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ShangPharma Innovation Inc. (ShangPharma Innovation) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Shangpharma Investment Group Ltd. founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Shanghai ChemPartner Co., Ltd. operates as a contract research organization. It provides chemistry, biology, pharmacology, DMPK, process R&D, pre-formulation, and analytical development services to global pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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.

Kaihui Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was founded in 2008 and provides biomedical technology services. The private company is based in Shanghai, China.

Rome Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases by harnessing the power of the repeatome-vast stretches of uncharted genetic materials. The company was founded by Rosana Kapeller and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

CASA of San Mateo County offers several ways to join in improving the lives of abused and neglected children. It pairs children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems with community volunteers, who provide one-on-one support, mentoring, and advocacy in the courtroom and beyond. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

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.

Flagship Pioneering (Flagship Pioneering) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Ed M Kania and Noubar B Afeyan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

JSB-Partners LP offers specialized investment banking and advisory services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Its services include product partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, private placements and public underwritings. The company was founded by Wolfgang Rudolph Ralph Stoiber in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, ME.

Part of Polestar Ltd., Technology Transfer Group is a Bermudian company that provides licensing of technologies in the security printing field. The company is based in Flatts, Bermuda.

Sanofi Ventures (Sanofi) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sanofi founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Expansion Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Del Mar, CA.

Aqua Medical, Inc. develops disruptive, vapor-based, endoscopic, ablation technology to treat gastrointestinal disease and prevent GI cancers. The company was founded by Virender K. Sharma and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School provides education services. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a bio-technology company. It develops in-class G Protein-Coupled Receptor targeted drugs to address serious, unserved medical needs. The company was founded by Alain D. Baron, Marcus F. Boehm and Xinzhong Dong and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Life Sciences Group, Inc. operates as an American biotechnology company.

Matchpoint Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, MA. The company aims to discover and develop precision covalent medicines to transform the treatment of immune diseases and other serious illnesses. Matchpoint's proprietary Advanced Covalent Exploration (ACE) platform integrates advanced chemoproteomics, machine learning, and covalent chemistry library evolution. The company was founded by Jianwei Che, Edward Chouchani, Tinghu Zhang, Nathanael S. Gray, and the CEO is G. Andre Turenne.

Yor Labs, Inc. offers an ultraportable-handheld device for diagnostic care. The company is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Shanghai Microport Medical (Group) Co. Ltd. develops, manufactures, and markets medical products for interventional cardiology and peripheral vascular diseases. The company’s products include cardiovascular, endovascular, neurovascular, peripheral vascular, coronary stent systems, balloon catheters, peripheral and cardiac retractors. The company’s products are used in cardiac catheter laboratories. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Shanghai, China.

Azkarra Therapeutics, Inc. is a medical research and development company that specializes in providing oncology therapies based on DNA damage response. The company is based in South San Francisco, CA. Mohamad Tabrizi has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Immune-Onc Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapeutic antibodies for cancer treatment. The company was founded by Charlene Liao and Gui-Liang Yu in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

The Chinese-American Biopharmaceutical Society is a non-profit organization for professionals in the biopharmaceutical industry. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA, the birthplace of biotechnology and one of the largest biomedical hubs in the world. The company's membership consists of life science professionals from a broad range of experience levels, with a large percentage of members holding senior or executive positions in the industry. The society offers year-round sponsorship opportunities, including the highly anticipated 2023 annual BioPacific Conference, and leverages an extensive network of life sciences professionals.

The National Foundation for Cancer Research is a non-profit organization that provides funding to scientists for cancer research. The non-profit company is based in Bethesda, MD. The company's mission is to support life-saving discoveries for cancer patients.

University of the Pacific is a nationally ranked university with a long tradition of dedicated teaching, small class sizes, practical experience and vibrant residential life. The breathtaking main campus in Stockton, California is home to seven schools and colleges, with more than 80 majors and programs of study. Pacific also has the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Total university enrollment is nearly 7,000, with 3,757 undergraduates in an average class size of 19 and a student/faculty ratio of 14:1. It is located in Stockton, California.

Aim-Hi Accelerator Fund, Inc. is a non-profit company that was born out of the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR). The company is based in Rockville, MD. The company aims to bridge the gap between innovative, early-stage cancer research and successful development of high-impact oncology products. Aim-Hi is a new paradigm to fund translational research designed to focus on startups that have commercial potential at cancer therapeutic discovery. The company was founded by Sujuan Ba, Charlie Weatherspoon, Franklin Cary Salisbury. Sujuan Ba has been the CEO since incorporation.

OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity (OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Orbimed Advisors LLC founded in 1993 by Samuel D. Isaly. The firm is headquartered in New York and it has additional offices in San Francisco, Mumbai, Shanghai, Herzliya, Hong Kong and London.

EpimAb Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a Chinese clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that specializes in developing multispecific antibodies. The company is based in Shanghai, China. The company utilizes its in-house research and technology capabilities, including the proprietary fit-ig® and mat-fab bispecific platforms, to generate and advance a unique pipeline of transformative preclinical and clinical assets that aim to benefit cancer patients. The company was founded in 2016 by Chen Bing Wu, who has been the CEO since 2016.

Apollomics, Inc. operates as a sciences oncology company. It is a biotechnology company focusing on the discovery and development of oncology therapies with the potential to be combined with other treatment options to harness the immune system and target specific molecular pathways to inhibit cancer. The company was founded by Sanjeev Gurunath Redkar and Guo-Liang Yu on May 21, 2015 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.