi-targeted therapies. ALPN-303, or povetacicept, is a dual antagonist of the B cell activating factor, or BAFF, and a proliferation-inducing ligand, or APRIL, cytokines, which play key roles in the activation, development, and survival of B cells, and ALPN-101, or acazicolcept, is a dual Inducible T cell Costimulator, or ICOS, and CD28 antagonist intended for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
Vanqua Bio is a biotechnology company that discovers and develops next-generation medicines for patients with neurodegenerative diseases. The company's technology platform utilizes human genetics and patient-derived neuronal cells to identify, validate, and clinically translate novel disease pathways associated with lysosomal dysfunction or aberrant activation of the innate immune system.
LEXEO Therapeutics is a fully integrated biotechnology company. LEXEO Therapeutics’ pipeline consists of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated therapies primarily developed at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Genetic Medicine. Beyond LEXEO Therapeutics’ lead programs – which are focused on both rare and non-rare monogenic (single gene mutation) diseases – the company’s preclinical pipeline spans monogenic diseases, as well as hereditary and acquired diseases across a spectrum of patient population sizes and a range of unmet medical needs. Importantly, LEXEO Therapeutics will focus on advancing clinical programs through to commercialization, with the goal of maintaining an ongoing research collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Genetic Medicine to help advance the company’s pre-clinical pipeline.
Artios is an independent DNA Damage Response (DDR) company focused on developing first-in-class treatments for cancer. Established in May 2016, the Company is led by an experienced scientific and leadership team with proven expertise in DDR drug discovery. Artios is building a pipeline of next-generation DDR programs, including through a unique partnership with Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the development and commercialization arm of Cancer Research UK (CRUK), and with leading DNA repair researchers worldwide. The Company’s investors include SV Life Sciences, Merck Ventures, Imperial Innovations, Arix Bioscience PLC, CRT Pioneer Fund (managed by Sixth Element Capital), and AbbVie Ventures. Artios is based at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, UK.
Synthekine is an engineered cytokine therapeutics company that creates selective immunotherapies to improve cancer and inflammatory disease treatment paradigms. Using knowledge of cytokine structure and function, the company develops therapeutics that maximize cytokine efficacy while avoiding toxic side effects. Synthekine is developing a broad and deep pipeline of product candidates by leveraging principles of cytokine partial agonism and immunological specificity across multiple protein engineering platforms. Modified cytokines, cytokine-enhanced cell therapies, and surrogate cytokine agonists are among the novel immunotherapies.
Invivyd is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that delivers protection from serious viral infectious diseases. It is on a mission to rapidly and perpetually deliver antibody-based therapies that protect vulnerable people from the devastating consequences of circulating viral threats, beginning with SARS-CoV-2.
Theseus Pharmaceuticals is a technology-based company.
Icosavax is a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its innovative virus-like particle (VLP) platform technology to develop vaccines against infectious diseases, with an initial focus on life-threatening respiratory diseases. Icosavax’s VLP platform technology is designed to enable multivalent, particle-based display of complex viral antigens, which it believes will induce broad, robust, and durable protection against the specific viruses targeted. Icosavax’s pipeline includes vaccine candidates targeting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus (hMPV), and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Icosavax was formed in 2017 to advance the breakthrough VLP technology from the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington with the goal to discover, develop, and commercialize vaccines against infectious diseases.
Amunix is a biopharmaceutical company intended to discover, design, and develop novel biologics, protein, and peptide therapeutics. The company is focused on developing prodrugs to bring the promise of potent immune-activating biotherapeutics to patients with solid tumor cancers. By delivering breakthrough therapies that can safely harness the immune system, it aims to conquer cancer and save lives. Its pipeline products are based on its proprietary XTEN half-life extension, XDC drug-conjugate delivery, and ProTIA pro-drug, bispecific T cell engager platform and have ongoing collaborations with biopharma corporations harnessing these delivery technologies over a wide range of therapeutic areas, delivering improved pharmaceutical technologies. Amunix was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Endeavor BioMedicines develops new treatments targeting the underlying causes of pulmonary fibrosis. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Solana Beach, California, United States.
LEXEO Therapeutics is a fully integrated biotechnology company. LEXEO Therapeutics’ pipeline consists of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated therapies primarily developed at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Genetic Medicine. Beyond LEXEO Therapeutics’ lead programs – which are focused on both rare and non-rare monogenic (single gene mutation) diseases – the company’s preclinical pipeline spans monogenic diseases, as well as hereditary and acquired diseases across a spectrum of patient population sizes and a range of unmet medical needs. Importantly, LEXEO Therapeutics will focus on advancing clinical programs through to commercialization, with the goal of maintaining an ongoing research collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Genetic Medicine to help advance the company’s pre-clinical pipeline.
