Rolando Gutíerrez-Esteinou

Biogen MA, Inc. is a biotechnology company principally engaged in discovering and developing drugs for human healthcare through genetic engineering. The company’s research and development activities used to focus on novel products for multiple sclerosis, inflammatory, respiratory, kidney and cardiovascular diseases, developmental biology and gene therapy. The company was founded by Daniel D. Adams in 1976 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Phoenix S&T, Inc. develops and sells injection molded nanospray devices. It offers and markets high-throughput, robust manual and automated micro/nanospray single and dual-column sources, as well as column heaters, column heat controllers, and non-clogging nanospray emitters to deliver excellent micro/nanoLC/MS performance in proteomics and biomarker discovery research. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chester, PA.

MBF Therapeutics, Inc. develops and provides veterinary oncology products. It develops and commercializes proprietary checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy technology based on vaccines and vaccine adjuvants. The company was founded by Thomas Tillett and Travis Meredith in 2008 and is headquartered in Ambler, PA.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC provides legal services. The firm offers services to the communications, education, environmental, health, immigration, public finance, real estate and tax industries. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Protez Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. It develops antibiotics for infections & provides research service on intravenous & oral small molecule antibiotics to chronic and recurrent infections. The company was founded by Klaus Esser, Luigi Xerri & Christopher M. Cashman in 2003 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

University City Science Center provides physical space, resources and other support to the community. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Noble Biomaterials, Inc. provides bacterial management solutions. It develops, manufactures, sells and markets antimicrobial technologies designed to manage all forms of bacterial contamination for medical, defense, industrial and consumer markets. The firm also manufactures its own line of wound care bandages and dressing and markets them under the brands SilverSeal, CircuiteX, and ContaX. The company was founded in 1997 by Joel M. Furey and William F. McNally and is headquartered in Scranton, PA.

Amunix, Inc. develops protein pharmaceuticals. It offers XTEN which is hydrophilic, unstructured, biodegradable polypeptides that impart a number of favorable properties upon the molecules to which they are attached. The company was founded by Volker Schellenberger and Willem Stemmer in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Acerta Pharma BV develops drugs for oncology and autoimmune diseases. It operates as a biotech company that combines technology platforms in drug discovery and development such as the covalent technology platform and the multiparametric phosphoflow cytometry platform. The company was founded by Allard Kaptein in 2012 and is headquartered in Oss, Netherlands.

Entasis Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the discovey, development, and commercialization of novel antibacterial prodcuts to treat serious infections caused by multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Its pipeline includes ETX2514SUL, targeting Acinetobacter baumannii infections; ETX0282CPDP, targeting Enterobacteriaceae infections; a Non-Beta-lactam PBP inhibitor, targeting Gram-negative infections; and zoliflodacin, targeting Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The company was founded by Manoussos Perros in May 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Mavupharma, Inc. engages development of non-nucleotide, conditional modulators of the STING pathway to treat cancer and infectious disease. The company was founded by W. Michael Gallatin, Brian K. Farmer, and Robert F. Baltera, Jr. and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA.

Amunix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures and fabricates drugs. The firm’s pipeline products are based on proprietary XTEN half-life extension, Antibody-XTEN-Drug Conjugate, ProTIA pro-drug and bispecific T-cell engager platform technologies. The company was founded by Willem P.C. Stemmer and Volker Schellenberger in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes medicines for the treatment of diverse cancers, chronic inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. The company was founded by David J. Tweardy and Ronald A. DePinho in 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of Seraxis Pte Ltd., Seraxis, Inc. is a biotechnology company that specializes in developing a proprietary human stem cell line, sr1423, and manufacturing process to generate pancreatic islets that mimic native islets in purity and potency. The private company is based in Germantown, MD. The company has also developed the seragraft device and other tools to enable survival and function of the islet replacement therapy in immunocompetent hosts. Seraxis aims to be the first to provide diabetics a clinical solution for glucose control and complete autonomy from insulin injections. The company was founded in 2013 by William L. Rust, who has been the CEO since 2013.

Carmine Therapeutics Pte Ltd. develops and manufactures medicines based on red blood cell extracellular vesicles. The company was founded by Harvey Lodish, Minh Le, XiangQian Lin and Jiahai Shi in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Lassen Therapeutics LLC operates as a therapeutic antibody company. It discovers and develops novel medicines to treat serious unmet medical needs. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Asylia Therapeutics, Inc. is a private biotechnology company founded in 2019 by Richard Jones, Robert Z. Orlowski, and Ronald A. DePinho. The company is based in Houston, TX. Asylia Therapeutics is focused on developing novel immune modulating therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases. The company's drug pipeline is capable of modulating antigen presentation to the immune system, which has produced anti-tumor responses across multiple cancer models. The company is supported by a $3 million grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas. The CEO is Karthik Radhakrishnan.

Nirogy Therapeutics, Inc. is an American biotechnology company that operates in the healthcare industry. The company is based in N/A. The company was founded in 2014 by Vincent Sandanayaka, Jaime Escobedo. Simon C. Pedder has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Sporos Bioventures, Inc. is a private biopharmaceutical company based in Houston, TX. Sporos Bioventures, Inc. aims to transform the drug development process by identifying novel disease mechanisms and strategically deploying talent, capital, and access to operational resources to catalyze the development of breakthrough medicines. Sporos' current pipeline is diversified across three business units and includes multiple clinical-stage candidates that are being investigated for the treatment of multiple indications in cancer and immune disease. The company provides centralized expertise, resources, and core infrastructure so that the portfolio companies can focus primarily on their research development programs. The company was founded by Peter Feinberg, Ronald A. DePinho, Jeno Gyuris, Joseph Kekst, Harold Levy, Alex M. Cranberg, Louis Feinberg, Michael S. Wyzga, Dana Levy, and the CEO is Stephen Rubino.

Seraxis Holdings, Inc. functions as an investment holding private company. The company is based in Germantown, MD. The CEO of the company is William L Rust.

Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc. is a company that develops novel classes of protein therapeutics using their proprietary war-lock™ platform. The company is based in La Jolla, CA. The company's platform utilizes synthetic biology technology for site-specific covalent coupling driven by drug binding. Enlaza Therapeutics is pioneering the field of covalent biologics and is building a pipeline of first-in-class covalent biologics. The CEO of the company is Sergio G. Duron.

Sudo Biosciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on designing and developing innovative medicines to improve the lives of patients. Sudo Biosciences is based in Menlo Park, CA, and has operations in other locations. The company's primary focus is on developing treatments that target the tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) pseudokinase domain, which is a crucial mediator in cytokine signaling pathways that have been associated with various immune-mediated inflammatory conditions. The CEO of the company is Scott A. Byrd.

The Greater Boston Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in the country, providing nearly 90 million meals per year to people in 190 towns across the region. The Greater Boston Food Bank is based in Boston, MA. The organization is committed to ending hunger and believes that access to healthy food is a human right. The non-profit company works towards this goal through policy, partnerships, and providing free, nutritious, and culturally responsive food. Catherine D'Amato has been the CEO of the company since 1995.