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Kiniciti is a platform company that invests in and partners with companies to strengthen the cell and gene therapy ecosystem. The company, which is based in New York, NY, was founded by Geoffrey Michael Glass, who has been the CEO since incorporation. Kiniciti is backed by private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) and Biospring Partners. The company offers a highly tailored, collaborative, and flexible investment and strategic support model to ensure the promise of cell and gene therapeutics is delivered quickly and safely to patients worldwide. The leadership team includes professionals experienced in investing in and building successful companies across the life sciences sector.

Part of Patheon, Inc., Patheon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a trusted end-to-end contract development and manufacturing organization partner for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and life sciences industries. The company is based in Durham, NC. Benefit from a single vendor along your entire development journey by relying on their clinical trial services’ support network and expertise.

Banner Life Sciences LLC operates as clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. The company is headquartered in High Point, NC.

Locus Biosciences, Inc. develops CRISPR-engineered precision antibacterial products for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections and microbiome-related disease. The firm offers CRISPR-engineered bacteriophage and CRISPR-Cas3 phage. The company was founded by Charles Gersbach, