Michael Ross

Genencor International, Inc. develops and manufactures enzyme product solutions for industrial, agricultural and health care markets. It finds genes and alters their proteins for use in cleaning, textile, health care, food and animal feed products using gene discovery, molecular evolution, functional genomics and immunology techniques. The company also develops solutions for the biofuels, biodefense and biosafety industries. Genencor International was founded in 1982 and is located in Rochester, NY.

Link Medicine Corp. develops disease modifying neurodegenerative therapies. The company was founded by Edward I. Rudman, Peter T. Lansbury, David Neafus and Adam J. Rosenberg in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Ikano Therapeutics Inc. (ITI) is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapeutics, with an emphasis on products treating disorders related to the central nervous system (CNS) for which there is proven, unsatisfied consumer need. They currently have two products in its clinical pipeline, with and others in formulation or preclinical development. Its goal is to become a leader in the field of specialty pharmaceuticals by applying its formulation expertise across a broad range of therapeutic areas to create new and differentiated products that improve safety, efficacy and convenience for patients, caregivers and health care professionals. ITI's fully integrated drug delivery platform combines proprietary formulation research, clinical and regulatory development, specialized delivery systems, clinical manufacturing and packaging. These capabilities and expertise enable them to develop its products efficiently and cost effectively. They intend to commercialize these products by marketing them themselves or partnering them with other companies. Its senior management team collectively has more than 100 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and extensive experience with development-stage companies. ITI supplements its own internal expertise with a variety of outside expert consultants, academic and industry and makes strategic use of outsourcing for development and commercial manufacturing.

GlycoFi, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical products. It provides protein production technology to develop, produce and commercialize biotherapeutics products. The company was founded by Tillman Gerngross in 2000 and is headquartered in Lebanon, NH.

ADERIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes drugs and pharmaceuticals. It engages in small molecule drug development to treat central nervous system, cardiovascular, and inflammatory disorders. The company was founded by Donald McAfee, Noel Cusack, Gevork I. Minaskanian, and Peter Savasand in 1994 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA.

Archemix Corp. engages in the research and development of aptamer-based therapeutic products. It focuses in the areas of cardiovascular disease hematology, and oncology. The company was founded in May 2001 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Xenova Group Plc researches and develops pharmaceutical products. The company is focused on the development of novel drugs to treat cancer and addiction with a secondary focus in immunotherapy. It has pipeline of drug candidates in clinical development including a novel program for the treatment of high-grade glioma and TransMID. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Slough, UK

Juvaris BioTherapeutics, Inc. develops novel, adjuvanted vaccines and immunotherapeutics to treat infectious disease and cancer. The company was founded by Martin D. Cleary, Jeff Fairman and Steven W. Dow in February 2003 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

NKT Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It focuses on developing therapeutics based on unique immune cells called natural killer NKT cells. The company was founded by Alem Truneh, S. Brian Wilson, Mark Exley, Steve K. Balk, and Mark A. Tepper on November 20, 2008 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Itero Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical products for novel therapeutic proteins and antibodies. The firm focuses on the development and commercialization of protein therapeutics that offer significant clinical and commercial advantages over marketed alternatives. It provides recombinant follicle stimulating hormone for the treatment of female infertility. The company was founded in 2006 by Dr. V. Bryan Lawlis Jr., Dr. Darlene P. Horton and Roy Jerald Beers and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Part of Exelixis, Inc., Metaxen LLC is an American company that provides compound screening assays and compound optimization services. The company was founded by Lutz B. Giebel, Michael Jay Ross.

ExSAR has offered drug discovery services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic laboratories since its founding in 1997. In 2005, ExSAR initiated a program of collaborative research relationships to discover new therapeutics for the treatment of protein misfolding disorders. The aim is to become the leading drug developer in a rapidly growing $10+ billion market in metabolic and neurodegenerative disorders. Many of these disorders are characterized by mutations which lead to protein misfolding and instability followed subsequently by protein degradation. Many of these diseases currently lack any effective treatment. ExSAR is now a clinical developmental stage company dedicated to identifying, developing and commercializing small-molecule therapeutics for diseases of protein conformation. ExSAR expects to initiate clinical studies for the treatment of Tay Sachs, Sandhoff and Gaucher Diseases.

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals LLC discovers and develops pharmaceutical preparations. It designs kinase inhibitor therapies that target the hallmarks of cancer biology. The firm’s clinical pipeline of kinase inhibitors includes tumor-targeted therapies and immuno-targeted therapies. It offers DCC-2618, Rebastinib, and DCC-3014. The company was founded by Daniel L. Flynn in 2003 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Avitide, Inc. develops affinity purification solutions. Its technology enables development of chromatography resins via chemical synthesis which are not based on costly recombinant proteins. The company was founded by Errik B. Anderson, Warren Kett, Tillman U. Gerngross, Kevin Isett and Jonathan Sheller in 2012 and is headquartered in Lebanon, NH.

Alinea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new therapeutics for the treatment of diabetes and metabolic disorders. The company was founded in August 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

IVERIC bio, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm engages in discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics to treat ophthalmic diseases, with a focus on age-related and orphan retinal diseases. Its product candidates include Zimura and Gene Therapy. The company was founded by David R. Guyer and Samir Chandrakant Patel on January 5, 2007 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

CyThera, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing cell replacement therapies for the treatment of human degenerative disease. The company's technology enables the expansion and proliferation of functional human stem cells in vitro that can be used to restore specialized tissue function. The companyis headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Thesan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides novel therapeutics for disorders of the skin. The company focuses on the discovery and development of new chemical entities that provide improved treatment options to patients. Thesan Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2011 by Edward P. Monaghan and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

AlloCure, Inc. develops cell therapies for the treatment of kidney diseases. It engages in developing allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell therapy for acute kidney injury. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Rempex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops new therapies to combat the growing issue of antibiotic resistance. It focuses on the discovery and development of new antibacterial drugs to meet the clinical need created by multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens. The company was founded by Daniel Burgess, Michael Dudley and Jeffery Loutit in June 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Arsanis, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in provision of monoclonal antibody immunotherapies to address serious infectious diseases. The company was founded by Eszter Nagy, Tillman U. Gerngross, and Errik B. Anderson on August 2, 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

PanOptica, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that provides ophthalmology drugs for treatment of eye diseases. The company was founded by Paul G. Chaney and Martin B. Wax in March 2009 and is headquartered in Bernardsville, NJ.

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.

Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, Inc. develops cancer immunotherapies. It targets the tumor microenvironment to enhance the body?s antitumor immunity. The company was founded by Max Krummel and Sachdev Sidhu in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cellinta Ltd. operates as a biotechnology firm. The company was founded on August 16, 2019 and is headquartered in Reading, the United Kingdom.

TRex Bio Ltd. is a British company that provides biotechnology research and development services. The private company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 2018 by Houman Ashrafian.

Part of Xilio Therapeutics, Inc., Xilio Therapeutics LLC develops cancer biopharmaceuticals. The company is based in Waltham, MA. The CEO of the company is René Russo.