Michele Manto

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.

Advent Venture Partners LLP (AVP) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1981 by David James Scott Cooksey. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Novartis Oncology, Inc. provides healthcare solutions. The firm offers medicines, eye care and generic pharmaceuticals. It also offers patient declaration, patient support and assistance, and additional resources. The company is headquartered in East Hanover, NJ.

EUSA Pharma is a rapidly growing transatlantic specialty pharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing and marketing late-stage oncology, pain control and critical care products. The company currently has eight products on the market, including Caphosol for the treatment of oral mucositis, a common and debilitating side-effect of radiation therapy and high-dose chemotherapy, ProstaScint for imaging the extent and spread of prostate cancer, Quadramet for the treatment of pain in patients whose cancer has spread to the bones, Erwinase and Kidrolase for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the antibiotic surgical implant Collatamp. EUSA also has several products in late-stage development, notably Collatamp topical, a gentamicin impregnated collagen sponge for the prevention and treatment of infected skin ulcers, and CollaRx bupivacaine implant for local post-surgical pain control. Founded in 2006, EUSA Pharma is supported by a consortium of leading life science capital investors, comprising TVM Capital, Essex Woodlands, 3i, Goldman Sachs, Advent Venture Partners, SV Life Sciences, NeoMed and NovaQuest. Since its foundation, the company has raised over $275 million, and completed several significant transactions, including the acquisitions of Cytogen Corporation, Talisker Pharma Ltd, the French biopharmaceutical company OPi SA and the European antibiotic and pain control business of Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Inc. As part of its rapid growth strategy the company has established commercial infrastructure in the US, a pan-European presence covering over 20 countries and a wider distribution network in a further 25 territories. EUSA Pharma plans to continue its aggressive program of acquisitions and in-licensing within its specialist areas of medical and geographic focus, in line with its ambitious target to create a rapidly growing $1 billion company by the beginning of the next decade.

Congenia SRL operates as pharmaceutical company, is engaged in the development of novel therapeutics for diseases associated with mitochondrial stress-induced dysfunction. The company develops small molecule drugs that target the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, a protein channel with various macromolecular components that along with mitochondrial protein p66, appears to be associated with oxidative stress-induced cell death. The company was founded in 2004 by Saverio Minucci, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Marco Giorgio and Paolo Bernardi and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Artax Biopharma, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It engages in the development of new therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The firm develops drugs targeting the interaction between T-cell Receptors (TCR) and Nck, a cytoplasmic adapter protein which plays a role in T-cell activation. The company was founded by Dami? Carulla Tormo in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Galapagos Biotech Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company which provides discovery technologies and services. Its technologies include Chemogenomics and Silico. The company was founded by Kenneth Leslie Powell and Janet Maureen Thornton in July 8, 1997 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Part of AstraZeneca PLC, Mogen International Nv is a Dutch company that specializes in medicinal chemicals and botanical products. The private company is based in Leiden, the Netherlands. Mogen International was acquired by Zeneca Group Plc on May 01, 1997 for $74.96 million.

Agendia NV discovers and develops products for clinical management of cancer. It operates as a commercial-stage molecular diagnostic company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of products to improve the quality of life for cancer patients. The company was founded by Rene Bernards and Laura van't Veer in 2003 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Avila Therapeutics, Inc. researches and develops covalent drugs. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Summit, NJ.

Genextra SpA (Genextra) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Franceso Micheli and Saverio Minucci. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

University Hospital Antwerp provides clinical, patient care, academic training and scientific research services. The company was is headquartered in Belgium.

EryDel SpA offers medical research. It develops drugs and diagnostics delivered through human red blood cells via a medical device technology. The company was founded by Luigia Rossi and Mauro Magnani in 2007 and is headquartered in Bresso, Italy.

Agendia, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics company. It develops and markets FFPE-based genomic diagnostic products, which help support physicians with their treatment decisions. Agendia?s tests can help physicians assess a patient?s individual risk for metastasis, it benefits from chemo, hormonal or combination therapy. The company was founded by Laura van't Veer and Ren? Bernards in 2003 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Tethis SpA engages in the provision of nanobiotechnology solutions. It develops devices for liquid biopsy, molecular diagnostic, and proteomic and microbiology. The company was founded by Emanuele Barborini, Simone Vinati, and Massimo Gatelli in 2004 and is headquartered in Milan Italy.

NeRRe Therapeutics Ltd. provides clinical and pre clinical drugs for treatment of neuronal hypersensitivity. It develops neurokinin receptor antagonists acquired from GlaxoSmithKline. The company was founded by Emiliangelo Ratti and Mike Trower in 2012 and is headquartered in Stevenage, the United Kingdom.

VitalneXt BV develops retails and manufactures products for healthy ageing. Its products include promanna, vital01 and other products. The firm develops products with evidence-based health benefits for the ageing population. It also develops new, proprietary, technologies, ingredients and products through its own network and through collaborations with the company's research partners. The company was founded by Rein Strijker in May 2013 and is headquartered in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.

Mimetas BV develops organ-on-a-chip technology for testing of new medicines in high-throughput on miniaturized organ and disease models. It develops microfluidics-based culture plates that enable culturing and screening of a range of 3D organ and tissue models. The firm offers OrganoPlates microfluidics-based culture plates that serve as early stage screening models predicting toxic side effects and drug efficacy. The company was founded by Paul Vulto and Jos Joore in 2013 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

miDIAGNOSTICS NV develops a computer chip powered portable medical laboratory. The company is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Atriva Therapeutics GmbH is a biopharmaceutical company that develops host-targeting antiviral therapies. It focuses on the development of new antiviral therapies against different respiratory viral infections. The company was founded by Rainer Lichtenberger and Henrik Luer Lueßen in April 2015 and is headquartered in Tuebingen, Germany.

Arrakis Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops rna-targeted small molecule medicines focused on neurologic, cancer, and rare genetic diseases. The company was founded by Russell C. Petter, Alan E. Walts, Jennifer C. Petter and Raj Bhikhu Parekh in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Part of Alcon AG, CIBA Vision GmbH is a private company based in Grosswallstadt, Germany. CIBA Vision GmbH manufactures and markets contact lenses. The German company was founded in 1983. The CEO is Norbert Dörr.

InnovHeart Srl is a holding company, which engages in the development of transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) systems for the treatment of patients with mitral valve disease. It also develops Saturn Prosthesis, Transapical, and Transeptal systems that are designed to be consistent with the anatomy of the mitral valve. The company was founded by Giovanni Righini and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Sapreme Technologies BV operates as a biotech company that develops a platform technology to enable cytosolic delivery of macromolecule therapeutics. The company was founded by Ruben Postel in 2016 and is headquartered in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Fibrocor Therapeutics LP is a privately held Canadian drug discovery company that is pioneering the use of tissue-specific therapeutics in the field of precision medicine, particularly in fibrosis. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The company aims to improve the lives of patients by delivering transformative treatments that tackle the root causes of fibrosis, leading to better outcomes and enhanced quality of life. Fibrocor leverages its extensive expertise and one of the largest patient-derived clinically annotated biorepositories of fibrotic tissue to refine and validate therapeutic candidates, ensuring they meet the highest standards of efficacy and safety.

Kuste Biopharma SAS engages in the development of therapies for unmet medical inflammatory. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Lyon, France.