John Monahan

Luxcel Biosciences Ltd. develops, manufactures, and distributes optical fluorescence test solutions for application in the pharmaceutical and food safety industries. It offers MitoXpress Xtra oxygen consumption assay, MitoXpress stress test, MitoXpress FAO assay, pH-Xtra Glycolysis assay, and pH-Xtra Glycolysis stress test. The company was founded by Richard Fernandes and Dmitri Papkovsky in 2002 and is headquartered in Cork, Ireland.

Spark Therapeutics Ireland Ltd. develops new gene medicines to treat autosomal dominant genetic diseases. Its product RhoNova, is designed for the treatment of patients with rhodopsin linked autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa, a debilitating, progressive form of inherited blindness resulting from a diverse array of mutations in the RHO gene. The company was founded by Jane G. Farrar, Paul Kenna, and Gearóid Tuohy and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Cellix Ltd. develops microfluidic pumping solutions, consumable biochips, software, and automated solutions. It offers its solutions for applications in cell biology, microfluidics and nanofluidics, physics, chemistry, cell, and particle studies. The company was founded by Dmitry Kashanin, Vivienne Williams, Francis Odowd, and Igor Shvets in 2004 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. develops antibody therapies. It is engaged in development Anthim (oblitoxaximab) a mAb anthrax antitoxin for the treatment and prevention of inhalational anthrax used in a bioterror attack. The company was founded in May 1998 and is headquartered in Pine Brook, NJ.

Tacere Therapeutics, Inc. provides treatment of infectious diseases. It develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of serious infectious diseases such as Hepatitis C (HCV). The company was founded by Sara M. Hall, Amit J. Kumar, John James Monahan, and Michael J. Catelani in 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Avigen, Inc. produces and sells drugs, animal health products, and chemicals. The firm also develops and commercializes small molecules of therapeutics and biologics for use in the treatment of serious neurological and neuromuscular disorders. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.