Anthony Newcombe

Forbion Capital Partners Management Holding BV (Forbion) is a Netherlands-based venture capital firm which was founded by Bart Bergstein. Headquartered in Naarden, the firm specializes in late-stage and early-stage clinical development programs to optimize the commercial potential of their investee company's technologies.

enGene, Inc. develops therapeutic solutions for the treatment of metabolic diseases. It operates as a biotechnology company which develops a mucosal immunotherapy platform for treating several prevalent, chronic diseases including inflammatory bowel disease and diabetes. The firm also develops proprietary, non-integrating biopolymer based nucleotide DNA and siRNA delivery technology that facilitates localized delivery of immune-modulating proteins to the intestinal mucosa for treating various immune disorders. The company was founded in 1999 by Anthony T. Cheung, John C. Brown, Timothy J. Kieffer, and Francis John Gargiulo and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Inversago Pharma, Inc. develops novel gastrointestinal drugs. The company was founded by Fran?ois Ravenelle in and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

NewAmsterdam Pharma BV develops novel drugs to treat dyslipidemia. It operates as a biotechnology company and develops anti-dyslipidemic compounds in cardiovascular disease indications. The firm's product DEZ-001 develops a potent cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor that has shown a decrease of low-density lipoprotein levels, and an increase of high-density lipoprotein levels. The company was founded by John J. P. Kastelein in 2012 and is headquartered in Naarden, the Netherlands.

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.

bioMérieux, Inc. develops in-vitro diagnostics solutions. It offers microbiological testing solutions for medical and industrial applications. The company was founded on December 31, 1986 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Good Start Genetics, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics firm. It offers pre-pregnancy diagnostic test services to screen a panel of genetic disorders. The firm also provides clinical laboratory and genetic counseling support services. The company was founded by Eric Boutin, Paris Wallace, and Gregory J. Porreca in December 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare manufactures and supplies over the counter drugs. It focuses on oral healthcare, over the counter medicines and nutritional healthcare products. Its brands and products include oral care (Aquafresh) to dermatology (Zovirax), with all kinds of analgesics (Panadol), gastrointestinal remedies (Tums) and smoking-cessation products (Nicoderm). The company is headquartered in Brentford, UK

Part of Pfizer Inc., Wyeth BioPharma is a company that develops and manufactures protein biopharmaceuticals. The company is based in Collegeville, PA.

Covagen AG engages in the research in as well as development, production, and distribution of pharmaceutical and diagnostic products and technologies. The company was founded by Julian Bertschinger and Dragan Grabulovski in 2007 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Wyeth LLC develops, manufactures, and distributes pharmaceuticals and biological substances. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Madison, NJ.

Genzyme Therapeutics Ltd. develops transformative therapies for patients affected by rare and debilitating diseases. Its treatment areas include thyroid cancer, sclerosis, Fabry disease and Pompe. The company was founded on November 5, 2001 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

International Institute of New England, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization serving immigrants, refugees, asylees, and other vulnerable populations. Its services include refugee resettlement, case management, health services navigation, employment, education and literacy and citizenship programming. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Dynacure SA is a clinical-stage company, which engages in developing and commercializing novel therapies to transform the lives of patients with rare diseases who have limited or no treatment options. Its product includes, DYN101, an antisense oligonucleotide, or ASO, designed to be a disease-modifying medicine for treatment of the majority of ntronuclear myopathies patients with multiple mutations in adult and pediatric populations. The company was founded by Belinda Cowling in 2016 and is headquartered in Illikirch-Graffenstaden, France.

Flamingo Therapeutics BV is a Belgian company that specializes in developing RNA-targeted therapies for oncology. The company is based in Leuven, Belgium and was founded by Mike Garrett and Floor Stam. Flamingo is dedicated to delivering therapeutic benefit to patients living with cancer and believes that their programs and approach can successfully address large unmet medical needs where RNA-targeting can be effective. The company's clinical-stage pipeline focuses on targeting undruggable transcription factors and splice variants. The CEO is Stephane van Rooijen.

Ossianix, Inc. develops single domain antibodies. It develops biotherapeutic products using the versatile single domain VNAR antibody from the shark and also developed highly innovative approaches to target specific cells and tissues such as the brain via the blood brain barrier and peripheral nerve via the neuromuscular junction. The company was founded by Frank S. Walshin, J. Lynn Rutkowski and Corey S. Goodman in 2011 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Azafaros BV develops therapeutic agents for the treatment of rare metabolic disorders. The company was founded on July 1, 2018 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Akarna Therapeutics Ltd. develops novel small molecule therapeutics. It offers non-bile acid FXR agonist, a therapeutic for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fatty-liver diseases. The company was founded by Raju Mohan in 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Academic Medical Center operates a medical center and a medical research facility. It also provides education and training. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Hookipa Biotech AG develops new generation prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. The firm’s Vaxwave technology is a novel immunotherapy platform using a replication-defective viral vector for the prevention and treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Lukas Flatz, Andreas Bergthaler, Rolf M. Zinkernagel and Daniel Pinschewer in July 2011 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum provides medical research, patient care, training, and education. The firm offers fundamental medical and applied clinical research. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Staten Biotechnology BV develops drugs for the treatment of dyslipidemia. The company was founded by Paul da Silva Jardine, Daniel Rader and Alan Tall in 2014 and is headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Covicept Therapeutics, Inc. is a newly founded company based in California, USA. Covicept Therapeutics is focused on developing drugs to treat diseases caused by a variety of RNA viruses, including SARS-CoV-2. The American company is backed by $2.30 million in seed funding and operational support from leading European VC firm Forbion. Covicept is developing PSJ-539, a small molecule that inhibits attachment, infection, and replication of SARS-CoV-2 and other RNA viruses. PSJ-539 has shown good tolerability and high potency with excellent and high biodistribution to tissues, including the lungs, in humans, allowing for relatively low daily doses. PSJ-539 also inhibits fibrosis, a property that may be valuable for patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, both short term and long-term. The unique mechanism of action of PSJ-539 may prevent or minimize the development of resistance to vaccines and antiviral medications. The company was founded by Sam Tsimikas, Philip Gordts, and Jeffrey Esko. Sam Tsimikas has been the CEO since incorporation.

Exosome Diagnostics, Inc. develops and commercializes biofluid-based diagnostics to deliver personalized precision healthcare that improves lives. Its novel exosome-based technology platform can yield comprehensive and dynamic molecular insights to transform how cancer and other serious diseases are detected, diagnosed, treated and monitored. The company was founded by Wayne D. Comper, Harvey J. Barnett and James R. McCullough and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Prexton Therapeutics SA operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops novel therapeutic compounds as a new treatment for Parkinson’s disease and other brain disorders. The company was founded by Francois Conquet in 2012 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.