Lars Jørgen Østergaard

Schering Plough Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. The firm discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Ferrosan ApS manufactures and sells pharmaceutical products. Its products include herbal medicine, natural remedies, food supplements, and medical devices. The company was founded by Niels Jacob Herman Weitzmann in 1920 and is headquartered in Ballerup, Denmark.

MedArt A/S aim to be your preferred partner within laser based treatments for surgical and aesthetic applications. More than 25 years of experience in the manufacturing of super compact, high performance diode and C02 lasers combined with scanning technology have provided doctors and clinics world-wide with high-performance equipment for strong patient satisfaction. Their unique combination of clinical understanding and proprietary technology has formed the background of their company and the MedArt® brand-medical art based on scientific research.

Curatio ApS develops devices for mechanical cleaning of wounds in emergency rooms. Its products are marketed under the brand names Curapulse, Curasafe, and Curagate. The company is headquartered in Nordborg, Denmark.

Dansk Biotek is an industry association for biotech companies with promoting the biotechnological research, development and production in taking care of corporate interests in this regard, both nationally and internationally. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Novo Seeds (Novo Seeds) is a venture capital operating division of Novo Nordisk Fonden. The firm was established in 2007, and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

Part of Lundbeck Foundation, NeuronIcon ApS is a biotechnology manufacturing Danish company. The company is based in Aarhus, Denmark. NeuronIcon was acquired by H. Lundbeck A/S on July 07, 2009.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme BV is a Dutch company that manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Sentinext Therapeutics Sdn. Bhd. develops vaccines and therapeutics for tropical infectious diseases. Its pharmaceutical research and development focuses on EV71, polio, influenza and dengue diseases. The company was founded by Mary Jane Cardosa and Peter Samuel Wulff in 2009 and is headquartered in Penang, Malaysia.

TikoMed AB is a Swedish pharmaceutical company that develops pharmaceutical products. The private company is based in Viken, Sweden. The company was founded by Adam Bruce, Lars Bruce. Anders Kristensson has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Medichanical Engineering ApS provides orthopedic measuring tool for hip implant surgery. The firm has developed a mechanical measuring device-X-pander-that helps to objectify the operating surgeon’s decisions regarding cup-size and reaming of the acetabulum. Its X-pander works by inserting the hemispherical measuring-head into the reamed acetabulum for artificial hip-joints. The company was founded by Eske W.Petersen, Søren G. Buch, and Poul T. Nielsen in 2011 and is headquartered in Vejle, Denmark.

Acesion Pharma ApS develops drugs for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia. The firm's technology blocks ion channel with a selective drug molecule constitutes a target for developing treatment of AF. The company was founded by Ulrik Svane S?rensen and Morten Grunnet in 2011 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Health Equipment Denmark ApS creates products for the fixation of medical tubes. It manufactures applications with the purpose of facilitating work processes for health staff and improving the comfort of patients when hospitalized. Its product, HEDclip, is used to fixate dialysis tubes. The company was founded by Kristian Rye Veedfald and Mads Hemdorff Petersen in 2003 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.

Pleuratech ApS develops an instrument for insertion of chest tubes into the thoracic cavity for the treatment of pleural effusion. It provides thoracic surgeons with a tool that helps them place chest drains. The company's Pleuratech KatGuide a tool that promotes proper insertion and placement of large bore chest drains and curved shape of the KatGuide tube helps the surgeon to bring the drain to any area of the pleural cavity without damaging the lung. Pleuratech was founded by Niels Katballe and Peter Heydorn Kristensen on May 7, 2010 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.

Merck Ventures BV (Merck Ventures) is a venture capital arm of Merck KGaA founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

CatalYm GmbH specializes in catalyzing immunotherapy. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

ADCendo ApS is a Danish company that is focused on developing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to treat underserved cancers. The company is based in Humlebaek, Denmark. The company completed a series A extension financing round in 2023, which brought its funds to 82 million EUR to advance into clinical development. The investors in the company include Novo Holdings, Ysios Capital, Pontifax Venture Capital, RA Capital Management, HealthCap, and Gilde Healthcare. The company was founded in 2017 by Christoffer Nielsen, Henrik Stage. Michael Pehl has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Lygature is a not-for-profit organization that drives the development of new medical solutions for patients by managing public-private partnerships involving academia, industry, and society. The non-profit company is based in Utrecht, Netherlands, and provides specialized support for research consortia to address unmet medical needs worldwide. The Dutch company combines proprietary resources to find solutions for unmet medical needs by securing partners, acquiring funding, and sharing risks and resources. Lygature operates in the health innovation sector, where patients, doctors, healthcare providers, methodologists, CE-experts, entrepreneurs, insurers, investors, and regulatory authorities all contribute to delivering better medical devices faster. Lygature manages large multistakeholder partnerships in the life sciences and has 15 years of experience in starting and managing such partnerships.

Sementis Ltd. is an Australian private company that develops next-generation vaccine viral-vector software platform.

Abarceo AB develops novel therapeutics for type-2 diabetes. It identifies a novel diabetes target located on beta cells and a novel mechanism of action enabling a therapeutic treatment to revert beta cells from dysfunctional to functional, preserving beta cell function and allowing patients to produce insulin naturally. The company was founded by Tara Heitner, Claes Wollheim, and Albert Salehi in December 2017 and is headquartered in Malmo, Sweden.

Rappta Therapeutics Oy operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops anti-cancer drugs activating protein phosphatase 2A. The company was founded by Goutham Narla and Mikko Lauri Sampsa Mannerkoski on March 20, 2019 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Sairopa B V is a Dutch company that develops medicines and operates as an investment holding company.