Jeffrey S. Williams

Alkermes, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. It offers medicines for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) diseases. The company was founded by Michael A. Wall, Floyd E. Bloom, Frederick W. K. Brown, Paul R. Schimmel and Alexander G. Rich in 1987 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

ViaCell, Inc. provides and develops cellular medicine for the treatment of diseases. The firm develops medicines for treatment of cancer, genetic disorders, organ transplant tolerance, neurological disorders, and autoimmune diseases. The company was founded in April 2000 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides pharmaceutical products for gastro-intestinal disorders. The company was founded by Lisa A. Conte in November 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Anchor Therapeutics, Inc. designs and develops peptide modulators of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The firm engages in developing and licensing pepducin technology as a research tool for drug development; and pepducin drug candidates and novel molecules that are intended for targeting GPCR to allosterically modulate GPCR signaling. Its pepducin lipopeptides are designed to allosterically modulate internal cell signaling via specific interactions with intracellular GPCR domains. The company also focuses on developing its pepducin technology for creating new treatment options for regenerative medicine, diabetes, inflammation, and cancer. Anchor Therapeutics was founded by Thomas J. McMurry and Athan Kuliopulos in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

GSK Equity Investment Ltd (GSK Equity) is a venture capital firm a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline Plc founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Reedwood City, California.

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.

Part of GSK Plc, Affymax Research Institute is a company that researches and develops pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. Affymax Research Institute was acquired by Affymax, Inc. from GSK Plc on July 30, 2001.

GPC Biotech, Inc. discovers and develops anticancer drugs through discovery technologies and development approaches. It is a mechanism-based drug discovery and development company focused on treatments for cancer and fungal infections. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of GPC Biotech AG. GPC Biotech was founded in 1992 and is located in Waltham, MA.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

SelectX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of aminoglycoside therapeutics for unmet medical needs. Its advanced program, development candidate SXP2523, is a next generation aminoglycoside antibiotic for drug resistant gram-negative hospital-acquired infections (HAIs); SXP2523 possesses broad spectrum coverage with potency against Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, E. coli, and Staphylococcus. The company was founded by Michael G. Chaparian and Charles R. Cantor in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

TVM Capital Corp (TVM Capital) is a venture capital subsidary of TVM Capital GmbH founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

National Investor Relations Institute operates as an association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, shareholders, securities analysts and other financial community constituents. The company was founded by DeWitt C. Morrill in 1969 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

The Indus Entrepreneurs is a non-profit organization. It provides mentoring, networking, education and funding to entrepreneurs. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

IndUS Pharamceuticals, Inc. engages in the research and development of therapeutics in the areas of oncology, metabolic disorders, and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Pravin R. Chaturvedi on January 4, 2006 and is headquartered in North Hollywood, CA.

Biohealth Innovation, Inc. sources and evaluates market-relevant bioheath intellectual properties, connects the IP with funding, and assists businesses in marketing and growth. It is a regional innovation intermediary that accelerates and facilitates technology transfer and commercialization of market-relevant research in federal labs, universities, and biohealth companies in the Region. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Action Potential Venture Capital (Action Potential Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline Plc founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

ZappRx, Inc. develops prescription and prior authorization platform services. It provides healthcare providers, specialty pharmacies, biopharmacies, and security standards solutions. The company was founded by Zoe Barry in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Quadriga BioSciences, Inc. is a privately held pharmaceutical company based in an undisclosed location. The American company is focused on developing proprietary targeted cancer therapies by exploiting the biology of aggressive forms of cancer cells that over-express certain unique amino acid transporters on their cell surfaces. The company's mission is to develop safer and more effective treatments for patients with cancer. The company was founded by Bernd Jandeleit, Kerry J. Koller, and Wolf-Nicolas Fischer. Gordon Ringold has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

Palleon Pharma, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sindu Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd. is an Indian company that manufactures pharmaceutical products. The private company is based in Hyderabad, India.

Oceanyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a drug discovery and development company that specializes in marine-based natural product research. The private company is based in Alachua, FL. The company was co-founded by Dr. Hendrik Luesch, an Associate Professor at the University of Florida, and Dr. Pravin Chaturvedi, a seasoned biotech entrepreneur. Pravin Ramsewak Chaturvedi has been the CEO since incorporation.

Cellanyx Diagnostics LLC is a company that is developing a cancer testing platform to aid clinical decision-making. The company is based in Beverly, MA and was founded by Ashok Chander and Michael Manak. The company's technology provides quantitative assessments of individual cancer cells in biopsy samples using multiple biochemical and biophysical markers of tumor aggressiveness and metastatic potential. The company has demonstrated clinical proof-of-concept with their lead test in development, which aims to improve risk stratification in men with prostate cancer.

Pradan USA provides social services. The private company is based in Boston, MA.

Palleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as biotechnology company. The firm discovers and develops immuno-oncology drugs, medicines, and therapies for the treatment of cancer diseases. It specializes in clinical development, and glyco-immune checkpoint inhibitors. The company was founded by Jim Broderick, Carolyn Bertozzi and Paul Crocker in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Enlivity Corp. operates as an American medical nutrition company.

Medikine, Inc. is a privately held biopharmaceutical company located in an undisclosed location. The American company's mission is to transform the discovery of oncology, autoimmune disorder, and infectious disease therapeutics by employing a versatile drug discovery platform that generates modular "peptikines." These peptikines are peptide mimetics of cytokines that are smaller in molecular size than, and structurally unrelated to, the natural cytokines they emulate. Medikine's lead candidate, mdk-703, is currently in a phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers. Ronald W. Barrett has been the CEO of the company since 2016.