Joel S. Smith

Datascope Corp. manufactures and distributes surgical equipments. The company provides medical instruments such as intra aortic balloon pumps and catheters for use in cardiology, radiology, anesthesiology, cardiovascular, vascular surgery and emergency medicine. It also develops vascular grafts and patches for reconstructive blood vessel surgeries as well as multifunction patient monitoring devices. The company was founded in 1964 as New York Corp. It is headquartered in Montvale, NJ.

Inamed Corp. developed and manufactured breast implants, wrinkle prevention & obesity solutions. Its products were available through its two business divisions: INAMED Aesthetics, and INAMED Health. The company offered breast implants for augmentation, reconstruction surgeries, invasive surgeries for sustained weight loss and other dermal products to correct facial wrinkles. INAMED was headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

Symbiomix Therapeutics LLC develops medicines for women’s health infections and related diseases. It offers SYM-1219, a drug that contains secnidazole that facilitate administration as a single-dose oral therapy for various women's health infections including bacterial vaginosis. The company was founded by Jack Roberts, Steve Pomerantz and Joseph L. Amprey III in 2012 and is headquartered in Newark, NJ.

Abingworth LLP (Abingworth) is a venture capital firm founded in the year 1973 Peter Dickson and Anthony Montagu. The firm headquartered in London and additional offices in San Francisco and Boston. Abingworth LLP became part of The Carlyle Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CG) on 3rd August 2022.

Chroma Therapeutics Ltd. engages in the discovery and development of therapies for the treatment of cancer and inflammation. It focuses on the discovery and development of novel small molecule drugs based upon chromatin biology and novel cell accumulation approaches. The firm uses chromatin biology, drug accumulation approaches to discover and develop cancer, inflammation treatments and small molecule drugs. The company was founded by David Allis, Alan Hornsby Davidson, Alan Hastings Drummond, Anthony Kouzarides and Paul Workman in September 2001 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

Direct Conversion AB manufactures and supplies X-Ray detectors such as cadmium telluride (CdTe) detectors. Its products include XC-THOR, XC-HYDRA, XC-TDI, XC-ACTAEON, SNAP 225, SNAP 150 and SNAP 100X2. The firm’s products are used in the dental, medical, welding, industrial, food and security industries. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Danderyd, Sweden.

IMI Intelligent Medical Implants is a medical technology company. The goal of the company is to develop and market an intelligent retinal implant system for degenerative retinal disorders such as Retinitis Pigmentosa or Macular Degeneration and thereby make a contribution to the improvement of the quality of life of blind people. Through the combination of innovative technology from the medical device, IT and micro systems fields, a new class of active medical products has been created allowing, amongst other things, blind people to regain modest visual perception. The company was founded in 2002 and has 30 employees. The company has a process oriented quality management system in accordance with ISO 13485.

The BioIndustry Association is a UK-based organization that represents the life sciences and biotech industry. The British company's mission is to facilitate and connect the ecosystem to help businesses start, grow, and deliver world-changing innovation. The non-profit company was founded by Cormac G. Kilty and Simon Geoffrey Best, and Steve Bates has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Stanmore Implants Worldwide, Ltd. designs and manufactures bespoke and modular implants for limb sparing and complex joint replacement. It provides massive endoprothesis tumour systems for orthopedic skeletal locations including the femur, tibia, knee, pelvis and humerus. The firm also offers computer assisted orthopedic surgeries. The company was founded on February 19, 1996 and is headquartered in Elstree, the United Kingdom.

K Spine, Inc. develops implantable medical devices for the treatment of spine disorders. It offers products for correcting an abnormal curvature of the spine. The company was founded by Danny Sachs and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

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.

Orbimed Private Investments VI LP seeks investment opportunities companies located in North America and Europe. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of biopharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics and healthcare services. It provides financing for seed stage, early stage, and later stage companies for both public and private companies with an investment size of $10 million to $75 million.

Turnstone Biologics, Inc. develops bio-therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. It develops Maraba oncolytic viral immunotherapy, a platform representing a disruptive approach in the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by David Stojdl, Brian D. Lichty and John C. Bell and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Attenua, Inc. engages in the provision of biopharmaceutical services. The company was founded by Jing Liang and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

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.

Meves Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides pharmaceutical products and services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Modis Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which develops disease-modifying therapies for rare genetic diseases. Its product MT1621 is in clinical development for thymidine kinase 2 deficiency (TK2d), an inherited mitochondrial disease. The company was founded by Peter H. Barber and Daniel D. DiPietro in 2016 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

EnLiven Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of small molecule treatments for cancer. The company was founded by Samuel S. Kintz and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Charm Therapeutics Ltd. is a British London-based company that is discovering and developing small molecule medicines using its proprietary 3D deep learning-enabled platform, Dragonfold. The company aims to create life-changing therapies for difficult-to-drug targets in cancer and other disease areas. Charm Therapeutics has raised $70 million to date and is supported by high-quality international investors, including Orbimed, F-Prime Capital, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Bristol Myers Squibb, NVIDIA, and Grep-VC. The company was founded in 2021 by Laksh Aithani and David Baker, with Laksh Aithani serving as the CEO since then.

Aer Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Raleigh, NC. The company's mission is to advance the treatment paradigm for mucus mediated lung diseases. The company is dedicated to delivering a therapeutic solution to patients suffering from muco-obstructive lung diseases, with their initial focus being on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other muco-obstructive lung diseases to follow, including asthma, cystic fibrosis, and primary ciliary. The company was founded by John Fahy, and the CEO is Jim Shaffer.