Robert Beardsley

Metaphore Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company which discovers, develops and markets drugs that prevent and treat pain, autoimmune disorders and inflammation. The company leverages its expertise in chemistry and biology to discover and develop small molecule compounds that mimic the activity of human enzymes. The company's compounds mimic the function of superoxide dismutase (SOD), a beneficial enzyme that serves an important protective role in the body by removing superoxide, a toxic free radical that can damage cells and tissues. Superoxide anions are implicated in a variety of diseases associated with pain and inflammation. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

BioSeek, an Asterand company, is improving the success rate of pharmaceutical research and development by integrating human biology from the earliest stages of drug discovery onward. Their BioMAP® Systems incorporate predictive primary human cell-based disease models that generate uniquely informative biological activity profiles for each potential drug. As a result, their technology drives the selection and development of new drug candidates. they leverage their BioMAP® Systems technology in collaborations to enhance the productivity of their pharmaceutical partners' pipelines to identify promising compounds for therapeutic development. Asterand plc acquired BioSeek on February 18, 2010. Asterand is the leading global supplier of high quality, well characterized human tissue and human tissue-based research services to drug discovery scientists. BioSeek's BioMAP® platform and primary human cell based assays are highly complementary to the human tissue-based products and services offered by Asterand. Formed in January 2006 from the merger of Asterand, a human tissue biorepository, and Pharmagene, a human tissue-based drug discovery company, Asterand plc is uniquely positioned to provide a comprehensive approach to meet the research needs of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. From their offices in Royston (United Kingdom), San Francisco, California and Detroit, Michigan they have more than 90 employees focused on providing services and products to accelerate drug discovery research from target identification through to compound evaluation and drug safety.

Simile Investors LLC functioned as investment holding company. The company was headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of CRA International, Inc., Biostrategies Group is a consulting company. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The company was founded in 1995. Biostrategies Group was acquired by CRA International, Inc. on November 29, 2022.

PharmaMonde, Inc. provides business advisory services. The form offers business development, corporate and business law, technology transfers, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, join ventures and financing transaction services. The company was founded by Vincent Taillefer and is headquartered in Longueuil, Canada.