Martin Welschof

Lynx Therapeutics, Inc. was a developer of genetic analysis products for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agriculture industries. It's MPSSTM instruments analyze millions of DNA molecules in parallel enabling genome structure characterization at an unprecedented level of resolution. MPSSTM provides comprehensive and quantitative digital information important to modern systems biology research in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agricultural industries. The company was headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Affitech AS discovers and develops human therapeutic antibodies. It focuses on molecule and cell based antibody discovery. The company was founded by Martin Welschof, Ole Jorgen Marvik, and Michael Braunagel in 1997 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Uni Targeting Research AS is a holding company that provides the biopharmaceutical industry with tools and services for mammalian cell-line based development procedures and production processes. It offers upstream solutions to reduce complementary deoxyribonucleic acid and mammalian cell-line based timelines and increase protein production yields. Its technology enables both enhanced synthesis/secretion of naturally secreted proteins, and secretion of intracellular proteins. Its services include vector improvement, tailor-made vectors, and tool proteins. The company was founded by Ian Fraser Pryme, John E. Hesketh, Albert Tauler, and Beate Stern in 2001 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.

Opsona Therapeutics Ltd. operates as a immunology drug development company. It focuses on novel therapeutics and specializes in the prevention and treatment of solid organ transplantation, cancer, diabetes, autoimmune, inflammatory and Alzheimer’s diseases. The firm developed OPN-305, an antibody to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokine production, which is now at the clinical testing phase. The company was founded by Luke O'Neill, Kingston Mills and Dermot Kelleher in 2004 and is headquartered Dublin, Ireland.

Affitech A/S engages in the development of human antibody therapeutics. It focuses on human antibodies for cancer such as hematological and solid tumors; and serious inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis and severe asthma. The firm enters into partnerships and collaborations with biotechnology companies for antibody discovery and development. The company was founded by Søren Mouritsen and Henrik Irgang Elsner on October 1, 1990 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Axaron Bioscience AG develops biotechnologies. The company is based in Heidelberg, Germany and has subsidiaries in Germany.

Nextera AS provides drug research for therapeutic interventions for autoimmune diseases, chronic infections, and cancer. It offers platform for protein engineering and evolution, such as life sciences, drug discovery, and lead optimization fields. The firm’s core competence lies within protein engineering and evolution utilizing its technology to epitope discovery and epitope validation, as well as lead-candidate generation and validation in-vitro. The company was founded by Geir Åge Løset and Inger Sandlie in 2009 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

APIM Therapeutics AS develops and commercializes novel anti-cancer therapies. It offers a physiological intervention point allowing the potentiation of the action of clinical drugs across multiple cancer indications. The company focuses on the development and commercialization of novel anti-cancer therapies potentiating chemo-therapy induced responses in cancer cells. The company was founded by Marit Otterlei in 2009 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.