Michael W. Stevenson

Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. It engages in the development and marketing of drugs globally to treat patients with rare and serious diseases using antisense technology. Its primary focus is developing TEGSEDI, a therapy that treats the polyneuropathy caused by hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults. It also offers a mature pipeline of novel drugs including AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx, AKCEA-ANGPTL3-LRx, and AKCEA-APOCIII-LRx. The company was founded in December 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

FORUM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was engaged in the development of therapeutics for disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). It focused on discovering and developing treatments for important neurodegenerative diseases that explore novel mechanisms of action to potentially alter the progression of brain disease and provided improvement in cognitive and overall function. The company was founded by Thorsten Melcher in 2001 and was headquartered in Waltham, MA.

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the manufacture, development, and commercialization of a therapeutic iron compound to treat iron deficiency anemia. Its products include Makena and Feraheme. It focuses on the development and commercialization of Feraheme injection for intravenous use to treat iron deficiency anemia. It also manufactures, develops, and commercializes products derived from its proprietary technology for use in treating human diseases. The company was founded on November 9, 1981 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.