Genentech is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. It creates multiple products on the market and a development pipeline. The company became a member of the Roche Group in 2009. As part of their merger agreement, Roche and Genentech combined their pharmaceutical operations in the United States. Genentech’s South San Francisco campus now serves as the headquarters for Roche pharmaceutical operations in the United States. Genentech’s Research and Early Development section operates as an independent center within Roche. Genentech was founded in 1976 by [Robert Swanson](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/robert-a-swanson) and [Herbert Boyer](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/herbert-w-boyer). It is headquartered in South San Francisco, C.A.

Adprotech is a biopharmaceutical company, develops pharmaceutical products for the treatment of organ transplant rejection, rheumatoid arthritis, bacterial infection, and stroke diseases. It develops and applies Prodaptin, a platform technology that increases the efficacy of therapeutics by targeting specific cells or tissues.

Aposense (formerly NST) is a clinical-stage molecular imaging and drug development company, with a pipeline of products based on its patented platform technology for targeting apoptosis (programmed cell death) in vivo. The company translating the science of Apoptosis (programmed cell death) into personalized patient care in multiple disease categories, including oncology, cardiology, and neurology. Targeting of this important biological process in-vivo opens opportunities for real-time clinical imaging of disease activity and targeted therapy. Aposense specializing in the development of novel drugs and utilizing membrane electrical forces for trans-membrane of macromolecule drugs, mainly siRNA. It also developed rationally-designed molecular nano-motors (MNMs), being novel small-molecule chemical entities and its translation into kinetic energy for movement within the hydrophobic membrane core. Aposense was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Petah Tiqva, HaMerkaz, Israel.

The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, a subsidiary of The University of Texas at Austin, is an American company located in Austin, TX. The firm oversees college activities.

Genetics Institute is a U.S. based biotechnology research and development company. The company developed drugs such as Neumega and Recombinate used in the prevention of severe reductions in the number of blood clotting cells. The company was founded in 1980 by Thomas Maniatis and Mark Ptashne, and started off by operating out of Ptashne’s home. Genetics Institute was acquired by Wyeth in 1992 and operates as part of Wyeth’s research division.

Massachusetts General Hospital was established to provide care to Boston's sick, regardless of socioeconomic status—an innovative idea in 1811. In the words of their founder, John Warren, MD, “When in distress, every man becomes their neighbor.” They subsequently became the first teaching hospital for Harvard University’s new medical school and have been redefining excellence in healthcare ever since. They have remained at the forefront of medicine by fostering a culture of collaboration, pushing the boundaries of medical research, educating the brightest medical minds and maintaining an unwavering commitment to the diverse community they were created to serve. They believe that because of diversity they excel, through inclusion they respect their community, and with a keen focus on equity they serve, heal, educate and innovate at the highest levels. Their first priority is the well-being of their patients—near and far. As a team they are able to maintain a singular focus on providing the highest quality, most compassionate care to each and every patient.

UBI is a privately held multinational biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of immunotherapeutics and vaccines for chronic and infectious diseases. their product pipeline is filled with their new line of synthetic peptide-based biologicals for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease, AIDS, Autoimmune diseases, and Allergy, along with a portfolio of Animal health diseases. These products are based on their proprietary designer peptides, vaccine formulation systems, and methods to manufacture therapeutic monoclonal antibodies.

Roche Glycart AG discovers and develops drugs. It is active in the research and development of new potent antibody-based products for the treatment of unmet clinical needs such as cancer. It uses its proprietary set of technologies to endow therapeutic antibodies. The company has developed glycoengineering technology (GlycoMAb) to boost a natural mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies developed to mediate target cell killing. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of America's ten largest free-standing pediatric research centers and works to enhance the health of children by engaging in research.

Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd. is the commercial arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Yeda holds an exclusive agreement with the Weizmann Institute to commercialize the unique intellectual property developed by the scientists. The income generated serves to support further basic research and science education. - Identify and assess research projects with commercial potential. - Protect the intellectual property of the Institute and its scientists. - Create business relationships and license the Institute’s inventions and technologies to the industry. - Channel funding from industry to research projects. For further information please contact Tamir Huberman, CIO and Head of Marketing

Japan Tobacco, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of tobacco, pharmaceutical and processed food products. It operates through the following divisions: Japanese Domestic Tobacco, International Tobacco, Pharmaceutical, and Processed Food. The Japanese Domestic segment deals with the production and sale of tobacco products in domestic areas. The International Tobacco segment manufactures and markets tobacco products worldwide. The Pharmaceutical segment develops, manufactures, and sells prescription drugs. The Processed Food segment offers processed food, bakery products and seasonings. The company was founded on April 1, 1985 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

UCLB is the commercialisation company of UCL and its partner NHS Trusts. They bring to market truly world-leading, world-changing technologies, innovations that have a real and positive impact on people’s lives. UCLB the access point to the wealth of innovation and intellectual property emanating from UCL and partner hospitals including University College Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Royal Free Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital. They offer a number of services to assist the technology development process, from consultancy through to collaborative research, IP licensing and the creation of spinout companies and joint ventures to maximise the commercial potential of new discoveries, materials and processes.

Zenyaku Kogyo is a privately-held Japanese pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Tokyo. The company is marketing in Japan dermatological and anti-cancer drugs including RituxanTM, an anti-CD20 antibody for the treatment of B-cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The company also has an OTC consumer health care business. Zenyaku Kogyo’s ongoing research interests are focused on cancer, autoimmune diseases, and antibody therapeutics.

Critical Diagnostics is a company on the cutting edge of this change, focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel biomarkers in cardiovascular diseases. Their lead product, the Presage® ST2 Assay, has received FDA clearance and is CE Marked in Europe. This simple, non-invasive test measures for soluble ST2 in the blood, which can aid physicians in risk assessment of heart failure patients. Soluble ST2 has now been published in more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and scientific posters studying more than 36,000 patients. These clinical studies have demonstrated that high levels of soluble ST2 are predictive of adverse patient outcomes and death in a broad spectrum of cardiovascular disease. They have further shown that the prognostic information from soluble ST2 is independent and provides added information to the cardiac biomarkers commonly used today, including the natriuretic peptides, BNP and NT-proBNP. Critical Diagnostics was founded in 2004. The Company licensed intellectual property discovered in 2002 at Brigham and Women's Hospital relating to ST2, for which it now holds the exclusive worldwide rights. The company has since expanded its intellectual property portfolio and holds several issued patents in the US and abroad as well as numerous patents pending.

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of automotive tires, aluminum wheels, and industrial rubber products. It operates through the following segments: Tires, Sports, and Industrial & Other Products. The Tires segment handles the manufacture and sale of tires and tubes for various vehicles and applications. The Sports segment manages the manufacture and sale of golf and tennis equipment, and other related sporting equipment. The Industrial & Other Products segment deals with the manufacture and sale of high performance rubber, lifestyle, infrastructure, and industrial products. It also covers licensing business and manages golf tournaments, tennis schools and offers golf courses. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.

Autolus Ltd. provides biopharmaceutical services. It focuses on the development and commercialisation of engineered t-cell immunotherapy products with extreme efficacy in the treatment of life-threatening cancers. The company was founded by Martin Pule and is headquartered in White City, the United Kingdom.

Oncolyze is developing a disruptive technology for the treatment of cancer. Our novel approach uses a simple mechanism of action to selectively kill cancer cells and cancer stem cells while sparing normal cells. This provides a highly effective treatment with little to no side effects. Our lead drug candidate, OM-301, has two parts; the first attaches to a molecule that is present on the cell surface of more than 80% of cancer types we have assessed, but not on normal cells. When our drug attaches to this target, it uses it as an anchor; the second part then pokes holes in the cell membrane, causing extracellular liquid to rapidly enter, which in turn causes the cancer cell to burst. No known cancer drug uses such a mechanism, although many antibiotics kill bacteria in a similar way. Our initial therapeutic target is acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Most AML patients relapse within 1 year of standard therapy, because it does not destroy cancer stem cells. As a result, AML has only a 25% 5-year survival rate. In contrast, OM-301 does destroy cancer stem cells, which has the potential to disrupt current medical treatment and fully cure AML. Recently, we showed that mice injected with AML cells taken directly from patients lived twice as long after receiving our drug. Following our proof of concept in AML, we expect to pursue development for patients with Multiple Myeloma and other blood and solid cancers.