Scorpion Therapeutics is a clinical-stage oncology company specializing in precision medicine for cancer patients. It develops targeted small-molecule drugs to interact with validated cancer targets. It aims to leverage its platform to advance a broad pipeline of wholly-owned, optimized compounds across molecules targeting validated oncogene targets, molecules for previously undruggable targets, and molecules for novel cancer targets.
Ikena Oncology discovers and develops biomarker-driven therapies for cancer patients. The company focuses on developing novel cancer therapies that drive the formation and spread of cancer. Ikena Oncology provides medical needs by discovering chemistry, translational science, and patient-centric drug development.
Syros Pharmaceuticals is a life sciences company that is focused on treating disease by mapping gene regulatory circuits and modulating the factors that regulate gene expression. Syros has pioneered world-leading gene control research and drug discovery capabilities with a proven ability to integrate disease biology and genomic data--a proficiency that is not well represented in pharmaceutical R&D. Central to the Syros approach is a proprietary platform of carefully integrated assay technologies, bioinformatics, and biologic insights developed by members of Syros' senior leadership. While this scientific approach has applications in many therapeutic areas, Syros has demonstrated success initially in oncology, where it may help address numerous unmet medical needs.
Imago BioSciences is a clinical development company dedicated to translating state-of-the art science into novel medicines for treating diseases that currently pose great challenges to patients, their families and their physicians. The company leverages the skills and extensive experience of its team and the financial commitment of its investors to focus on a small family of orphan diseases. Imago BioSciences translates unique insights into high impact transformative therapies that alter the natural history of disease allowing patients to live longer, disease-free lives. Imago BioSciences was founded in 2012 and is based in Redwood City, California.
Invivyd is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that delivers protection from serious viral infectious diseases. It is on a mission to rapidly and perpetually deliver antibody-based therapies that protect vulnerable people from the devastating consequences of circulating viral threats, beginning with SARS-CoV-2.
Scorpion Therapeutics is a clinical-stage oncology company specializing in precision medicine for cancer patients. It develops targeted small-molecule drugs to interact with validated cancer targets. It aims to leverage its platform to advance a broad pipeline of wholly-owned, optimized compounds across molecules targeting validated oncogene targets, molecules for previously undruggable targets, and molecules for novel cancer targets.
Nuvation Bio is a global biopharmaceutical company focusing on unmet needs in oncology. It engages in treating patients with the most difficult-to-treat cancers for which conventional therapies have failed.
Chord Therapeutics is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing drugs for patients with rare, life-threatening, and severely disabling diseases. The company is advancing its lead drug candidate CRD1 under orphan drug designation for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) and myasthenia gravis (MG). The company was founded in 2014 and based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Private Equity Round in 2020
Kronos Bio focuses on the research and development of first-in-class therapies that modulate historically recalcitrant cancer targets. It develops therapies that modulate historically undruggable targets. The company leverages deep capabilities in high-throughput small-molecule microarrays (SMM), targeted protein degradation, and cancer biology in order to identify potent and selective compounds against transcription factors and other central drivers of oncogenic signaling.
Alpine Immune Sciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical business focused on researching and developing protein-based immunotherapies to treat autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Its strategy incorporates a patented scientific platform for transforming native immune system proteins into differentiated, multi-targeted therapies. ALPN-303, or povetacicept, is a dual antagonist of the B cell activating factor, or BAFF, and a proliferation-inducing ligand, or APRIL, cytokines, which play key roles in the activation, development, and survival of B cells, and ALPN-101, or acazicolcept, is a dual Inducible T cell Costimulator, or ICOS, and CD28 antagonist intended for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
Sana Biotechnology focuses on creating and delivering engineered cells as medicine for patients. Recent scientific advances make it possible to reprogram cells in the body or replace damaged cells and tissues, creating a new class of medicines to treat a broad array of diseases. The company is a team of scientists, clinicians and biotechnology veterans focused on creating an enduring company that makes meaningful medicines and will change the approach in treating diseases.
etherna’s mission is to be a technology leader in the development of nucleic acid-based medicines which enables our partners to create new drugs and improve patients’ lives.
