Aya Jakobovits

Agensys, Inc. develops a pipeline of therapeutic fully human monoclonal atibodies (mAbs) to treat cancer. It develops a pipeline of naked and antibody-drug conjugated (ADC) therapeutic antibodies to treat cancer indications, including prostate, kidney, pancreas, ovary, bladder, lung, colon, breast, and skin. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Abgenix, Inc. developed therapeutic products. It focused on the discovery, development and manufacturing of therapeutic antibodies. The firm's antibody development platform included manufacturing fully human antibody product candidates to a variety of disease targets. The company was founded by R. Scott Greer in 1996 and was headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Cell Genesys is a development-stage biotechnology firm focuses on gene-modification technologies to treat cancer. The company's lead product technology is its GVAX vaccine platform. Cell Genesys is working on GVAX vaccines for lung, prostate, and pancreatic cancer, as well as for leukemia and multiple myeloma, another blood cancer. Its oncolytic viral therapy platform uses specially engineered adenoviruses (such as the common cold) to kill cancer cells; the firm's lead candidate from this platform targets prostate cancer.

Kite Pharma, Inc. engages in the the development and commercialization of cancer immunotherapy products. Its products include chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR), which address both hematological and solid cancers. The company was founded by Arie S. Belldegrun, James S. Economou, and Joshua A. Kazam on 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity (OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Orbimed Advisors LLC founded in 1993 by Samuel D. Isaly. The firm is headquartered in New York and it has additional offices in San Francisco, Mumbai, Shanghai, Herzliya, Hong Kong and London.

Adicet Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company focuses on the development of cell immunotherapies. It engages in the design and development of immunotherapies for cancer and other disease indications with a focus on novel universal immune cell therapies. The company was founded by Aya Jakobovits in 2014 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA.

resTORbio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm engages in the development and commercialization of medicines for aging-related diseases and conditions. It offers an immunotherapy under the TORC1 program. The company was founded by Chen Schor and Joan Mannick on July 5, 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Yeda Research & Development Co. Ltd. engages in development of natural science and services. It covers broad of spectrum including: biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, bioinformatics, proteomics, biomatics and system biology, medical devices, renewable energy, bio fuels, clean technology and environmental sciences, agricultural and plants genetics, chemistry and nanotechnology, physics and electro-optics, mathematics and computer science. The company is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.