Daniel J. Abrams

LeukoSite, Inc. develops drugs for treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases. It produces drugs to block autoimmune and viral diseases associated with malfunctioning leukocytes or white blood cells. The company was founded in 1992 and is located in Cambridge, MA.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Perceptive Advisors LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Joseph “Joe” Edelman in 1999. provides investment advice to private funds, separate accounts, and co-investment vehicles. Investors in the client accounts and co-investment vehicles consist primarily of institutional investors, financial institutions, other investment funds, and high-net-worth individuals.

RA Capital Management LP (RA Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Peter Kolchinsky in 2004. RA Capital provides discretionary investment advisory services to Healthcare Funds and the Nexus Funds which are open only to certain financially sophisticated and high net-worth individuals and entities.

Adheron Therapeutics, Inc. discovers and develops therapeutic drugs. The firm offers Cadherin-11 antagonists for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and fibrotic diseases including pulmonary fibrosis and skin fibrosis. The company was founded by David Lee, Michael B. Brenner, and David L. Castaldi in 2006 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Biscayne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops drugs and pharmaceutical products. It offers drugs for CNS disorders such as refractory epilepsy and drug-resistant cancer. The firm also provides cancer therapies that block growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) receptors. The company was founded by Andrew V. Schally and Samuel J. Reich in 2012 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

HealthCare Ventures VII LP seeks investment opportunities in life science companies located in the US with an annual revenues ranging from $50 - $100 million. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of cancer therapy, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system disorders, immunotherapy, novel manufacturing technologies and novel lab scale instruments & reagents. It provides financing in the form of equity and debt convertible to equity for early and later stage capital requirements with an investment size of $1,000,000 - $20,000,000. It also makes investments in both private and public companies.

Vaxxas Pty Ltd. develops and commercializes needle-free vaccine delivery system solutions. Its flagship products, Nanopatch, consists of an array of thousands of vaccine coated microprojections that perforate into the outer layers of the skin when applied with an applicator device. The tips of Nanopatch's microprojections are coated with a vaccine material and release this material directly to the large numbers of key immune cells immediately below the skin surface. The company was founded by Mark Kendall in August 2011 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Xalud Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel therapies with several promising therapeutic programs for inflammatory. The firm offers XT-101, a single dosage injection that stops disease progression, eliminates neuropathic pain, and reverses paralysis. It also researches on the applicability of XT-101 for multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The company was founded by John Forsayeth and Linda Watkins and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

DTx Pharma, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology solutions. It focuses on the utilization of fatty acids to enable the delivery of RNA therapeutics to tissues and organ systems beyond the liver. The company was founded by Arthur T. Suckow, John Grundy, and Adam Pavlicek in August 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Perceptive Advisors (Private Equity) (Perceptive Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of Perceptive Advisors LLC founded in 1999 by Joseph Eric Edelman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Engage Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of rescue therapy for uncontrolled epileptic seizures. The company was founded by Gregory T. Mayes III and Jouko Isojarvi in 2017 and is headquartered in Summit, NJ.

Jnana Therapeutics, Inc. provides drug development services. The firm focuses on immunometabolism changing the metabolic pathways in immune cells to affect function; lysosomal function and mucosal defense. The company was founded by Stuart L. Schreiber, Ramnik Xavier, Joanne Kotz and Joel C. Barrish and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of HealthCare Ventures LLC, Healthcare Strategic Partners, LLC is an American company that provides healthcare services.

Indefinite Integral, Inc. is a financial services company, which develops monetary contracts based on block chain. The company was founded by James Prestwich and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

RA Capital Management LP (Private Equity) (RA Capital) is a private equity & venture capital subsidiary of RA Capital Management LP founded by Peter Kolchinsky in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Forge Biologics, Inc. operates as a gene therapy development engine, focused on enabling access to life changing gene therapies. The firm is a viral vector gene therapy manufacturing and development company with the dual platform of CDMO capabilities and the development of proprietary gene therapy products. The company was founded by Timothy J. Miller and Jaysson Eicholtz and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Part of Kira Pharmaceuticals (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Kira Pharmaceuticals (US) LLC develops transformative therapies for people with complement-mediated diseases. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded by Gonghua Pan, Wenru Song. Frederick C. Beddingfield has been the CEO of the company since 2020.