Catherine Pickering

Asceneuron SA operates as a biotechnology company. It develops therapeutics for orphan tauopathis and Alzheimer?s disease. The firm specializes in small molecule drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded by Dirk Beher, Frank Murdoch Armstrong and Christoph Wiessner in October 2012 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Merck Ventures BV (Merck Ventures) is a venture capital arm of Merck KGaA founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Canbex Therapeutics Ltd. engages in the development of novel peripherally-acting cannabinoid agonists and mimetics for the treatment of multiple sclerosis spasticity and pain. Its lead drug candidate, VSN 16, has been established as a potent, stable and orally-available agonist of GPR-55 with a clear anti-spasticity effect in a validated preclinical model. The company was founded by David Baker, Gavin Giovannoni, Cristina Visintin, Gareth Pryce and David Lawrence Selwood in 2005 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

INKEF Capital BV is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2010 by Frank R Landsberger. INKEF Capital BV is headquartered in Amsterdam.

Bird Rock Bio, Inc. develops protein therapeutics. It focuses on the discovery and development of novel antibodies with upsized potential that represent to antibody therapeutics. The company was founded by Richard J. Ulevitch, Phyllis Ellen Whiteley and Katherine S. Bowdish in 2007 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Vaximm AG provides active immunotherapies for patients suffering from cancer. It develops and provides vaccines for patients suffering from cancer. The firmalso provides research, development, manufacture, marketing and sale of pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in September 2008 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Metabomed Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company. It focuses in the field of cancer metabolism with a proprietary target identification platform based on computational biology and metabolomics. The company was founded by Eytan Ruppin, Tomer Shlomi and Eyal Gottlieb in 2013 and is headquartered in Yavne, Israel.

Padlock Therapeutics, Inc. develops medicines targeting protein-arginine deiminases. It develops drugs that block the protein-arginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes. The firm leverages the breakthrough science on the role of protein citrullination in disease to develop drugs targeting protein-arginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes. The company was founded by Paul Thompson, Kerri Mowen, Todd A. Huffman and Michael Gilman in January 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Calypso Biotech SA operates as a innovative biopharmaceutical company for gastrointestinal immunological disorders. The company was founded by Alain Vicari and Yolande Chvatchko in 2013 and is headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates, Germany.

Ribometrix, Inc. develops small molecule drugs that target functional RNA structures to create new avenues to treat human disease. The company was founded by Kevin Weeks and Katie Warner and is headquartered in Greenville, NC.

Outrun Therapeutics Ltd. is a British biotechnology company founded in 2019 that develops a platform for drug discovery.

Macrophage Pharma Ltd. engages in research and experimental development on biotechnology. The company is headquartered in Berkhamsted, the United Kingdom.

Storm Therapeutics Ltd. develops small molecule drugs that target RNA-modifying enzymes. It offers research and development of drug molecules for the treatment of specific cancers. The company was founded by Anthony Kouzarides and Eric Miska on April 21, 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Artios Pharma Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The firm develops a DNA Damage Response (DDR) is a cancer therapy. The company was founded by Niall Martin in May 2016 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Draupnir Bio ApS engages in the manufacture and distribution of biotechnological and pharmaceutical products. It also provides medical research services. The company was founded on April 4, 2017 and is headquartered in Risskov, Denmark.

Ambagon Therapeutics, Inc. provides healthcare services. It specializes in biotechnology. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ONWARD Inc develops medical devices. It also provides stimulation system to rehabilitate individuals with spinal cord injury. The company was founded by Jocelyn Bloch, Sjaak Deckers, Grégoire Courtine, and Vincent Delattre in December 2014 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Comet Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes treatments for patients suffering from metabolic, neurological and immunological disorders. The company was founded by Angellina Sekirnik and Enej Kuscer in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

DNA Script engages in the provision of research and development in biotechnology. It manufactures synthetic deoxyribonucleic acid using enzymatic technology. The company was founded by Thomas Ybert, Sylvain Gariel and Xavier Godron in 2014 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Aveni SA designs, develops, manufactures and markets chemical formulations. It enables future technologies with its approach to metallization for semiconductor, MEMS, advanced packaging, and flex applications. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Massy, France.

QurAlis Corp. engages in discovering and developing new therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurological diseases. It offers therapeutic programs and targets, and biomarkers. The company was founded by Clifford Woolf, Kevin Eggan, Jonathan J. Fleming, and Kasper Roet and is headquartered in North Cambridge, MA.

Scenic Biotech BV is using genomics to develop innovative therapies for patients affected by severe diseases. The company was founded by Thijn Brummelkamp and Sebastian Nijman and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

NMD Pharma ApS engages with the research and preparation of small molecules targeting an undisclosed ion. It offers medical treatment of neuromuscular diseases for patients with chronic muscle wasting diseases such as myasthenia gravis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The company was founded by Ole B?kgaard Nielsen, Thomas Holm Pedersen, and Claus Elsborg Olesen on May 7, 2015 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.

Salvia BioElectronics BV develops a bioelectronics therapy for people suffering from chronic neurological diseases. The company was founded by Sjaak Deckers and Hubert Martens in 2017 and is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

VarmX BV is a spin-off from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) founded in 2016 by Professor Pieter Reitsma, a world-leading expert in hemostasis and thrombosis. VarmX is based in Leiden, NL. The Dutch company's lead compound, VMX-C001, is a modified recombinant blood factor X developed for the treatment of severe spontaneous bleeding and for the prevention of bleeding during urgent surgery in patients taking oral factor Xa inhibitors (FXa DOACs) as anticoagulation therapy. The company is supported by a strong syndicate of investors. Jan K. Öhrström has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Syncona Partners LLP (Syncona Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Syncona Investment Management Ltd. founded in 2012 by Martin Murphy. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

The Royal College of General Practitioners is a professional membership body for family doctors in the UK and overseas. The non-profit company is based in London, UK and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The British company is committed to improving patient care and clinical standards. The RCGP offers a fellowship program, which is the highest level of membership and exemplifies their motto "cum scientia caritas". The company also provides accreditation for high-quality resources and activities relevant to general practitioners. The Daffodil Standards is a free, evidence-based framework to help practices self-assess and consistently offer the best end of life and bereavement care. The RCGP represents the interests of established GPs and acts as a conduit for local matters to be raised at national meetings.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. is a clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of human therapeutics using its proprietary PRINT technology to transform the lives of patients. It operates in two segments: Pharmaceutical Products and Partnering & Licensing. The two product candidates from its pipeline: LIQ861 for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and LIQ865 for the treatment of local post-operative pain. Liquidia Technologies was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone, Ashok K. Mendiratta, Edward T. Samulski, William R. Kenan, Ginger Denison and Jason Rolland in 2004 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

VI Partners AG (VI Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Schwyz, Switzerland.