Laura Maile

Centocor, Inc. manufactures healthcare products. Its products include avakine & reopro. The company was founded in 1979 by Hubert J. P. Schoemaker & Michael A. Wall and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Serenex, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that develops drugs for tumors and cancers of the blood and bone marrow. Its products include drugs for chemotherapy treatments as well as inhibitor compounds. Serenex was founded by George Young and Timothy Haystead in 2000 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Basking Biosciences, Inc. is a clinical-stage company that aims to solve the biggest need in ischemic stroke therapy. The company is based in Columbus, OH. The company is developing a first-in-class RNA aptamer targeting von Willebrand factor (vWF), an important structural component of blood clots and driver of the clotting process. Basking is also developing a complementary rapid-acting reversal oligonucleotide capable of quickly neutralizing the pharmacological activity of the RNA aptamer. The company has successfully completed a phase 1 single-ascending dose safety study and is initiating a phase 2 clinical proof-of-concept study in patients suffering from an acute ischemic stroke. The ultimate goal is to extend the therapeutic window for thrombolysis compared to currently approved therapies. Basking Biosciences was founded in 2019 by Shahid Nimjee, Bruce A. Sullenger, and Richard J. Shea has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

LIB Therapeutics LLC is a pharmaceutical company that manufactures medicinal products. The private company is based in Wilmington, DE. The company was founded by Evan A. Stein, August James Troendle. David A. Cory has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Rediscovery Life Sciences AKI LLC engages in the development of treatments with less risk through drug repurposing. The company is headquartered in Charleston, SC.

Rediscovery Life Sciences LLC operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company that focuses to develop suramin in acute kidney injury. The company was founded by Rick Schnellman and is headquartered in Charleston, SC.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC Inc (Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson founded in 1973. The firm is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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.

Navitor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops medicine for age-related diseases. Its drug discovery platform targets mTORC1, which responds to and integrates the cell’s response to nutrient availability and plays a key role in protein synthesis and cellular growth. The company was founded by Alan L. Crane, David Sabatini and David Goldfarb and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

New England Venture Capital Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization which operates as a catalyst, and advocate, and a resource for the innovation economy. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Redona Therapeutics, Inc.operates as a biotechnology company focused on the modulation of non- RNA (ncRNA) function to treat cancer and other human diseases. It uses small molecules to modulate expression levels of oncogenes and other proteins of significance in disease. The company was founded by George Daley, Richard Gregory, Frank Slack, and Piotr Sliz and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

Artizan Biosciences, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare services. It develops curative treatments for inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Richard A. Flavell, Noah W. Palm and Marcel R. de Zoete and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

ONL Therapeutics, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical services. It protects and improves the vision of patients with a range of retinal diseases and conditions, including retinal detachment and both the wet and dry forms of age-related macular degeneration. The company was founded by David Zacks and Jeffery Jamison in 2006 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Ribon Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company which focuses on developing therapeutics targeting monoADP-ribosylating PARPs for cancer. Its medicines are used for blocking cancer cells? fundamental survival mechanisms. The company was founded by W. Lee Kraus, Tim Mitchison and Paul Chang in 2015 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Janssen, Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson. Its products include Caelyx, Concerta, Cyclen, Ditropan XL, Duragesic, Edurant, Evra, Galexos, Invega, Invokana, Jurnista, Livostin, Pariet, Remicade, Sylvant, Topamax, Ultram, Velcade, Yondelis, and Zytiga. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Semma Therapeutics, Inc. develops transformative therapies for patients who currently depend on insulin injections. It focuses on combining proprietary cells with a state-of-the-art device to provide a true replacement for the missing beta cells in a diabetic patient without immunosuppression. The company was founded by Robert A. Millman, Walter A. Blättler, Felicia Pagliuca, Jeff Imbaro and Douglas A. Melton in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

CSA Medical, Inc. develops endoscopic cryoablation systems. It provides spray cryotherapy medical device solutions that improve patient outcomes, simplify procedures, and reduce the cost of healthcare. The company was founded by Lloyd Shue, Timothy E. Askew and Frank Majerowicz in 1985 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Cempra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops medicines for treating drug-resistant bacterial infections. The firm's antibacterial products, both in clinical trials, address the urgent and increasing need for new treatments targeting drug-resistant bacterial infections in both the hospital and the community. The company was founded by Prabhavathi B. Fernandes IN 2006 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC.

Ardent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops drugs for pain, urinary incontinence, premature ejaculation, depression and cardio protection. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Esanex, Inc. manufactures and develops drugs for cancer treatment. Its products include orally active Hsp90 inhibitors. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Innocrin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops oral inhibitors for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer. It develops small molecule CYP17 lyase-selective inhibitors to treat resistant hormonally-dependent breast and prostate cancers. The firm’s product under pipeline is VT-464, a dual mechanism lyase-selective CYP17 inhibitor and androgen receptor (AR) antagonist that disrupts the validated biochemical pathways required for prostate cancer growth androgen biosynthesis and AR transcriptional signaling. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Innocrin Pharmaceuticals Holdings LLC discovers and develops oral inhibitors for the treatment of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC). The company is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Intersouth Partners (Intersouth Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1985 by Dennis Dougherty and Roy Rodwell. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.