Helmuth van Es

Sandoz, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes generic pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on therapeutic drug categories such as anti-infective, central nervous system disorder treatments, cardiovascular medicines, gastrointestinal agent, oncology therapies, and respiratory therapies. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Part of Novartis AG, Novartis Seeds AG is a company that manufactures agro-chemical products. The company is based in Novartis, Switzerland.

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.

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.

Spie Batignolles SA provides construction services. It specializes in engineering, civil works, sanitation, maintenance, and remodeling solutions for commercial buildings and industrial projects. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

Turenne Capital Partenaires SA (Turenne Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Turenne Associés SA founded in 1999 by Aymard de Lasteyrie. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Flagship Pioneering (Flagship Pioneering) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Ed M Kania and Noubar B Afeyan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Synt:em SA researches and manufactures drugs for the treatment of pain and cancer. The company specializes in the discovery and development of Central Nervous System (CNS) medicines and novel therapeutics for the treatment diseases. It was founded in 1995 by Michel Kaczorek and Caroline Roussel and is headquartered in Nîmes, France.

Omnes Capital SAS /Venture/ is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Omnes Capital SAS founded in 1999. Omnes Capital /Venture/ is headquartered in Paris.

Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij Holding BV (BOM) is an industrial and economic development agency headquarterd in Tilburg in the southern Netherlands. Established in 1983, BOM is funded and financed by the Dutch State and the Province of Noord-Brabant. The firm offers a range of services designed to create, develop, maintain and improve the industrial structure of the region through four core activities: venture capital, foreign investment, new business and industrial parks. In particular BOM manages the Technostartersfonds, also known as the TechnoStars funds, which are regional venture capital investment vehicles based in Eindhoven. The investors are primarily institutions and high-net worth private individuals.

Wittycell SAS engages in the research and development, manufacturing, and sale of therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines. It offers novel adjuvant products against infectious diseases and cancer. The company was founded in August 2005 and is headquartered in Reims, France.

Dufry France SA retails watches, jewellery and sunglasses. The company is headquartered in Nice, France.

ViiV Healthcare Ltd. manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products. Its medicine include Triumeq, Tivicay, Selzentry, Celesentri, Epzicom, Kivexa, Ziagen, Trizivir, Combivir, Retrovir AZT, Lexiva, Telzir, Viracept and Rescriptor. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Brentford, the United Kingdom.

Germitec SA engages in the research, design, and marketing of medical hygiene systems. It develops Antigermix, which is used in disinfecting heat-sensitive medical instruments. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Ivry-sur-Seine, France.

Levicept Ltd. develops a biological therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis and chronic pain. Its treatments include p75NTR-Fc and LEVI-04. The company was founded by Simon Lempriere Westbrook on August 23, 2012 and is headquartered in Sandwich, the United Kingdom.

MeiraGTx Netherlands BV operates as a biopharmaceutical company developing local gene therapy for inflammatory diseases. It is into develop adeno-associated viral mediated gene therapy for patients with rheumatic conditions. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Newronika SRL manufactures medical and electro-medical equipment and appliances. It offers new adaptive deep brain stimulation systems for movement disorders (DBS); methods and devices for transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) represent the non-invasive neuromodulation activity. The company was founded by Priori Alberto and Lorenzo Rossi and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Horama SA engages in the development of gene therapies, It focuses on ophthalmological diseases for preserving visual autonomy of patients. The company was founded by Denis Cayet, Christian Hamel, Guylene Le Meur, Philippe Moullier, Vasiliki Kalatzis, and Michel Weberin March 2014 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

BrainVectis SAS provides gene therapy services. It develops gene therapy treatments for neurodegenerative diseases by targeting the cholesterol pathway in the brain to restore cholesterol metabolism. The company was founded by Nathalie Cartier-Lacave and Jérôme Becquart in 2015 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Part of GSK Plc, Galvani Bioelectronics Ltd. is a pioneering research and British development company founded in 2016, dedicated to bringing bioelectronic therapies to patients. The company is based in Stevenage, UK. Galvani Bioelectronics combines GSK's therapeutics discovery and development knowledge with Verily's expertise in software and electronics for clinical applications. The company is developing therapies through implant-based direct modulation of specific neural signals to organs central in disease. These therapies are designed to be safe, precise in their therapeutic effect, and minimally invasive in their delivery through the use of small and efficient wireless electronics and keyhole surgery. Connected software will ensure that patients and physicians can effectively control and optimize the therapy.

Sitryx Therapeutics Ltd. Focuses on regulating cell metabolism to develop disease-modifying therapeutics in immuno-oncology and immuno-inflammation. It treats cancer and inflammatory conditions by targeting the metabolism of immune cells. The company was founded by Houman Ashrafian, Paul-Peter Tak, Luke O'Neill, Jonathan Powell, Jeff Rathmell and Michael Rosenblum and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

AgomAb Therapeutics NV operates as a Belgian biotherapeutics company, developing agonistic antibodies for regeneration of damaged tissues. The company was founded by Paolo Michieli, Manuela Cazzanti, Virginia Morello, Federica Caterina Linty, Michael Potter Saunders, and Hans J. W. de Haard in 2017 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

AlgoTherapeutix SAS is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Suresnes, France. The French company is focused on developing targeted, first-in-class therapeutics for peripheral neuropathic pain. Its lead asset, ATX01, is a proprietary topical formulation of amitriptyline that targets the signaling pathways involved in the regulation of pain by inhibiting specific nociceptive sodium channel receptors. The company is currently recruiting patients for a phase II clinical trial of 240 patients for chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain and a phase II proof of concept trial for erythromelalgia. AlgoTherapeutix has secured FDA fast track development status and orphan drug designation in both the US and EU. AlgoTherapeutix has raised EUR 35 million to date and has a consortium of investors, including Relyens Innovation Santé/Turenne Capital, UI Investissement, and angel investors. The company was founded in 2018 by Olivier Jean Bohuon and Stéphane Thiroloix, with Stéphane Thiroloix serving as the CEO since 2018.

Mablink Bioscience is a biotechnology company based in Lyon, France that develops next-generation antibody-drug conjugates for the treatment of solid tumors. Mablink Bioscience's exclusive PSarlink™ platform is a unique stealth technology that "masks" the hydrophobicity of the cytotoxic drugs by adding a polysarcosine chain to the linker. The French company's pipeline is built on the topoisomerase-I inhibitor exatecan as a payload for current developments. Recently, the company announced the publication of a review article titled “Payload Diversification\: A Key Step in the Development of Antibody–Drug Conjugates” which reviews the history of the successes and failures in ADC payloads and takes a look at the new roads currently explored by the industry. The company was founded in 2018 by Warren Viricel and Jean-Guillaume Lafay, with Jean-Guillaume Lafay serving as CEO since then.