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ViaCell, Inc. provides and develops cellular medicine for the treatment of diseases. The firm develops medicines for treatment of cancer, genetic disorders, organ transplant tolerance, neurological disorders, and autoimmune diseases. The company was founded in April 2000 and is headquartered 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.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

NormOxys, Inc. develops small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. Its major product is OXY111A. The company was founded by Conrad J Bletzer, Jr. Claude Nicoalu, Jean-Mearie Lehn, Gay Goodman, Ruth Greferath and Roscoe Brady in 2004 and is headquartered in Brighton, MA.

Index Ventures SA (Index Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Neil Alexander Rimer, Gluseppe Zocco and Gerald Rimer. The firm is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Part of UPMC Western Maryland Corp., UPMC Health System owns and operates 15 tertiary, specialty care, and community hospitals, and 24 surgical centers. The private company is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

American Psychiatric Association is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychiatrists in the world. The private company is based in Arlington, VA and has subsidiaries in the United States. APA is an organization of psychiatrists working together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental illness, including substance use disorders. Saul Levin has been the CEO of the company since 2013.

Andera Partners SCA (Andera Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Pierre-Michel Passy. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

OncoEthix SA operates as a clinical stage biotechnology company which develops cancer drugs. Its products include OTX008, OTX015, and OTX009. The company was founded by Esteban Cvitkovic, Jeanne Kay Noel, Yves Paternot, and Patrice Herait in March 2007 and is headquartered in Luzern, Switzerland.

Bristol-Myers Squibb SARL engages in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. Its therapeutic areas include immunoscience, immune-oncology, and cardiology. The company is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France.

LinguaFlex, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes medical devices for the treatment of sleep apnea. It offers the LinguaFlex Tongue Retractor which is a minimally invasive device designed to be inserted into the tongue by a thin needle. The LinguaFlex Tongue Retractor is designed not to interfere with normal tongue functions such as speech and swallowing and to be removed or replaced in a doctor’s office in a short period of time without the need for anesthesia. The company was founded by Ira Sanders in 2007 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

ProFibrix BV develops and markets products for the hemostasis and regenerative medicine markets. Its product in pipeline, ProFibrix, is a hemostatic agent for mild to moderate surgical bleeding. The firm operates through its offices located in Leiden and Seattle. It is a subsidiary of The Medicines Company. The company was founded in 2004 by Jaap Koopman and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

PROMETHERA Biosciences SA discovers, develops and commercializes cell therapy products to treat liver diseases. It operates as a pharmaceutical company that develops treatment based on allogeneic adult stem cell technology. The firm’s technology platform is based on a newly discovered cell type, isolated from normal human adult liver tissue: Heterologous Human Adult Liver Progenitor Cells (HHALPC). The company was founded by Etienne Marc Sokal and Eric Halioua on February 12, 2009 and is headquartered in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium.

Amakem NV operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It uses kinase inhibitors for treatments of bowel, eye, and lung diseases. The company was founded by Jack Elands, Dirk Leysen, Olivier Raynald Defert, and Nadya Kaval on July 22, 2009 and is headquartered in Diepenbeek, Belgium.

Mind-NRG SARL specializes in research and development programs with focus on the treatment psychiatric and neurologic diseases. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Epsilon-3 Bio Ltd. develops compounds targeting the removal of cellular debris in chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. The company was founded by Martin W. Edwards, Konstantinos Efthymiopoulos, David J. Grainger and Christian De La Tour on June 18, 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Levicept Ltd. develops a biological therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis and chronic pain. Its treatments include p75NTR-Fc and LEVI-04. The company was founded by Simon Lempriere Westbrook on August 23, 2012 and is headquartered in Sandwich, the United Kingdom.

Medicxi Ventures (Jersey) Ltd. (Medicxi) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Francesco de Rubertis, Michèle Ollier, and Kevin S. Johnson. The firm is headquartered in London.

Gadeta BV discovers and develops novel cancer immunotherapies. It provides groundbreaking discoveries regarding the role of cell receptors in the broad of heamatological and solid tumor cells. The firm develops t-cells engineered to express a defined gamma delta, an anti- cancer product that eradicates tumors. The company was founded by Jurgen Kuball in 2015 and is headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Palladio Biosciences, Inc. develops transformative medicines for orphan diseases. Its pipeline includes Lixivaptan, a selective vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist for the treatment of polycystic kidney disease, a life-threatening genetic disease. The company was founded by Lorenzo Pellegrini in 2015 and is headquartered in Newtown, PA.

Founded in 2015, DalCor Pharma UK Ltd. is a subsidiary of DalCor Pharmaceuticals Canada, Inc. The private company is based in Leatherhead, UK. The British company engages in research and experimental development on biotechnology.

Inexia Ltd. develops intranasal orexin positive modulators for the treatment of narcolepsy. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a company dedicated to improving metabolic health by advancing a new class of medicines called controlled metabolic accelerators (CMAs). The company is based in Charlottesville, VA. Jayson Donald Alexander Dallas has been the CEO of the company since 2021. The company is a leader in mitochondrial biology and is developing a new class of medicines to address a primary driver of cardio-metabolic disease: obesity. Rivus' lead CMA is the investigational small molecule HU6 in development to treat obesity and associated metabolic diseases, including heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)/metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), and type 2 diabetes.

Orexia Ltd. develop orally administered orexin positive modulators for the treatment of neurological diseases. The company was founded on October 5, 2018 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Synox Therapeutics Ltd. a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Health Rhythms, Inc. is a company that aims to become the behavioral health intelligence layer across all of healthcare and pharma. The company is based in Long Island City, NY. The company captures critical behavioral information, such as social engagement, sleep/wake regulation, and physical activity patterns, to provide a continuous, objective picture of individuals' behavioral health in their everyday environment. The company was founded by Ellen Frank, David J. Kupfer, Tanzeem Choudhury, and Mark Matthews, and the CEO is Paul Gilbert.

SDS Therapeutics Ltd. is a British biotechnology company founded in 2020 that provides research and development services. The company is based in Cambridge, UK.