Nancy T. Chang

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

Crown Bioscience, Inc. provides biomedical outsourcing solutions. It provides syngeneic and xenograft tumor models and custom model development and drug testing. The firm produces antibodies for therapeutic, diagnostic and theranostic applications. It also offers preclinical and drug development for anti-cancers therapeutics. The company was founded by Dr. Yiyou Chen, Dr. Yue Alexander Wu, Dr. William Pan and Dr. Faming Zhang in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Iterion Therapeutics, Inc. provides pharmaceuticals services. The firm products are used in the treatment of colorectal, hematopoietic, and other targeted cancers. The company was founded by Jonathan P. Northrup in 2010 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

ODC Therapy, Inc. operates offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists and audiologists. The company develops, produces and distributes customized cancer vaccines to individual patients and then monitors their immune response after treatment. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Emerging Technology Partners LLC (ETP) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Wei-Wu He and Bill Snider. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

PTV Sciences LP (PTV Healthcare Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Matthew S. Crawford and Evan S. Melrose. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Greater Houston Partnership operates as a place for community-minded business leaders who want to be involved in Houston''s positive growth and influence the direction. The company was founded in 1840 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Project HOPE-The-People-To-People HealthFoundation, Inc. provides solutions to health problems. The firm trains health professionals and build medical facilities in areas devastated by conflict, natural disasters, and poverty. It addresses infectious diseases, health professional education, women's and children's health, humanitarian assistance, and the need for health systems and facilities. The company was founded by William B. Walsh in 1958 and is headquartered in Millwood, VA.

BioHouston, Inc. engages in life science and biotechnology commercialization. The firm's mission is to create an environment that will stimulate technology transfer and research commercialization, thereby generating economic wealth for the Houston region and making it a global competitor in life science commercialization. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

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.

Kun Run Biotechnology, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacture, and sale of prescription polypeptide drugs. Its products include polypeptide derivatives and chemical products. The company was founded on April 17, 1995 and is headquartered in Haikou, China.

Apex Enterprises, Inc. provides business services. The private company is based in Houston, TX.

Eddingpharm (Cayman) Inc. provides specialty pharmaceuticals marketing services. It focuses on medical nutrition and oncology therapeutic areas and creates a commercialization platform for pharmaceutical products. The company was founded by Xin Ni and Jiang Yao in 2001, and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Ansun Biopharma, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. Its products include Fludase, a drug candidate for the prophylaxis and treatment of respiratory infections caused by various types of influenza virus, including the types of virus that may cause a potential influenza pandemic, as well as various types of parainfluenza virus. The company was founded by Nancy Chang on August 9, 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Inspirna, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company which develops molecule and antibody cancer therapeutics. It provides drugs for melanoma, colorectal and triple-negative breast cancers. The firm identifies novel cancer targets using a microRNA based target discovery platform that enable the identification and validation of novel post-transcriptionally regulated targets. The company was founded by Masoud Tavazoie, Sohail Tavazoie, Shahram Seyedin-Noor and Saeed Tavazoie in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Avirmax, Inc. is a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Helix Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company. It is a special purpose acquisition company which is incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on August 13, 2020 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.