Arja Kuittinen

Aplagon Oy provides pharmaceutical discovery and development services. It develops locally acting antithrombotic products (APACs). The company was founded by Riitta Lassila and Yrjo Sakari Lassila in 2009 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Addoz Oy provides medical dosage apparatus. The firm develops and manufactures dispensing systems for tablet and capsule form medication. It offers Med-O-Wheel, a medication dispenser developed for dosage of medication and vitamins. The company was founded in June 1999 and is headquartered in Forssa, Finland.

Quintiles, Inc. provides therapeutic services. It offers medical services, information and partnering solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Lallemand Finland Oy develops, manufactures and markets biological pesticides and growth promoters. It offers products and services to forestry, horticulture and amenity sectors. The company's products include Rotstop, Turf Mark Dye Tablet, Mycostop, Mycostop Mix, and GlioMix. Verdera was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

Hermo Pharma Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company which aims to discover and develop cutting-edge therapeutic approaches for currently untreatable medical needs, particularly in the field of neurology. The company's R&D programs are based on scientifically innovative concepts. These concepts are being developed through preclinical and early clinical development phases with the aim gaining partners prior to late clinical development phases and finally marketing. The company was founded in 2008 by professors Mart Saarma, Eero Castrén, Heikki Rauvala and Dr. Henri Huttunen. The company operates in close collaboration with several academic laboratories affiliated with the University of Helsinki. Hermo Pharma Ltd. operates according to the 'virtual business model'. This means the company outsources the majority of business functions outside of its core business areas, while controlling the key technology assets and strategic partnerships with a small but highly capable group of people managing operations. As the company's overheads are kept lower than traditional biopharmaceutical companies much more of its financial resources can be utilized directly to achieve business goals. Hermo Pharma Ltd. is a privately owned, venture capital backed company. Its current investors include Helsinki University Funds and Seed Fund Vera Ltd.