Vijay Chiruvolu

Turnstone Biologics, Inc. develops bio-therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. It develops Maraba oncolytic viral immunotherapy, a platform representing a disruptive approach in the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by David Stojdl, Brian D. Lichty and John C. Bell and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

iOmx Therapeutics AG develops immunotherapy treatments for cancer patients. It specializes in immuno oncology, drug development and cancer therapy. The company was founded by Nisit Khandelwal, Philipp Beckhove, Patrick Baeuerle, Sebastian Meier-Ewert and Elmar Maier in March 2016 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical drugs. Its products include influenza fighter Tamiflu, controversial acne medication Accutane, HIV inhibitor Fuzeon, obesity drug Xenical, and hepatitis C therapy Pegasys. The company was founded in 1896 Roche and is headquartered in Nutley, NJ.

Roche Holding (UK) Ltd. manufactures and sells drugs. It operates as a holding company for Roche Products Ltd. and Roche Diagnostics Ltd. Its pharmaceuticals include Copegus, a hepatitis C therapy, HIV inhibitor Fuzeon, and breast cancer therapy, Herceptin. The firm's consumer and professional tests include Accutrend glucose monitoring systems, CoaguChek blood coagulation tests, and the Amplicor line of DNA disease diagnostics. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, UK.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Inception IBD, Inc. provides therapeutics services. It creates new companies in partnership with pioneering academic researchers and major biopharmaceutical companies, which provide funding and a path to liquidity through pre-negotiated acquisitions. The company was founded by Eric Ogier-Denis, Yoram Bouhnik, Xavier Treton and Jacques Mizrahi in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Northern Biologics Inc. operates as an early-stage biologics company. It develops a portfolio of antibody-based therapeutics for oncology and fibrosis. The company was founded by Jason Moffat, Rob Rottapel, Benjamin G. Neel, Sachdev Sidhu, Brad Wouters, and Stefan Larson in June 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Blueline Bioscience acts as an alternative investment manager. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Versant Venture Capital VI (Canada) LP operates as a pooled investment fund. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Scorpion Therapeutics, Inc. provides health care services. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

The Broad Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of research and development in biomedicals to cure infectious disease. Its scientific areas include chemical biology and therapeutics, genome regulation, cellular circuity and epigenomics, medical and population genetics, and metabolism. The company was founded by Eric S. Lander, Eli Broad and Edythe Broad in 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts LLC is a pharmaceutical company that provides free medicines and adult vaccines to qualified patients through their Merck Patient Assistance Program. The company is based in Boston, MA and is a part of Merck & Co., Inc. and its affiliates. The company also offers information about insurance coverage and financial assistance options for eligible patients. The company conducts clinical trials and provides medical information covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine through their Merck Manuals. Additionally, they report on their commitment to operating responsibly to benefit society through their corporate responsibility program, which includes their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report. Merck for Mothers is an initiative to create a world where no woman has to die giving life.

HemoShear Therapeutics LLC engages in the development of human-relevant systems for applications in drug research and development. It creates human relevant systems that replicate the biology of organ systems and diseases throughout drug discovery and development. The firm's technology imposes human-derived hemodynamic forces on human primary cells to recreate human biology. The company was founded by Brian R. Wamhoff and Brett R. Blackman in 2008 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Khosla Ventures LLC (Khosla Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Ventus Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses in developing novel small molecule medicines that target the innate immune system to treat autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and cancer. The company was founded by Hao Wu, Richard Flavell, Judy Lieberman, Thomas Tuschl, and Feng Shao and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Rubedo Life Sciences, Inc. develops intelligent drug platform to design unique, targeted and controlled therapies for age-related diseases. The company was founded by Marco Quarta, Mark Gallop and Julian Klein in 2018 and is headquartered in Silicon Valley, CA.

Faeth Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in TX. The American company focuses on developing precision therapies for metabolic oncology using a machine-learning platform and a metabolic regimen involving the patient's diet. Faeth's lead program combines FTH-001 and FTH-003 with an insulin suppressing regimen to slow tumor growth by shutting down the PI3K/MTOR pathway. The company's scientific founders include Drs. Lew Cantley, Sid Mukherjee, and Karen Vousden. Anand Parikh has been the CEO since incorporation.

Versant Venture Management LLC (Versant Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Brian Atwood, Samuel Colella, Bill Link and Ross Jaffe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Basel and Vancouver.

Myst Therapeutics LLC is a privately held, pre-clinical stage biotechnology company based in Glendale, CA. Myst Therapeutics LLC focuses on the development and commercialization of novel cancer immunotherapy products that utilize a patient's own immune system to treat solid tumors. Myst is dedicated to improving adoptive cell therapies, particularly neoantigen enriched T cell therapies for solid tumors. By combining methods of identifying neoantigen reactive T cells with their proprietary technologies and expertise in cell therapy development and manufacturing, Myst aims to rapidly advance and commercialize innovative therapies for a wide range of advanced solid tumors. The CEO of the company is Sammy J. Farah. Myst Therapeutics was acquired by Turnstone Biologics, Inc. on January 20, 2021.

Roche Ltd. provides investment services.

Chinook Therapeutics U.S., Inc. operates as a development stage company. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Ventus Therapeutics U.S., Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in Natick, MA.

Inhibitex, Inc. operates as an clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm develops differentiated anti-infective products to prevent or treat serious infections. Its research and development efforts are currently focused on oral, small molecule compounds to treat viral infections, and in particular, chronic infections caused by HCV and herpes zoster. The company was founded by Joseph M. Patti in May 1994 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Part of Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Celgene Cellular Therapeutics develops human pharmaceuticals. The company is based in Warren, NJ. The company was founded by Robert Joseph Hariri Gordon.