Heather Kennedy

Ascenta Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of medicines for cancer. Its core technology consists of agents designed to re-establish the natural program of apoptosis (cell death) in abnormal cancer cells. Its has three small molecule programs against distinct apoptosis targets: Bcl-2 (AT-101 – an oral pan-Bcl2 inhibitor), IAP (AT-406 – an oral multi-IAP inhibitor) and HDM2. The company was founded by Dajun Yang, Marc E. Lippman, and Shaomeng Wang on June 5, 2006 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Bayer Corp. manufactures and markets pharmaceutical, healthcare, nutrition and materials products. The firm offers consumer care, diagnostics, diabetes and animal health products. It also provides material science products, which include coating, adhesive and sealant raw materials polycarbonates polyurethanes and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Whippany, NJ.

GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products. The company develops medicines to prevent infections that cause serious medical problems such as respiratory illnesses, diabetes, viral control, infections, and central nervous system disorders. The company is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Therasis, Inc. develops oncology drugs. It offers oncology therapeutics for use as single agents or in combination therapy. The firm's proprietary technology, the Therasis Filter, represents a paradigm shift in the ability to discover therapeutic targets, their chemical inhibitors, and associated biomarkers and this platform integrates world-class expertise in high throughput screening, systems biology, cancer genetics and clinical research. The company was founded by Owen A. O'Connor and Riccardo Dalla-Favera in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Oncofusion Therapeutics, Inc. operates as oncology development company. It specializes in BET Bromodomain Inhibitors, ERG Inhibitors, EZH2-EED Inhibitors and MMSET/NSD2 Inhibitors. The company was founded in 2012 by Arul M. Chinnaiyan and Shaomeng Wang and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Jiangsu Yasheng Pharmaceutical Development Co. Ltd. develops and produces pharmaceutical products. It focuses on research and development of structure-based molecule for cancer drugs. The company was founded by Dajun Yang, Ming Guo, and Shaomeng Wang in 2009 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

National Cancer Institute provides healthcare services. It specializes in different cancer treatment such as adrenocortical carcinoma, anal cancer, appendix cancer, skin cancer, breast cancer, cardiac tumors, endometrial cancer, and gallbladder cancer. The company was founded in March 1937 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Oncopia Therapeutics LLC engages in biotechnology research. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Esanik Therapeutics, Inc. develops treatments for cancer.

Context Therapeutics LLC develops novel medicines for hormone responsive cancers. The company was founded by Martin Lehr in 2016 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Medsyn Biopharma LLC develops therapeutics for cancer. The company was founded by Shaomeng Wang and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.