Checkmate Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new approach for cancer immunotherapy. The clinical programs are focused on enabling more people with cancer to benefit from the promise of novel immunotherapies. They leveraging their expertise in the field of CpG oligonucleotides to discover and develop immunotherapies designed to increase the efficacy of existing immunotherapies and to provide new treatment options for patients and their healthcare providers. Checkmate Pharmaceutical was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Atea Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of next-generation therapeutics for severe human viral infections. It caters to the healthcare industry and engages in the discovery and development of antiviral therapeutics that enable patients to have treatment for infections caused by RNA and DNA viruses. Atea Pharmaceuticals was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Amunix is a biopharmaceutical company intended to discover, design, and develop novel biologics, protein, and peptide therapeutics. The company is focused on developing prodrugs to bring the promise of potent immune-activating biotherapeutics to patients with solid tumor cancers. By delivering breakthrough therapies that can safely harness the immune system, it aims to conquer cancer and save lives. Its pipeline products are based on its proprietary XTEN half-life extension, XDC drug-conjugate delivery, and ProTIA pro-drug, bispecific T cell engager platform and have ongoing collaborations with biopharma corporations harnessing these delivery technologies over a wide range of therapeutic areas, delivering improved pharmaceutical technologies. Amunix was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Spruce Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for rare diseases that target the endocrine system. The company is driven by a mission to develop meaningful therapies for patients with rare diseases affecting the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal. They are committed to transforming the quality of life for patients who have been underserved by scientific innovation.
Anaconda Biomed, headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, is among the world's most innovative early stage medical technology companies. The company was founded by Dr. Ofir Arad and Dr. Marc Ribó in 2015, and is developing the ANCD BRAIN™, a novel 3rd Generation Stented Aspiration Thrombectomy System for the treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS).
IFM Therapeutics is a provider of small molecule that module novel targets in the innate immune system. The company and its academic collaborators combine unparalleled expertise in innate immunity with seasoned drug discovery and development professionals. Its subsidiary IFM Due is focused on the discovery and developing antagonists of the cGAS/STING pathway for the treatment of inflammation, neuroinflammation, autoimmunity and cancer. IFM Discovery, a newly financed incubator entity within the IFM enterprise, is prosecuting a basket of genetically-validated targets as next-generation therapies for inflammation, neuroinflammation, autoimmunity and fibrosis
Nuvation Bio is a global biopharmaceutical company focusing on unmet needs in oncology. It engages in treating patients with the most difficult-to-treat cancers for which conventional therapies have failed.
Arcutis Biotherapeutics is a privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing treatments for unmet needs in immune-mediated dermatological diseases and conditions, or immuno-dermatology. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Westlake Village, California.
Kronos Bio focuses on the research and development of first-in-class therapies that modulate historically recalcitrant cancer targets. It develops therapies that modulate historically undruggable targets. The company leverages deep capabilities in high-throughput small-molecule microarrays (SMM), targeted protein degradation, and cancer biology in order to identify potent and selective compounds against transcription factors and other central drivers of oncogenic signaling.
Arrakis Therapeutics is a developer of a drug discovery platform intended to target RNA. The company's platform integrates leading-edge RNA bioinformatic and structural tools to produce a pipeline of rSMs to treat a range of disease including neurology, oncology and rare genetic diseases, enabling physicians to offer enhanced care.
Prevail Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing novel gene therapies for patients with Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Prevail was launched in 2017 by The Silverstein Foundation for Parkinson’s with GBA, REGENXBIO, and OrbiMed, and is headquartered in New York, NY.
Imago BioSciences is a clinical development company dedicated to translating state-of-the art science into novel medicines for treating diseases that currently pose great challenges to patients, their families and their physicians. The company leverages the skills and extensive experience of its team and the financial commitment of its investors to focus on a small family of orphan diseases. Imago BioSciences translates unique insights into high impact transformative therapies that alter the natural history of disease allowing patients to live longer, disease-free lives. Imago BioSciences was founded in 2012 and is based in Redwood City, California.
Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company engaged in creating genetic medicines based on its base editing technology. It is pioneering the use of base editing, a potential new class of precision genetic medicines, with a vision of providing life-long cures to patients suffering from serious diseases. This technology enables a new class of genetic medicines that targets a single base in the genome without making a double-stranded break in the dna.
Trevi Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of nalbuphine ER to treat serious neurologically mediated conditions. Trevi is currently developing nalbuphine ER for the treatment of chronic pruritus, chronic cough in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) in patients with Parkinson’s disease. These conditions share common pathophysiology that is mediated through opioid receptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Trevi is currently conducting a Phase 2b/3 clinical trial of nalbuphine ER, referred to as the PRISM trial, in patients with severe pruritus associated with prurigo nodularis.
Morphic Therapeutic is a biotechnology company that develops oral integrin therapies to treat serious chronic diseases, including autoimmune, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases, fibrosis, and cancer. The company offers the development of therapies for patients with immunological, fibrotic, neoplastic, and vascular diseases, focusing on creating small molecule inhibitors of various integrin targets.
First Wave Bio develops medical solutions to address the lack of effective and safe treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The solutions include a gut-restricted small molecule that can be formulated for either oral or rectal administration to treat ulcerative colitis among other IBDs, giving UC patients more accessible and cost-effective treatment.
