Rita Karachun

ArQule, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of therapeutics to treat cancers and rare diseases. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operated as a biopharmaceutical company. It discovered and developed pharmaceutical products to treat diseases that results from deficiencies in the body's natural mechanisms of mucosal hydration. The company was founded by Kendall Harden, Richard C. Boucher, Andre L. Lamotte, H. Jefferson Leighton and Terrance G. McGuire and was headquartered in Whitehouse Station, NJ.

Acceleron Pharma, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutics to treat serious and rare diseases. Its product candidates include Luspatercept, designed to patients with chronic anemia associated within a wide range of blood diseases; ACE-083, designed for the treatment of focal muscle disorders; and Sotatercept, designed to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension. The company was founded by John L. Knopf and Thomas P. Maniatis in June 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Harrisvaccines LLC develops vaccine technology for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases in swine and cattle. Its pipeline products comprise vaccines for viral diseases. The company was founded by Hank Harris in 2005 and is headquartered in Ames, IA.

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.

Immune Design Corp. is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on cancer with in vivo approaches designed to enable the body's immune system to fight disease. It develops multiple product candidates from its discovery platforms, ZVex and GLAAS. The company was founded by Steven G. Reed and David Baltimore on February 20, 2008 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Imago BioSciences, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops novel anti-cancer therapeutics. It translates science of genetics and epigenetics enzymes into novel medicines for treating myeloid diseases that pose challenges to patients, families, and physicians. The company also translates insights into transformative therapies that alter the history of disease allowing patients to live longer and disease-free lives. Imago BioSciences was founded by Hugh Young Rienhoff, Jr., Laura G. Eichorn and Jennifer Peppe on March 29, 2012 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.