Joan Lau

Locus Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing novel, small molecule therapeutics to address major unmet medical needs. Locus utilizes powerful and proprietary computational technologies running on Linux-based supercomputer clusters to simultaneously identify relevant binding sites on protein disease targets and rapidly generate novel, small molecules that bind specifically to those protein sites. In contrast to other computational approaches, the Locus technology requires only a high-resolution, 3-dimensional structure of the target protein to implement its drug discovery process. Locus Pharmaceuticals is synthesizing and testing novel drug candidates for the treatment of debilitating and life-threatening human diseases, including HIV/AIDS, cancer, arthritis and inflammation.

Zimmer, Inc. provides joint replacement solutions. The firm products include trauma and dental implants and orthopaedic surgical products. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Warsaw, IN.

Azelon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis. It develops parathyroid hormone analogs for the treatment of bone diseases, which are characterized by deficits in bone formation, including osteoporosis, orthopedic conditions and renal bone disease. The company was founded by Paul Morley and Godfrey Marchand in 2000 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

Spirovant Sciences, Inc. is a gene therapy company, which engages in the development of gene therapies for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases. It offers AAV platform which consists of a highly optimized transgene payload, a novel AAV capsid, and an augmenter; and lentiviral platform, a pseudotyped with an envelope protein which has demonstrated capability to transduce human airway epithelia from apical surfaces. Its pipeline include SPIRO-2101, SPIRO-2102, and SPIRO 2110. The company was founded by Joan Lau and Eric Yuen and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.