Julie Foster

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

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.

CNS Therapeutics, Inc. develops and manufactures drug delivery products. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

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.

SpineThera, Inc. engages in the designs and development of injectable drugs to meet the requirements for administration in and near the spine. Its product include SX600, an investigational drug. The company was founded by Jeffrey Missling and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain provides expertise and support to its member pharmacists. The private company is based in Great Britain. Alex MacKinnon has been the CEO of the British company since 2010.

Advanced Respiratory, Inc. manufactures and distributes non-invasive airway clearance products and systems. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

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.

InnerSpace Neuro Solutions, Inc. provides health care services. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tustin, CA.

Part of UCB SA, Zogenix Europe Ltd. develops and commercializes pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Lewins Mead, UK. Zogenix Europe was founded in 2010.

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.

Flow Pharma, Inc.operates as t-cell based vaccine delivery platform. The company was founded by Reid Rubsamen and is headquartered in Pleasant Hill, CA.

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.

Tevard Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, MA. Tevard Biosciences is focused on developing trna-based and other modulating therapies to cure a broad range of genetic diseases. The company is advancing the use of its novel suppressor trna, enhancer trna, and mrna amplifier platforms in neurological disorders, heart disease, and muscular dystrophies. The company was founded in 2017 by Warren Burt Lammert, Harvey F. Lodish, Daniel Fischer, and Jeffrey Coller. Daniel Fischer has been the CEO since 2017.

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.