Gossamer Bio is a San Diego-based company focused on the discovery and development of novel and differentiated therapeutic products, to address high unmet needs amongst various targeted patient populations. Founded by the former Receptos executive team, Gossamer Bio’s strategy will be to leverage an asset-rich in-licensing environment, with a focus on areas of high unmet need, utilizing a team with a strong track record of execution in immunology, inflammation, fibrosis and oncology.
Andrew Alliance S.A. is an independent Swiss company, privately financed, based in the canton of Geneva. The company has been created in March 2011 by a founding team that counts more than 100 years experience in the sector of instrumentation for the Life Sciences. The development of the underlying technology had started in 2010, with the purpose of commercializing easy to use robots to the benefit of the Life Science community. By integrating state-of-art robotics, innovative hardware solutions, camera-based vision and software algorithms, Andrew Alliance intends to provide a new generation of tools to biologists and technicians that – today – have no alternative to manual liquid handling operations. The Andrew Alliance products, Andrew ™ and Andrew Assistant ™, incorporate various technologies under the hood that make it possible to change the user experience without changing the process. Andrew Instruments are assembled and tested in Switzerland, where the service and support organization is based. The Andrew Alliance incorporation has been sponsored by VentureKick, critical R&D developments are financed through the EUREKA EUROSTARS programme, and the company has been awarded the CTI-startup label from the Swiss federation.
Kronos Bio focuses on the research and development of first-in-class therapies that modulate historically recalcitrant cancer targets. It develops therapies that modulate historically undruggable targets. The company leverages deep capabilities in high-throughput small-molecule microarrays (SMM), targeted protein degradation, and cancer biology in order to identify potent and selective compounds against transcription factors and other central drivers of oncogenic signaling.
Attenua, Inc. is a virtual biotech company formed to develop therapies for debilitating conditions neglected by Big Pharma's shift to specialty Pharma and biologics. They believe small molecule Blockbuster drugs that would benefit millions are still to be discovered. They have assembled a team of leading scientists and ex-Big Pharma advisors with many years of drug development expertise. Their team has previous work experience at Merck, GSK, AstraZeneca, and Genentech.
Prevail Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing novel gene therapies for patients with Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Prevail was launched in 2017 by The Silverstein Foundation for Parkinson’s with GBA, REGENXBIO, and OrbiMed, and is headquartered in New York, NY.
Senti Biosciences is a biotechnology company focused on synthetic biology and gene circuit engineering for therapeutic applications. Senti Bio utilizes a synthetic biology platform named Gene Circuits to develop therapies that offer improved precision and control. These circuits are engineered to selectively eliminate cancer cells while sparing healthy ones, enhancing specificity for target cells, and regulating drug expression post-administration.
ESSA is a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer, with a focus on advanced prostate cancer. ESSA is developing drugs that selectively block the N-terminal domain of the androgen receptor (AR). The AR is required for the growth and survival of most prostate cancer; therefore, the AR N-terminal domain is an ideal target for next-generation hormone therapy.
Gossamer Bio is a San Diego-based company focused on the discovery and development of novel and differentiated therapeutic products, to address high unmet needs amongst various targeted patient populations. Founded by the former Receptos executive team, Gossamer Bio’s strategy will be to leverage an asset-rich in-licensing environment, with a focus on areas of high unmet need, utilizing a team with a strong track record of execution in immunology, inflammation, fibrosis and oncology.
Translate Bio is a biotechnology company that in biotechnology, RNA therapeutics, and rare diseases. Translate Bio is a therapeutics company developing a new class of potentially transformative medicines to treat diseases caused by protein or gene dysfunction.
ObsEva SA is a Swiss-based, speciality biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative drugs for women's reproductive medicine. ObsEva's main focus is on therapies for preterm labor. ObsEva was founded in November 2012, by Ernest Loumaye MD, PhD and André Chollet PhD. Ernest Loumaye is a specialist in female reproductive medicine with 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Ernest Loumaye was previously Co-Founder and CEO of PregLem SA, a successful biopharmaceutical company which was acquired by Gedeon Richter in 2010. André Chollet is specialist in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry with more than 30 years of experience in diverse positions in the biopharmaceutical industry, including in Biogen, GSK and Merck Serono. André Chollet was responsible for the preterm labor program at Serono before the acquisition of the company by Merck KGaA.
