Katie McManus

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.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Part of Sanofi, Genzyme Europe BV is a Dutch company that develops and manufactures pharmaceutical and biotherapeutic products. The company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation operates as a non-profit academic, research, and medical center. It offers clinic and hospital care with research and education services. The company was founded by Charles Posternack, George W. Crile, Frank E. Bunts, William E. Lower and John Phillips on February,5 1921 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

NMD Pharma ApS engages with the research and preparation of small molecules targeting an undisclosed ion. It offers medical treatment of neuromuscular diseases for patients with chronic muscle wasting diseases such as myasthenia gravis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The company was founded by Ole B?kgaard Nielsen, Thomas Holm Pedersen, and Claus Elsborg Olesen on May 7, 2015 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.

Avenge Bio, Inc. is an oncology-focused biotechnology company based in the United States. The American company develops cell-based immunotherapeutic products for the treatment of solid tumors using its proprietary Lococyte™ platform. The platform delivers engineered cells to the local tumor environment, generating high concentrations of immune effector molecules in proximity to the tumor, which initiates a robust, local, and durable systemic immune response while avoiding toxicities associated with systemic immunotherapies. Avenge's most advanced product candidate, AVB-001, produces native IL-2 immunotherapy and is initially being studied in metastatic peritoneal cancers such as ovarian cancer. The company has additional pipeline candidates for the treatment of a wide range of cancers, including pancreatic, lung, and breast cancers. Avenge was founded in 2019 by Paul Kevin Wotton and Michael Thomas Heffernan, with Heffernan serving as CEO since incorporation.

CTx Operations, Inc. operates as a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company. It develops novel cellular therapeutics. The company was founded by Saar Gill and Michael Klichinsky in 2017 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Prize4Life, Inc. is a non-profit organization that aims to accelerate the discovery of treatments and a cure for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Prize4Life uses powerful incentives to attract new people and drive innovation in ALS research. The American company believes that out-of-the-box thinking is necessary to find solutions to the biggest challenges in ALS research, and that critical discoveries may come from unlikely places. Prize4Life encourages and rewards creative approaches that will yield real results for ALS patients. The non-profit company was founded by Guy Yamen and Nate Boaz in 2007.

Indalo Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical firm that develops integrin antagonists for patients suffering from serious fibrotic diseases such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The company was founded by David Griggs, Williamson Z. Bradford III, Peter Ruminski, and Robert W. Karr and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

K36 Therapeutics, Inc. develops small molecule therapeutics. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded in 2021. The CEO is Terry Connolly.

Onset Dermatologics LLC develops and markets prescription product for skin disorders. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Cumberland, RI.

Code Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a next-generation gene therapy company based in Greater Philadelphia. The American company is focused on developing targeted non-viral gene therapies to treat serious and life-threatening genetic diseases. The company uses a novel multivalent synthetic DNA delivery platform called 3DNA, which overcomes many of the challenges associated with viral-based gene therapies. Code Biotherapeutics is advancing an internal pipeline focused on select rare disease programs and establishing partnerships to take forward programs in both rare and prevalent diseases. Code Biotherapeutics is supported by top-tier investors that believe in their work to drive discovery programs forward as they aim to deliver on the promise of their proprietary synthetic DNA-based, non-viral genetic medicines delivery platform. The company was founded by Brian P. McVeigh, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Affinia Therapeutics, Inc. is a preclinical stage company, which engages in the research and development of gene therapy. It offers Affinia Rationally-designed Therapies (ART) platform, which develops novel therapies, focusing on the key components of a gene therapy: capsids, which are the outer shells of a virus used to package the genetic code to treat a disease; promoters, which control how the cells read the genetic code that is delivered; and manufacturing approaches, which determine the quality and cost of potential medicines. The company was founded by Luk Vandenberghe, Botond Roska, and Aaron Tward in 2019 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

MBX Biosciences, Inc. operates as a preclinical-stage biotech company. It creates therapies to treat rare endocrine diseases. The company was founded by Peter Kent Hawryluk and Timothy Knickerbocker and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.

SpliceBio SL is a genetic medicines company based in Barcelona, Spain. The Spanish company harnesses its proprietary protein splicing platform to develop the next generation of gene therapies. SpliceBio's platform offers the potential to address diseases that currently cannot be treated with gene therapies because the necessary gene is too large to be delivered by -associated virus (AAV) vectors. The company's lead program targets Stargardt disease, a genetic eye disease that causes vision loss in children and adults. SpliceBio's platform is based on technology developed in the Muir lab at Princeton University after more than 20 years of pioneering intein and protein engineering research. The company was founded by Dominguez Silvia Frutos, Miquel Vila-Perelló, and Miquel Vila-Perelló has been the CEO since incorporation.

Sorriso Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an American biotechnology company that focuses on developing disease-modifying antibodies to treat inflammatory diseases. Sorriso Pharmaceuticals was founded by Ciara Kennedy, who has been the CEO since its incorporation.

Inversago Pharma, Inc. develops novel gastrointestinal drugs. The company was founded by Fran?ois Ravenelle in and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

TYRX, Inc. designs and manufactures medical-pharmaceutical combination devices. The firm commercializes implantable combination drug and device products focused on infection control including the AIGISRx Antibacterial Envelope, designed to reduce surgical site infections associated with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). Its AIGISRx products contain the antimicrobial agents, rifampin and minocycline, which have been shown to reduce infection by pathogens responsible for the majority of CIED infections, including superbugs such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). The company was founded in 1998 by Satish Pulapura and Arikha Moses and is headquartered in Monmouth Junction, NJ.

PreCision Dermatology, Inc. developed skincare therapies. It offered pharmaceutical products for skin barrier restoration, dermatoses, rosacea, acne, seborrheic dermatitis, and scaling associated with hyperkeratotic skin. The company was founded by Jeffrey M. Nugent in 2010 and was headquartered in Cumberland, RI.

NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc. developes innovative immunotherapeutics and preventative vaccines. It protect patients from fungal and bacterial infections, which can be recurrent, drug-resistant and in some cases, life-threatening. The firm NDV-3A, is the first vaccine to demonstrate preclinical efficacy in reducing the severity of disease caused by both fungal and bacterial pathogens. NDV-3A is in Phase 2 clinical development for recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) with follow-on indications planned for Candida, a fungal pathogen, and Staphylococcus aureus, including MRSA. The company was founded by Toumas R. Holmberg, Michael R. Yeaman, Frederick M.Haneyand John E. Eswards Jr. in 2005 and is headquartered in Grand Forks ND.

Flugen, Inc. develops and produces influenza vaccines. Its products include a live attenuated vaccine candidate, a cell-line technology that provides vaccine production efficiency and capacity, and a novel, vaccine-loaded intradermal delivery technology. The company was founded by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Gabriele Neumann and Paul Radspinner in 2007 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.