David Adams

Akamis Bio Ltd. operates as a biotechnology company which develops novel therapeutics that addresses cancer and other clinically unmet diseases. Its products include Enadenotucirev, Espindolol and AbEnAd. The firm also develops treatments based upon the research phase vaccine platform PolySTAR, which combines recombinant viral vectors with polymers to shield them from the immune system, and the research phase adjuvant and immunotherapeutic platform PolyMAP, which combines polymers with synthetic adjuvants to significantly enhance the effectiveness of vaccines. The company was founded by Andrew Justin Stewart Coats and Stefan D. Anker on November 17, 2006 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

MISSION Therapeutics Ltd. develops small molecule drugs targeting enzymes involved in cancer and other diseases. It focuses on selectively targeting deubiquitylating enzymes to treat cancer, neurodegenerative and other diseases. The company was founded by Stephen Jackson Philip, Xavier Jacq, Niall M. B. Martin and Keith Menear in 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Edinburgh Molecular Imaging Ltd. develops optical molecular imaging technology, which includes optical imaging, cancer imaging and lung imaging. The firm's molecular imaging technology, based on Fluorescent Imaging, has the potential to detect disease in real-time during interventional procedures including surgery, providing more accurate treatment while sparing healthy tissue. The company was founded by Chris Haslett, Kev Dhaliwal and Mark Bradley in February 2014 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Epidarex Capital Partners LLC (Epidarex Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Kyparissia Sirinakisvin. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Autifony Therapeutics Ltd. discovers and develops new pharmaceutical treatments treat hearing disorders. The firm focuses on the treatment of hearing disorders, including noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus. The company was founded by Charles H. Large and Giuseppe S. Alvaro in 2011 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Topivert Pharma Ltd. is a British pharmaceutical company founded in 2011. The private company develops non-systemic medicines for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal.

Touchstone Innovations Businesses LLP commercializes academic research and technology businesses. The company was founded on December 19, 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Kuur Therapeutics provides clinical cellular therapeutics services. It develops, manufactures and markets personalized cellular immunotherapeutics for infectious disease and cancer. Cell Medica has developed proprietary production technology enabling GMP compliant manufacture of antigen-specific T cells. The company was founded by Gregg Sando in 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Molecular Vision Ltd. develops low-cost, lab-quality, point of care, disposable diagnostic devices for medical testing. The company was founded by Donal D. C. Bradley in 2001 and is headquartered in York, the United Kingdom.

Touchstone Innovations Investment Management Ltd. is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Touchstone Innovations Ltd. founded in 1986. Touchstone Innovations Investment Management Ltd. is headquartered in London.

SIRAKOSS Ltd. develops medical devices. It focuses on synthetic Bone technology. The company was founded in October 2010 by Jordan Christopher Conway, Janet Mabel Scott Gibson, and Iain Ronald Gibson and is headquartered in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom.

Inspiring Scotland engages in dealing and solving social problems for its people and communities. The company was founded by Helen Chambers in 2008 and is headquartered in Scotland, the United Kingdom.

Reform Scotland Ltd. operates as a charity firm. It promotes economic prosperity and public services based on the principles of limited government, diversity and personal responsibility. The firm publishes Reports, Briefings Fact Sheets and Scottish Government Trackers. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. provides strategic insights & policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. Its projects focus on areas such as AIDS, arms control, conflict resolution, NATO, the environment, immigration, intelligence, trade, health care, OPEC, space policy, and terrorism. The company was founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Kesios Therapeutics Ltd. provides biotechnology services. It develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of multiple myeloma and other cancers where there are significant unmet medical needs. The company was founded by Menotti Ruvo, Laura Tornatore, and Guido Franzoso on July 13, 2012 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Sofinnova Partners SA (Sofinnova) is an independent venture capital firm established in 1972 and headquartered in Paris, France. Originally known as Sofinnova, the first venture capital firm created in France, the firm created a U.S. subsidiary in San Francisco in 1976. In 1997, both firms were bought out by their management teams, which become the majority shareholders of the new companies, Sofinnova Partners in Paris and Sofinnova Ventures in San Francisco.