Visterra, Inc. engages in pharmaceutical drug research and development of therapeutic and diagnostic products for infectious diseases. It also provides structure-based design of therapeutics and diagnostic platforms, based on an understanding of glycobiology and glycochemistry. The company was formerly known as Parasol Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name in May 2010. Visterra, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Replimune Group is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that specializes in developing oncolytic immune-gene therapies aimed at treating cancer. Utilizing its proprietary Immulytic platform, the company designs product candidates that activate the immune system against solid tumors. The lead candidate, RP1, is a modified strain of herpes simplex virus 1 currently undergoing Phase I/II clinical trials for various solid tumors and Phase II trials specifically for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Additionally, Replimune is advancing RP2, which targets the CTLA-4 protein to enhance immune response, and RP3, designed to express immune-activating proteins that stimulate T cells. Founded in 2015 and based in Woburn, Massachusetts, Replimune focuses on leveraging its innovative approaches to enhance the efficacy of cancer treatments and aims to progress these therapies through clinical trials efficiently.
Immunic is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies focused on treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The company is developing three small molecule products; its lead development program, IMU-838, a selective immune modulator that inhibits the intracellular metabolism of activated immune cells by blocking the enzyme DHODH and exhibits a host-based antiviral effect, is currently being developed as a treatment option for multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and primary sclerosing cholangitis. IMU-935, a selective inverse agonist of the transcription factor RORγt, is targeted for development in psoriasis, castration-resistant prostate cancer and Guillain-Barré syndrome. IMU-856, which targets the restoration of the intestinal barrier function, is targeted for development in diseases involving bowel barrier dysfunction.
Kezar Life Sciences company focused on the discovery and development of drugs targeting protein homeostasis for autoimmune disorders. In parallel with this work, Christopher and Kezar co-founder Jack Taunton, Ph.D. collaborated on several research projects involving protein secretion. This collaboration inspired a belief in the strong synergies between protein degradation and protein secretion, two fertile areas for drug discovery with platform potential.
Trevi Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of nalbuphine ER to treat serious neurologically mediated conditions. Trevi is currently developing nalbuphine ER for the treatment of chronic pruritus, chronic cough in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) in patients with Parkinson’s disease. These conditions share common pathophysiology that is mediated through opioid receptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Trevi is currently conducting a Phase 2b/3 clinical trial of nalbuphine ER, referred to as the PRISM trial, in patients with severe pruritus associated with prurigo nodularis.
Anaconda Biomed, headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, is among the world's most innovative early stage medical technology companies. The company was founded by Dr. Ofir Arad and Dr. Marc Ribó in 2015, and is developing the ANCD BRAIN™, a novel 3rd Generation Stented Aspiration Thrombectomy System for the treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS).
Sienna Biopharmaceuticals (“sienna”) is a company focused on the discovery, clinical development and commercialization of products in aesthetics and dermatology based on scientific breakthroughs that dramatically improve patient outcomes and physicians’ practice of medicine.
Translate Bio is a biotechnology company that in biotechnology, RNA therapeutics, and rare diseases. Translate Bio is a therapeutics company developing a new class of potentially transformative medicines to treat diseases caused by protein or gene dysfunction.
Morphic Therapeutic is a biotechnology company that develops oral integrin therapies to treat serious chronic diseases, including autoimmune, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases, fibrosis, and cancer. The company offers the development of therapies for patients with immunological, fibrotic, neoplastic, and vascular diseases, focusing on creating small molecule inhibitors of various integrin targets.
etherna’s mission is to be a technology leader in the development of nucleic acid-based medicines which enables our partners to create new drugs and improve patients’ lives.
Replimune Group is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that specializes in developing oncolytic immune-gene therapies aimed at treating cancer. Utilizing its proprietary Immulytic platform, the company designs product candidates that activate the immune system against solid tumors. The lead candidate, RP1, is a modified strain of herpes simplex virus 1 currently undergoing Phase I/II clinical trials for various solid tumors and Phase II trials specifically for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Additionally, Replimune is advancing RP2, which targets the CTLA-4 protein to enhance immune response, and RP3, designed to express immune-activating proteins that stimulate T cells. Founded in 2015 and based in Woburn, Massachusetts, Replimune focuses on leveraging its innovative approaches to enhance the efficacy of cancer treatments and aims to progress these therapies through clinical trials efficiently.
Telesta Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacturing and commercialization of transformative human therapeutics. Our main focus is on novel medicines that address major unmet medical needs, particularly in oncology. Our anchor product, MCNA, has completed a Phase III pivotal study in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer that have failed the first line therapy, bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Telesta submitted a Biologics Licensing Application (BLA) for MCNA with the U.S. FDA on June 29, 2015 and is seeking, upon marketing approval in the U.S., to make MCNA available for patients and their physicians. Our ultimate goal is to transform the treatment landscape and prolong and improve the lives of those affected by bladder cancer, one of the most common types of cancers today.
