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Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

Petra Pharma Corp. operates as a drug development company that develops novel small molecules for the treatment of cancer and metabolic diseases. The company was founded by Lewis Clayton Cantley and Nathanael S. Gray in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ENYO Pharma SA operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm's research and development is focused on human infecting viruses, with the first two programs being dedicated to the treatment of severe and seasonal flu and chronic hepatitis B. The company was founded by Jacky Vonderscher, Jean-Jacques Garaud, Benoît de Chassey, Laurène Meyniel-Schicklin, Patrice André and Vincent Lotteau January 2014 and is headquartered in Lyon, France.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Roche Netherlands BV is a Dutch company that wholesales pharmaceuticals and diagnostics products. The company is based in Woerden, Netherlands.

Pierre Fabre Médicament SA manufactures cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. It focuses on research, development, and prescription of medicines and cosmetics. The company was founded on December 31, 1982 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Evolva SA is a Swiss-headquartered, international pharmaceutical biotech company focused on the discovery and development of drugs based on its distinctive and proprietary genetic chemistry platform. The company was founded in Switzerland in 2004 based on US/Danish technology. Evolva is headquartered in Allschwil/Basel with operations in Denmark, India and the USA. The Company has raised CHF 38.2 million of equity to date and employs 75 persons of whom 30 are based in Allschwil. The firm's strategy and business approach is based on five pillars that offer a sustainable development path for creating a successful company, which include Building a balanced portfolio. Evolva focuses on orally available small molecules in the belief that they are more convenient for patients and more cost-effective both from manufacture and administration points of view for the society, focus on differentiated pharmaceutical products with major benefits. Focusing on cardiovascular/renal and infectious diseases. Together they cause more than 50% of all deaths worldwide. Most of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies are active in both sectors, and all are active in one of the two sectors - hence widening Evolva's opportunities to partner. Building technology platform as the source of this differentiation. Evolva finds different structures with different properties from those found by the 99% of the industry that focuses on synthetic chemistry or proteins. Openness to unusual markets. The biotech business model has changed. As well as the established markets new opportunities arise in emerging countries such as India and China, and in adjacent sectors such as treatments against potential bio-terrorist and bio-warfare agents and the production of pharmaceutical and industrial chemical intermediates. Cost-effective implementation. Evolva places different functions around the globe according to where local conditions best suit. This approach both reduces Evolva's cost base and increases access to revenues, partners and talent. Evolva sees revenues and partners as important because they provide additional flexibility, resources and talent. Also, they provide important opportunities to better understand, and better meet, the needs of current and future customers.

N.V. Organon engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of prescription medicines. It offers products for cardiovascular diseases, fertility, gynecology, anesthesia, respiratory, consumer health care, neuroscience as well as immunology, animal health, and oncology. Its products include mometasone furoate inhalation powder, moxifloxacin, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin HCI, desogestrel, desloratadine, sun care, flu medicine, foot care, follitropin beta, formoterol fumarate inhalation powder, hormone therapy, and canine vaccines. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Oss, the Netherlands.

Capsida Biotherapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of gene therapies for life threatening genetic disorders. It focuses on the provision of adeno-associated virus engineering platform to generate targeted gene therapies. The company is headquartered in Westlake Village, CA.

Aptalis Pharma SAS is engaged in manufacturing pharmaceutical preparations. Its products include zenpep, canasa, carafate, pylera, rectiv, viokace, ultresa lacteol, delursan, panzytrat and salofalk. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Courbevoie, France.

Aptalis Holdings Inc. operates as a holding company that develops, manufactures, licenses, markets and distributes therapies for unmet medical needs. It includes cystic fibrosis and gastrointestinal disorders through its subsidiaries. It also formulates and clinically develops enhanced pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical products for itself and others using its proprietary technology platforms including bioavailability enhancement of poorly soluble drugs, custom release profiles, taste-masking and orally disintegration tablet formulations. The company was founded on January 10, 2008 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Aptalis Pharma US, Inc. markets pharmaceutical products and services for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and disorders. It offers pancrelipase capsules, ursodiol tablets, porfimer sodium for injections, shake mixes, calorie boosters, clearance devices and multivitamin supplements. The firm also provides products for active ulcerative, liver diseases, pancreatic diseases, cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Part of Bavarian Nordic A/S, Bavarian Nordic GmbH engages in research and development in biotechnology for cancer and infectious diseases. The company is based in Martinsried, Germany. The German company was founded in 2014. Paul Chaplin has been the CEO of the company since 1999.

deVGen NV provides biotechnology services for the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. It innovates in crop protection research and environment induced stress tolerance for its own crops and provides technology to corporate partners. The firm produces and sells its hybrid seeds in field crops such as rice, sunflower, sorghum and pearl millet in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The company was founded by Thierry Bogaert on September 10, 1997 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Spark Therapeutics Ireland Ltd. develops new gene medicines to treat autosomal dominant genetic diseases. Its product RhoNova, is designed for the treatment of patients with rhodopsin linked autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa, a debilitating, progressive form of inherited blindness resulting from a diverse array of mutations in the RHO gene. The company was founded by Jane G. Farrar, Paul Kenna, and Gearóid Tuohy and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Speedel Pharma AG develops drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. It researches on Renin Inhibitors and also develops an Endothelin Receptor Anatagonist. The company also operates in the U.S. and Japan. It was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

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.

Pharm-Olam International LLC is a clinical research organization that specializes in providing trial services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, government, and public health organizations worldwide. Pharm-Olam International is based in Texas and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company focuses on small molecule therapies and biologics in various areas, including oncology-hematology, rare disease, allergy, autoimmune, infectious disease, and vaccines. Founded in 1994, the private company operates in 60 countries and offers customized solutions for phase I-IV research.