Kynos Therapeutics Ltd. develops medicines for therapies. The company is based in Edinburgh, UK. The British company was founded by Damian Mole, Scott Webster. The CEO is Jonathan R. Savidge.

Dunad Therapeutics Ltd. is a British biopharmaceutical company that specializes in developing targeted protein degradation therapies. Dunad was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in an undisclosed location, with operations in both the UK and the US. The company's platform allows for selective degradation through direct target modification using tuneable mono-valent small molecules, which enables the development of more drug-like, orally bioavailable, and CNS-accessible protein degraders. The company is backed by Epidarex Capital. Pearl Shirley Huang has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Caldan Therapeutics Ltd. provides novel therapeutics targeting free fatty acid. It focuses on developing drugs in order to deliver anti-diabetic effects in multiple tissues and organs. The company was founded by Graeme Milligan and Trond Ulven and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Atlas Venture Advisors Inc (Atlas Venture Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1980 by Christopher Julian Spray. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Wellcome Trust Ltd. engages welfare and charitable services. It supports the discovery of vaccines and drug-resistant infections, diversity and inclusion, open research, government investment in research, data sharing in public health emergencies, and strengthening ecosystems. The company was founded by Henry Wellcome in 1936 and is headquartered in London, UK.

NodThera Ltd. researches and develops novel inhibitors of the NLRP3 inflammasome. The company is headquartered in Little Chesterford, the United Kingdom.

Macomics Ltd. engages in research and experimental development on biotechnology. The company was founded by Jeffrey William Pollard and Luca Cassetta on November 6, 2018 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Adorx Therapeutics Ltd. provides biotechnology, health care and therapeutics services. The company is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Nabriva Therapeutics GmbH is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of novel anti-infective agents to treat serious infections. It focuses on the pleuromutilin class of antibiotics. The company was founded by Rodger Novak in October 2005 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Chroma Therapeutics Ltd. engages in the discovery and development of therapies for the treatment of cancer and inflammation. It focuses on the discovery and development of novel small molecule drugs based upon chromatin biology and novel cell accumulation approaches. The firm uses chromatin biology, drug accumulation approaches to discover and develop cancer, inflammation treatments and small molecule drugs. The company was founded by David Allis, Alan Hornsby Davidson, Alan Hastings Drummond, Anthony Kouzarides and Paul Workman in September 2001 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

ProteinLogic Ltd. has developed a diagnostic technology platform called immiprint®, which detects non-obvious diagnostic patterns in soluble immune proteins in the blood and other body fluids through machine learning. ProteinLogic is based in Cambridge, UK. These patterns form unique signatures of disease presence, stage, and potential response to treatment. The immiprint® technology has been clinically validated with the development of a signature in blood for the ruling out of active tuberculosis (TB), meeting the stringent criteria of the WHO for such a diagnostic test. The British company expects to create considerable additional value through the validation of other immiprint® signatures in its early stage development pipeline, with a focus on infectious, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases.

Ithaka Life Sciences Ltd. provides advisory, guidance, and support for the life science industry. The British company was founded by Paul Barton Rodgers, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Ampika Ltd. discovers and develops drugs. It develops consumer products and prescription drugs from plant-based compounds. Its products includes cardiovascular protection, anti-infectives, diabetes, oncology, dermatological conditions and neurological. The company was founded by Francoise Barbira Freedman, Margaret Adey, Paul Rodgers and Jonathan Mark Treherne in May 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Psynova Neurotech Ltd. provides commercial development and exploitation of novel biomarkers for Neuropsychiatric and other mental illnesses. The company was founded by Sabine Bahn on August 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Mediar Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapeutics to halt, reverse and fibrosis. The company was founded by Paul Yaworsky in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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.