Kuros Biosciences AG is a Swiss-based company focused on the development of innovative products for tissue repair and regeneration. Founded in 2000 as a spin-off of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ), Kuros has developed a pipeline of products based upon its proprietary technology platforms. These platforms were developed from work carried out at ETHZ, at the University of Zürich and at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech). In addition, in early 2017 Kuros acquired Xpand Biotechnology to gain access to its MagnetOs family of bone graft substitutes and the associated surface science technology. Kuros has attractive commercial prospects in key market segments as well as an EU hub for future clinical and distribution operations. The company is in transition to commercial stage with one product having marketing approval in the EU and US and further product expected to achieve EU approval this year. MagnetOs is approved for sale in the EU for orthopedic, spine and dental applications, and in the US for posterolateral spinal fusion. In addition, a putty formulation is being prepared for submission in the EU and the US in the second half of this year. Neuroseal, a novel biomaterial for dural sealing, is Kuros’ second product and currently under review for CE marking in the EU. Kuros has also assembled a pipeline of clinical stage programs in various stages of development and amassed significant clinical and preclinical data in a number of indications and applications primarily in the area of orthobiologics. The Company has enrolled over 600 patients in multinational clinical trials, and has generated promising safety and efficacy in a number of significant indications.
Editas Medicine is engaged in discovering and developing a novel class of genome editing therapeutics. The company has generated substantial patent filings and has access to intellectual property covering foundational genome editing technologies, as well as essential advancements and enablements that will uniquely allow the company to translate early findings into viable human therapeutic products. Editas Medicine's mission is to translate its genome editing technology into a novel class of human therapeutics that enable precise and corrective molecular modification to treat the underlying cause of a broad range of diseases at the genetic level. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States with a growing site in Boulder, Colorado.
Translate Bio is a biotechnology company that in biotechnology, RNA therapeutics, and rare diseases. Translate Bio is a therapeutics company developing a new class of potentially transformative medicines to treat diseases caused by protein or gene dysfunction.
MEDIAN Technologies develops medical imaging software and services dedicated to oncology clinical trials, cancer screening, and clinical practice. The company standardizes and automates the interpretation of medical images in oncology to optimize the diagnosis of cancer patients and the assessment of their response to therapy. The company serves two primary markets: drug development and patient care. MEDIAN Technologies has a strategic partnership with a contract research organization to offer integrated imaging services for clinical trials to biopharma sponsors worldwide, and a strategic partnership with Canon to develop new imaging technologies, and to address the patient care market. MEDIAN Technologies was founded in 2002 and is based in Sophia-Antipolis, France.
XTuit Pharmaceuticals develops pharmaceutical preparations for use in the diagnosis and treatment of oncological, tumor, and inflammatory diseases. The company is pursuing novel approaches to improving cancer therapy by targeting the tumor microenvironment. It was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Kezar Life Sciences company focused on the discovery and development of drugs targeting protein homeostasis for autoimmune disorders. In parallel with this work, Christopher and Kezar co-founder Jack Taunton, Ph.D. collaborated on several research projects involving protein secretion. This collaboration inspired a belief in the strong synergies between protein degradation and protein secretion, two fertile areas for drug discovery with platform potential.
Replimune Group is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that specializes in developing oncolytic immune-gene therapies aimed at treating cancer. Utilizing its proprietary Immulytic platform, the company designs product candidates that activate the immune system against solid tumors. The lead candidate, RP1, is a modified strain of herpes simplex virus 1 currently undergoing Phase I/II clinical trials for various solid tumors and Phase II trials specifically for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Additionally, Replimune is advancing RP2, which targets the CTLA-4 protein to enhance immune response, and RP3, designed to express immune-activating proteins that stimulate T cells. Founded in 2015 and based in Woburn, Massachusetts, Replimune focuses on leveraging its innovative approaches to enhance the efficacy of cancer treatments and aims to progress these therapies through clinical trials efficiently.
Jounce Therapeutics is dedicated to transforming the treatment of cancer. The company is discovering and developing first-in-class cancer immunotherapies designed to harness the immune system to seek out and attack cancerous cells and tumors. Jounce’s proprietary product engine is driving this transformational approach, which has the potential to drive significantly more durable responses to treatment, extending and improving patients’ quality of life. Founded by world leaders in immunobiology, cancer biology and clinical and translational medicine, Jounce Therapeutics was launched in 2013 with funding from leading life sciences investor, Third Rock Ventures.
GelSight provides extremely detailed and rapid surface measurements through the novel GelSight sensor technology. Their approach to metrology is flexible: the same core technology can be used to measure any rigid material at scales spanning four orders of magnitude. Still in its inception, GelSight has already designed and manufactured prototypes for clients in aerospace, ballistics, and metrology. As GelSight expands, they also look forward to learning more about the surface measurement needs.
