Bikash Verma

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.

Pulmatrix Operating Co., Inc. develops pharmaceutical products for respiratory infectious diseases. Its iSPERSE powders can be used with an array of dry powder inhaler technologies and can be formulated with virtually any drug substance. The company was founded by David Alan Edwards, Mark J. Gabrielson, Alexander M. Klibanov and Robert S. Langer in 2003 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Ascenta Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of medicines for cancer. Its core technology consists of agents designed to re-establish the natural program of apoptosis (cell death) in abnormal cancer cells. Its has three small molecule programs against distinct apoptosis targets: Bcl-2 (AT-101 – an oral pan-Bcl2 inhibitor), IAP (AT-406 – an oral multi-IAP inhibitor) and HDM2. The company was founded by Dajun Yang, Marc E. Lippman, and Shaomeng Wang on June 5, 2006 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

National Cancer Institute provides healthcare services. It specializes in different cancer treatment such as adrenocortical carcinoma, anal cancer, appendix cancer, skin cancer, breast cancer, cardiac tumors, endometrial cancer, and gallbladder cancer. The company was founded in March 1937 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society is a national medical honor society founded in 1902. The non-profit company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The society's mission is to foster the development of the next generation of medical researchers by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, and supporting the improvement of care for all.

EnBiotix, Inc. operates as a late clinical-stage respiratory therapeutics company, which engages in deploying novel systems and synthetic biology technologies. It offers anti-persisters, engineered bacteriophage, tunable target degradation, and systems biology platform. Its pipeline includes ColiFin, EBX-001, EBX-002, and Linear Peptide Antibiotics. The company was founded by James J. Collins in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Aurora Biopharma, Inc. develops Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T therapy, cancer vaccines, and combinations with checkpoint Inhibitors services. It develops Aurora’s “Bionic” T Cells : CAR T-Cells engineered to kill cancer and Aurora’s Revolutionary CAR T cell Clinical Cancer Trials. The company was founded by Robert Brooks and Marc Lippman and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is a comprehensive cancer center designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and is a part of Georgetown University Medical Center. It is located in Washington, D.C. and is supported in part by a National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant. It is the only comprehensive cancer center in the area and serves as the research engine for MedStar Health, Georgetown University’s clinical partner. Georgetown Lombardi seeks to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer through innovative basic, translational, and clinical research, patient care, and community education and outreach. Georgetown Lombardi also offers a master’s degree program in cancer biology, prevention, and control in partnership with the University of the District of Columbia (UDC).

Kinaset Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the provision of pharmaceutical services. It develops therapeutics for intractable diseases including severe asthma. The company was founded by Robert Clarke, Roger Heerman, and Frazer Morgan and is headquartered in Medfield, MA.