Michael L. Meyers

Part of Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Research & Development LLC is a private company that provides research and development medicines and solutions to other medical needs. The company is based in Raritan, NJ.

Flare Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focuses on drugging transcription factors to develop small molecule medicines. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company's integrated discovery engine converges genetic, biochemical, and chemical insights to reveal druggable pockets and identify small molecule ligands capable of modulating transcription factors of high therapeutic potential. Flare's proteomic and mass spectrometry platform is powered by a proprietary library of electrophilic compounds unique to the company. The team has rapidly established an emerging pipeline of programs, highlighted by FX-909, a first-in-class investigational orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of PPARG, a master regulator of the luminal lineage in advanced urothelial cancer that has entered the clinic. Flare Therapeutics was launched in 2021 and is backed by founding investor Third Rock Ventures, as well as Boxer Capital, Nextech Invest, Casdin Capital, Invus Financial Advisors, and Eventide Asset Management. The company was founded by Mitchell Lazar, Fraydoon Rastinejad, Robert J. Sims, and Steven L. McKnight. Amit Rakhit has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center operates as a private cancer center. It offers cancer care services to adult; and child and teen patients. Its services include risk assessment and screening; diagnosis and treatment; clinical trials; patient and caregiver education; and pediatric clinical trials. The company was founded by John J. Astor and Charlotte Astor in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC focuses on accelerating innovation worldwide and forming collaborations between entrepreneurs and Johnson & Johnson's healthcare businesses. The private company is based in South San Francisco, CA. Johnson & Johnson Innovation provides scientists, entrepreneurs, and emerging companies with one-stop access to science and technology experts who can facilitate collaborations across the pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer companies of Johnson & Johnson. The company connects with innovators through its regional innovation centers, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS, JJDC, Inc., and its business development teams to create customized deals and novel collaborations that speed up the development of innovations to solve unmet needs in patients. JLABS provides the laboratories, expertise, education, tools, and resources needed to help life science startups thrive, all with no strings attached. Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center for Device Innovation at the Texas Medical Center (CDI @ TMC) has been established to accelerate the development of medical devices.