Visterra, Inc. engages in pharmaceutical drug research and development of therapeutic and diagnostic products for infectious diseases. It also provides structure-based design of therapeutics and diagnostic platforms, based on an understanding of glycobiology and glycochemistry. The company was formerly known as Parasol Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name in May 2010. Visterra, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
MEDIAN Technologies develops medical imaging software and services dedicated to oncology clinical trials, cancer screening, and clinical practice. The company standardizes and automates the interpretation of medical images in oncology to optimize the diagnosis of cancer patients and the assessment of their response to therapy. The company serves two primary markets: drug development and patient care. MEDIAN Technologies has a strategic partnership with a contract research organization to offer integrated imaging services for clinical trials to biopharma sponsors worldwide, and a strategic partnership with Canon to develop new imaging technologies, and to address the patient care market. MEDIAN Technologies was founded in 2002 and is based in Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Andrew Alliance S.A. is an independent Swiss company, privately financed, based in the canton of Geneva. The company has been created in March 2011 by a founding team that counts more than 100 years experience in the sector of instrumentation for the Life Sciences. The development of the underlying technology had started in 2010, with the purpose of commercializing easy to use robots to the benefit of the Life Science community. By integrating state-of-art robotics, innovative hardware solutions, camera-based vision and software algorithms, Andrew Alliance intends to provide a new generation of tools to biologists and technicians that – today – have no alternative to manual liquid handling operations. The Andrew Alliance products, Andrew ™ and Andrew Assistant ™, incorporate various technologies under the hood that make it possible to change the user experience without changing the process. Andrew Instruments are assembled and tested in Switzerland, where the service and support organization is based. The Andrew Alliance incorporation has been sponsored by VentureKick, critical R&D developments are financed through the EUREKA EUROSTARS programme, and the company has been awarded the CTI-startup label from the Swiss federation.
Paratek Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies based upon its expertise in novel tetracycline chemistry. Paratek's lead product candidate, omadacycline, is a new tetracycline-derived, broad-spectrum antibiotic being developed in both oral tablet and intravenous formulations for use as a first-line monotherapy antibiotic for ABSSSI, CABP, urinary tract infections (UTI) and other serious community-acquired bacterial infections, particularly when antibiotic resistance is of concern to prescribing physicians. Omadacycline has received Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for both the oral and intravenous formulations in all three of these infectious disease categories. Paratek has Special Protocol Assessment agreements with the FDA for the phase 3 trials planned in ABSSSI and CABP.
BioSilta Ltd. is a privately-held company that utilizes its unique, proprietary EnBase® technology platform to develop innovative, reagent-based EnPresso® growth systems. When compared to conventional growth media, EnPresso growth systems significantly increase the yield of high quality biomolecules from microbial cultures.
JenaValve Technology, Inc. is a medical device company focused on the design, development, and commercialization of innovative transcatheter heart valve solutions for the treatment of patients suffering from heart valve disease. The Company’s Trilogy™ Heart Valve System is a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (“TAVR”) system designed to treat patients with symptomatic, severe aortic regurgitation (“AR”) and aortic stenosis (“AS”) in high surgical risk patients. The Trilogy System received CE Mark approval in May 2021, providing European physicians, for the first time, a device with true dual-disease treatment capabilities. JenaValve received Breakthrough Device Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to facilitate the review of ALIGN-AR, a pivotal trial in the U.S., as part of its premarket approval (“PMA”) application for the Trilogy Heart Valve System for the treatment of symptomatic, severe aortic regurgitation (AR) in high surgical risk patients. If approved, Trilogy would become the first and only TAVR system in the U.S. to be indicated for the treatment of AR patients. JenaValve is headquartered in Irvine, California, with additional locations in Leeds, U.K., and Munich, Germany. Additional information is available at www.jenavalve.com. US: CAUTION – Investigational device. Limited by Federal (or United States) law to investigational use.
Egalet is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops pain management products. The company is developing a pipeline of abuse-resistant opioids that are nearing pivotal testing. Egalet has pioneered one of the world’s first erosion-based delivery technologies to enable the controlled release of drugs through gradual erosion of a tablet and has optimized the abuse deterrent properties that can be applied to a broad range of opioids and non-opioids.
NeuroVision is an integrated neuroscience company focused on delivering scientifically validated, diagnostic tests & biomarkers for early detection and monitoring of amyloid pathology related to Alzheimer’s Disease. The company has developed a novel retinal imaging technology, which is currently being utilized in a number of clinical trials globally.With access to unique datasets, we provide data aggregation services, analysis, biostatistics, and applications of machine learning algorithms to large repositories of images and other biomarker data seeking to advance the collective understanding and prediction capabilities for neurodegenerative diseases.
