Andrew L. Stevenson

Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company that sells and markets products to community-based primary care physicians through its primary care sales force in the United States. It markets two products namely, ANTARA fenofibrate capsules, a cardiovascular product and FACTIVE gemifloxacin mesylate tablets, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. It also has late-stage antibiotic candidate, Ramoplanin for the treatment of clostridium difficile-associated disease. The company was founded on May 09, 1961 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

LifeCell Corp. develops and markets tissue repair products. The firm focuses on reconstructive, urogynecologic and orthopedic surgical procedures. Its products include alloderm, strattice, graft jacket, allocraftdbm and repliform. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Branchburg, NJ.

ARCH Venture Partners LLC is a Venture Capital firm founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Chicago with additional office in Dublin.

BioHelix Corp. operates as a molecular diagnostic company, that develops nucleic acid technologies for molecular diagnostics. The firm focuses on the development of simple molecular diagnostic tests for the near patient setting. It offers in vitro diagnostic products, such as IsoAmp, an herpes simplex viruses (HSV) assay test for the direct, qualitative detection of HSV DNA in male and female genital and oral lesions. The company was founded by Huimin Kong in 2004 and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

Vaxess Technologies, Inc. provides global vaccine access distribution services. It develops a pipeline of next-generation MIMIX therapies. The firm provides MIMIX oncology and MIMIX infectious disease. The company was founded by Patrick Ho, David Kaplan, Kathryn Kosuda, Fiorenzo Omenetto, Michael Schrader and Livio Valenti in 2012 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc. provides health care services. The firm offers treatment for cancer, cardio vascular, neurosciences, orthopedic, arthritis, women's health and clinical services. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of biomedical research services and science education programs. It funds grants to both institutions and individuals in support of a wide range of science and research-related initiatives, including precollege and undergraduate science education, pre- and post-doctoral research fellowships, and international research activities. The company was founded by Howard R. Hughes in 1953 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

EMD Serono, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical firm. The firm develops recombinant prescription medicines. Its therapies include neurology and immunology, metabolic endocrinology, fertility, and oncology. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Rockland, MA.

Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. manufactures and distributes research tools for cell function and diseases. It offers primary antibodies, activators and inhibitors, buffers and dyes, cellsimple, and cytokines. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Danvers, MA.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is an organization that honors excellence and brings together leaders. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

The American Philosophical Society is an organization that hosts biannual general meetings for its members, families, and distinguished guests. The non-profit company is based in Philadelphia, PA. The meetings cater to the diverse interests and expertise of attendees and provide a unique opportunity to indulge the audience’s breadth of intellectual curiosity. The society has an exceptional collection of over 13 million manuscripts, objects, books, images, and works of art covering various topics such as early and revolutionary history, natural history, Indian linguistics and culture, nuclear physics, computer development, medical science, genetics and eugenics, and the development of cultural anthropology.

Museum of Science operates as a museum. The company was founded in 1830 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Exicure Operating Co. operates as a biopharmaceutical company commercializing spherical nucleic acid constructs as gene regulation and modulation agents for diseases including applications in oncology, dermatology, neurology, and for immune disorders. The SNA constructs allow the use of oligonucleotide-based therapies to treat diseases in a range of tissue types. The company was founded by Chad A. Mirkin and Colby Shad Thaxton in 2011 and is headquartered in Skokie, IL.

Metabomed Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company. It focuses in the field of cancer metabolism with a proprietary target identification platform based on computational biology and metabolomics. The company was founded by Eytan Ruppin, Tomer Shlomi and Eyal Gottlieb in 2013 and is headquartered in Yavne, Israel.

OncoResponse, Inc. discovers cancer immunotherapies by interrogating the human immune system. The firm identifies elite responders to immunotherapy and screens the adaptive immune system to discover antibodies with reactivity. The company was founded by Clifford J. Stocks, Kristine Swiderek and Steven H. Gillis in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

IIF Management Co LLC (Illumina Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Nicholas J. Naclerio. The firm is headquartered in Foster City, California.

Mitotherapeutix LLC develops products for treatment of diseases by modifying or influencing metabolic pathways in the cell. The company is headquartered in Cheshire, CT.

Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc. engages in curating genetic biodiversity and discover novel protein functions from nature. The company was founded by David Arthur Svott, Winston Xia Yan, Feng Zhang and David R. Walt in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sherlock Biosciences, Inc. operates as a biotechnology firm. It provides and develops molecular diagstics solutions. The company was founded by Feng Zhang, Jim Collins, David R. Walt, Rahul K. Dhanda, Omar Abudayyeh, Todd Golub, Jonathan Gootenberg, Deborah Hung, and Pardis Sabeti and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Vizgen, Inc. engages in business of biotechnology. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Yonjin Venture LLC (Yonjin Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of Yongjin Group, Inc. founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Torus Biosystems, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology services. It performs DNA testing for scientific and medical research purposes. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Brookline, MA.

Complete Care IT LLC provides cloud services. The private company is based in Davie.

Protillion Biosciences, Inc. is a company based in Burlingame, CA that was founded in 2019 by Will Greenleaf, David R. Walt, and Curtis Layton. The company specializes in commercializing disruptive technology for therapeutic antibody and binder discovery. The company's high throughput instrumentation can characterize the binding affinity on the order of 1 million antibody variants in a 2-day automated run, enabling the identification of better antibody candidates on an exponentially faster timeline compared to current state-of-the-art antibody discovery and optimization techniques that may take months of laborious laboratory procedures executed by highly-skilled practitioners. Curtis Layton has been the CEO since 2019.