Gerald F. Cox

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.

ARM is a Washington, DC-based multi-stakeholder advocacy organization that promotes global initiatives necessary to facilitate access to life-giving advances in regenerative medicine. The organization promotes legislative, regulatory reimbursement, investment, technical, and other initiatives to accelerate the development of safe and effective regenerative medicine technologies. ARM also works to increase public understand- ing of the field and its potential to transform human healthcare. Prior to the formation of ARM in 2009, there was a need for more coordinated and cohesive advocacy representing the interests of the companies, research institutions, investors and patient groups that comprise the entire regenerative medicine community. Today ARM has more than 140 members and is the leading global advocacy organization in this field.

KSQ Therapeutics, Inc. develops and deploys precision functional genomics to discover therapies that transform patient lives. The company was founded by Tim Wang and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

TARIS BioMedical LLC operates as a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. It specializes in urology, continuous local dosing, bladder diseases, oncology, voiding dysfunction. The company was founded by Robert S. Langer Jr., Christine Bunt, and Michael J. Cima in 2008 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Third Rock Ventures LLC (Third Rock Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Mark Levin, Robert Tepper, Kevin Starr and Nick Leschly. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Torque Therapeutics, Inc. develops immunotherapies to address cancers focused on the specific modulation of immune cell subsets. The company was founded by Bart Henderson, Ulrik B. Nielsen, Darrell J. Irvine, and Thomas Lars Andresen and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. Its products include Ninlaro and Velcade. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Cedilla Therapeutics, Inc. operats as a biotechnology company. It engages in discovering and exploiting insights into protein stability. The company was founded by Alan D. D?Andrea, Steve Gygi, Matthew P. Jacobson, William G. Kaelin, Jr. and Jack Taunton on September 6, 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Scenic Biotech BV is using genomics to develop innovative therapies for patients affected by severe diseases. The company was founded by Thijn Brummelkamp and Sebastian Nijman and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Sensorium Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Massachusetts. Sensorium Therapeutics leverages cutting-edge chemistry, neuroscience, and machine learning to develop nature-inspired psychoactive medicines for mental health. The American company's groundbreaking biodynamic discovery platform™ rapidly identifies, reproduces, adapts, and enhances targeted molecules to deliver transformational benefits to patients around the world. The company completed a $30m series A financing in late 2023 led by Santé Ventures, with participation from Route 66 Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund, and others. The company was founded by Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, Jacob Hooker, Richard Simon, Alex Simon, and Stephen Haggarty. Richard Simon has been the CEO since incorporation.

LaVoie Strategic Communications Group, Inc. provides strategic communications programs, strategy and brand positioning services to the life science and pharmaceutical clients. It offers marketing strategy, investor and public relations, corporate communications, and consulting services. The firm provides program planning, website content development, product launch, investor targeting, corporate positioning, annual reports, and executive counsel consulting services. The company was founded in 2001 by Donna L. LaVoie and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Porter Novelli, Inc. provides public relations services. It specializes in direct consumer contact, corporate, public affairs, health care marketing and strategy for technology companies. The company was founded by Jack Porter and William Novelli in 1972 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which engages in the development of pharmaceuticals for diabetes. It provides adult care, pediatric care, eye care, and education programs and classes. The company was founded by Elliott P. Joslin in 1893 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. provides research rodents and related products and services. It offers monoclonal antibody production, drug safety testing and other services. The firm also provides contract breeding solutions, animal models, Taconic transgenic exchange, custom model generation, contract research solutions, and research services. The company was founded by Robert K. Phelan in 1949 and is headquartered in Rensselaer, NY.

Judo Bio, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded in 2021 by Chelsea Place Johnson.

Avila Therapeutics, Inc. researches and develops covalent drugs. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Summit, NJ.

InSeal Medical Ltd. engages in developing and manufacturing of percutaneous vascular closure devices. The company was founded by Avi Penner and is headquartered in Caesarea, Israel.

Direct Vet Marketing, Inc. provides cloud-based prescription management, pharmacy services, marketing solutions and practice analytics for equine and companion animal veterinary practitioners. It offers online ordering and home delivery of prescription drugs, compounded medications, and therapeutic diets. The company was founded by David Evans Shaw and Benjamin J. Shaw in 2010 and is headquartered in Portland, Maine.

Morphic Therapeutic, Inc. engages in biotechnology drug development activity. The company is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

New England Venture Capital Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization which operates as a catalyst, and advocate, and a resource for the innovation economy. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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.

Navitor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops medicine for age-related diseases. Its drug discovery platform targets mTORC1, which responds to and integrates the cell’s response to nutrient availability and plays a key role in protein synthesis and cellular growth. The company was founded by Alan L. Crane, David Sabatini and David Goldfarb and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Atlas Venture Life Science Advisors LLC (Atlas Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

ZappRx, Inc. develops prescription and prior authorization platform services. It provides healthcare providers, specialty pharmacies, biopharmacies, and security standards solutions. The company was founded by Zoe Barry in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Kinaset Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the provision of pharmaceutical services. It develops therapeutics for intractable diseases including severe asthma. The company was founded by Robert Clarke, Roger Heerman, and Frazer Morgan and is headquartered in Medfield, MA.

Vedere Bio, Inc. develops cutting-edge gene therapy products to restore functional vision to patients who have suffered vision loss. The company was founded in June 2019 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Remix Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It involves in developing small molecule therapies which are designed to reprogram RNA processing to address the underlying drivers of disease. The company was founded by Pete Smith and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.