Visterra, Inc. engages in pharmaceutical drug research and development of therapeutic and diagnostic products for infectious diseases. It also provides structure-based design of therapeutics and diagnostic platforms, based on an understanding of glycobiology and glycochemistry. The company was formerly known as Parasol Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name in May 2010. Visterra, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company involved in the discovery and development of innovative treatments for rare inherited diseases affecting the liver, along with cancers, and other therapeutic areas to address liver problems. It is using ribonucleic acid interference (RNA) technology platform to develop its products. The product candidates are DCR-PHXC (for primary hyperoxaluria), DCR-undisclosed (for orphan genetic disease), DCR-PCSK9 (for cardiovascular disease), and DCR-HBV (for hepatitis B virus) among others. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.
JenaValve Technology, Inc. is a medical device company focused on the design, development, and commercialization of innovative transcatheter heart valve solutions for the treatment of patients suffering from heart valve disease. The Company’s Trilogy™ Heart Valve System is a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (“TAVR”) system designed to treat patients with symptomatic, severe aortic regurgitation (“AR”) and aortic stenosis (“AS”) in high surgical risk patients. The Trilogy System received CE Mark approval in May 2021, providing European physicians, for the first time, a device with true dual-disease treatment capabilities. JenaValve received Breakthrough Device Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to facilitate the review of ALIGN-AR, a pivotal trial in the U.S., as part of its premarket approval (“PMA”) application for the Trilogy Heart Valve System for the treatment of symptomatic, severe aortic regurgitation (AR) in high surgical risk patients. If approved, Trilogy would become the first and only TAVR system in the U.S. to be indicated for the treatment of AR patients. JenaValve is headquartered in Irvine, California, with additional locations in Leeds, U.K., and Munich, Germany. Additional information is available at www.jenavalve.com. US: CAUTION – Investigational device. Limited by Federal (or United States) law to investigational use.
SpineVision is a spinal technology company focused on the development and marketing of implants and instrumentation for spinal treatment. The company offers spinal systems addressing a wide range of spinal pathologies including degenerative disc disease, deformity, cervical disorders, trauma and tumors. These products have been developed in collaboration with leading neurological and orthopedic surgeons which has resulted in over 20 patents. SpineVision was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Antony in France, with subsidiaries in Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Visterra, Inc. engages in pharmaceutical drug research and development of therapeutic and diagnostic products for infectious diseases. It also provides structure-based design of therapeutics and diagnostic platforms, based on an understanding of glycobiology and glycochemistry. The company was formerly known as Parasol Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name in May 2010. Visterra, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Egalet is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops pain management products. The company is developing a pipeline of abuse-resistant opioids that are nearing pivotal testing. Egalet has pioneered one of the world’s first erosion-based delivery technologies to enable the controlled release of drugs through gradual erosion of a tablet and has optimized the abuse deterrent properties that can be applied to a broad range of opioids and non-opioids.
Translate Bio is a biotechnology company that in biotechnology, RNA therapeutics, and rare diseases. Translate Bio is a therapeutics company developing a new class of potentially transformative medicines to treat diseases caused by protein or gene dysfunction.
Exenta is a pioneer in global, cutting-edge, transformative ERP, PLM REVO™, Innovation Hub, and Shop Floor Control™ solutions designed specifically for the fashion, apparel, footwear, accessory, and home goods industries. Exenta is positioned to be a single solution partner for brands and manufacturers in every stage of business maturity and can support multiple languages and currencies. Exenta delivers high-touch, 24/7 service to over 41,000 happy users of our solutions in 15 countries around the globe.
ONPATH Technologies provides scalable connectivity and monitoring solutions for high-performance networks. The company is a spin-out of Brocade Communications’ physical layer switch business. ONPATH’s Universal Connectivity System and HorizON Software platform automates data center and test infrastructure as an alternative to manual patching or mesh switching architectures. The platform is scalable from 8 to 4,096 non-meshed ports, independent of speed or protocol requirements. The company serves Cloud Networking, Test Automation, Network Monitoring, and Cyber Security application areas. It is based in Marlton, New Jersey.
HydroCision develops, manufactures, and markets fluidjet based surgical tools for minimally invasive spine surgery requirements. Its products include SpineJet HydroSurgery System that is used to ablate, cut, and remove targeted tissue for spinal procedures, Spinejet, water-based technology solutions for minimally invasive spine surgery requirements, SpineJet HydroDiscectomy Systems, which are used to remove tissue without the risk of thermal energy for minimally invasive discectomy procedures, and AlloJet, systems to prepare bone allografts. The company also provides customer care services. HydroCision, Inc. was formerly known as Surgijet Corporation and changed its name to HydroCision, Inc. in November 1996. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in North Billerica, Massachusetts.
ImpactRx provides consultative and analytics-based promotional effectiveness solutions to the healthcare industry. The company tracks and evaluates the impact of pharmaceutical promotions on the prescribing behavior of physicians.