Francesco DeRubertis

IVAX LLC discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets generic pharmaceuticals, respiratory drugs, and cancer treatments. It offers drugs for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, brain cancer, asthma, and epilepsy. The company was founded by Phillip Frost and Jane H. Hsiao in 1985 and is headquartered in Weston, FL.

Part of Pfizer Inc., Alpharma Specialty Pharma LLC is a company that distributes multi-source injectable pharmaceutical drugs. The company is based in Paramus, NJ.

NormOxys, Inc. develops small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. Its major product is OXY111A. The company was founded by Conrad J Bletzer, Jr. Claude Nicoalu, Jean-Mearie Lehn, Gay Goodman, Ruth Greferath and Roscoe Brady in 2004 and is headquartered in Brighton, MA.

Diasome Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical stage diabetes therapeutics company which designs and develops insulin-based therapies for the treatment of diabetes. It focuses on the clinical and commercial development of breakthrough therapies for diabetes and obesity. The company’s technology platform is based on the use of its proprietary Hepatocyte Directed Vesicle or HDV, nanotechnology to deliver a wide range of critically necessary hormones and drugs to the liver, the body’s primary site of glucose storage. The firm’s HDV system is designed to fundamentally improve the way in which insulin works in people with diabetes by enabling much greater amounts of injected insulin to reach hepatocytes, the liver’s glucose storing cells. The company was founded by Len Rosenberg, Lance Converse, W. Blair Geho and Robert Geho in 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

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.

Andera Partners SCA (Andera Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Pierre-Michel Passy. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Fertin Pharma A/S develops and manufactures medical chewing gum. It offers pharmaceutical and nutraceutical chewing gum products. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Vejle, Denmark.

OncoEthix SA operates as a clinical stage biotechnology company which develops cancer drugs. Its products include OTX008, OTX015, and OTX009. The company was founded by Esteban Cvitkovic, Jeanne Kay Noel, Yves Paternot, and Patrice Herait in March 2007 and is headquartered in Luzern, Switzerland.

Bristol-Myers Squibb SARL engages in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. Its therapeutic areas include immunoscience, immune-oncology, and cardiology. The company is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France.

LinguaFlex, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes medical devices for the treatment of sleep apnea. It offers the LinguaFlex Tongue Retractor which is a minimally invasive device designed to be inserted into the tongue by a thin needle. The LinguaFlex Tongue Retractor is designed not to interfere with normal tongue functions such as speech and swallowing and to be removed or replaced in a doctor’s office in a short period of time without the need for anesthesia. The company was founded by Ira Sanders in 2007 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

ProFibrix BV develops and markets products for the hemostasis and regenerative medicine markets. Its product in pipeline, ProFibrix, is a hemostatic agent for mild to moderate surgical bleeding. The firm operates through its offices located in Leiden and Seattle. It is a subsidiary of The Medicines Company. The company was founded in 2004 by Jaap Koopman and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Mind-NRG SARL specializes in research and development programs with focus on the treatment psychiatric and neurologic diseases. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Epsilon-3 Bio Ltd. develops compounds targeting the removal of cellular debris in chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. The company was founded by Martin W. Edwards, Konstantinos Efthymiopoulos, David J. Grainger and Christian De La Tour on June 18, 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Medicxi Ventures (Jersey) Ltd. (Medicxi) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Francesco de Rubertis, Michèle Ollier, and Kevin S. Johnson. The firm is headquartered in London.

Gadeta BV discovers and develops novel cancer immunotherapies. It provides groundbreaking discoveries regarding the role of cell receptors in the broad of heamatological and solid tumor cells. The firm develops t-cells engineered to express a defined gamma delta, an anti- cancer product that eradicates tumors. The company was founded by Jurgen Kuball in 2015 and is headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Kymo Therapeutics Ltd. develops and commercializes therapeutic products . The company was founded on May 23, 2016 and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom.

Mavalon Therapeutics Ltd. develops orally available small molecule able to induce glial cell line-derived neurotropic factor production within the brain of parkinson’s patients. The company is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom.

Kaerus Bioscience France SASU engages in research and development in biotechnology. The company was founded on February 23, 2017 and is headquartered in Orléans, France.

Human Antibody Factory Ltd. provides research and experimental development on biotechnology. The company was founded by David John Grainger and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom.

Yukin Therapeutics SAS manufactures pharmaceutical preparations. The company was founded by Matthieu Coutet on June 29, 2018 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Villaris Therapeutics, Inc. is an asset-centric biopharmaceutical company. The company is based in Cary, NC. The company was founded in 2019 by John Harris. The CEO is Andrea Epperly.