Richard Samulski

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

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.

Part of Marvell Technology, Inc., ClinTrials Research, Inc. engages in clinical research organization. The company is based in Cary, NC. ClinTrials Research was acquired by Indigo Acquisition Corp on April 03, 2001 for $110.42 million.

Artax Biopharma, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It engages in the development of new therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The firm develops drugs targeting the interaction between T-cell Receptors (TCR) and Nck, a cytoplasmic adapter protein which plays a role in T-cell activation. The company was founded by Dami? Carulla Tormo in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Fluor Enterprises, Inc. provides engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance and project management services. It works with governments and clients in diverse industries around the world to design, construct, and maintain complex and challenging capital projects. The company is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Part of WebMD Health Corp., Health Decisions International LLC provides customized health information services and systems. The company is based in Golden, CO. Health Decisions International was acquired by OnHealth Network Co., part of WebMD Health Corp. from September 12, 2000 on November 30, 1999 for $12.57 million.

5AM Venture Management LLC (5AM Ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2002 by Andrew J. Schwab, Carin M. Rollins and John D. Diekman. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center provides research and education grants. Its services include financing, technology assessment, business planning, and marketing strategies implementation. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

The National Alliance For Hispanic Health provides mental health services. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides health care services. It specializes in pediatrics, research, fetal surgery, pediatric oncology, pediatric cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, thoracic insufficiency syndrome, and pediatric airway disorders and transplants. The company was founded by Francis West Lewis in 1855 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy is a medical and professional organization that represents researchers and scientists devoted to the discovery of gene and cell therapies. The American company was founded by Mark A. Kay.

Columbus Venture Partners SGEIC SA (Columbus VP) is an independent Spanish venture capital firm which was founded in 2015 by Javier García Cogorro and Damià Tormo Carulla. The firm headquartered in Madri, Spain.

Bamboo Therapeutics, Inc. develops gene therapy products for central nervous system and neuromuscular diseases. Its therapeutic platform is based on the use of Adeno-associated virus as a gene therapy vehicle. The company’s proprietary technologies include chimeric vectors, self-complementary vectors, and dual glycan receptor. It focuses on the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, giant axonal neuropathy, Friedreich ataxia, and Canavan disease. Bamboo Therapeutics was founded by Richard Jude Samulski, Sheila A. Mikhail, Josh Grieger, Xiao Xiao, and Paola Leone in December 2014 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC.

Vividion Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company focuses on developing innovative therapeutics that treat major unmet clinical needs using the first platform for proteome wide drug and target discovery. It's proprietary chemoproteomic platform technology addresses the key limitations of conventional screening techniques and allows the discovery of previously unknown, or cryptic, functional pockets on the surface of proteins and identification of small molecules that selectively bind to those targets. The company was founded by Benjamin F. Cravatt, Phil S. Baran, Jin-Quan Yu and John K. Clarke on December 24, 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, Inc. develops cancer immunotherapies. It targets the tumor microenvironment to enhance the body?s antitumor immunity. The company was founded by Max Krummel and Sachdev Sidhu in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Vivet Therapeutics SAS develops novel gene therapy treatments for inherited metabolic diseases. The firm offers its services under the categorizers of Biopharma, Biotechnology and Health Care. The company was founded by Jean-Philippe Combal, Gloria Gonzalez-Aseguinolaza and Jens Kurth on July 26, 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Virion Therapeutics LLC develops chronic viral disease vaccines. It offers ChiVax and ChiVax-gD vaccines. The firm engages in developing immune-based treatments for virally-associated cancers and chronic viral infections. The company was founded by Bernard C. Rudnick, Hildegund C. J. Ertl and Andrew D. Luber in 2018 and is headquartered in Newark, DE.

Quanta Therapeutics, Inc. develops biotechnologies. The American company was founded in 2018 by Cameron Pitt, Frank McCormick. Perry D. Nisen has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Belief BioMed, Inc. develops gene therapies. The Chinese company was founded in 2016 by Xiao Xiao and Jane Zheng. Jane Zheng has been the CEO since 2016.

Affini-T Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Watertown, MA. Affini-t is focused on developing potentially curative therapies for solid tumor cancers by unlocking the power of T cells and targeting core oncogenic drivers. The company's differentiated cell therapy platform harnesses state-of-the-art engineering and synthetic biology capabilities to optimize T cell functions and rewrite the rules of the solid tumor microenvironment, enabling the potential for sustained clinical outcomes in patients. The company is targeting Kras and other oncogenic and viral driver mutations to open a new and differentiated target space, thereby minimizing the risk of cancer. The company was founded by Jak Knowles and Arjun Goyal, with Jak Knowles serving as the CEO since incorporation.

FHI Clinica Inc is a full-service contract research organization that has been in operation for over 50 years. The private company is based in Durham, NC and has subsidiaries in South Africa. The company has worked on studies in more than 70 countries and is dedicated to finding solutions to research challenges that have kept life-saving therapies from at-risk populations. FHI Clinical's mission is to address unmet research needs and achieve maximum social impact by supporting the development of life-saving vaccines and medicines. The company was founded in 1971. Ted FitzGerald has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Alterome Therapeutics, Inc. is a precision oncology biotech that develops alteration-specific therapeutics to address high-value and validated oncogenic drivers. The company is based in San Marcos, CA. The company is led by seasoned R&D leaders with a history of developing marketed oncology small molecule drugs. The company's mission is to discover precise therapies and inspire hope for individuals affected by cancer. The CEO of the company is Eric A. Murphy.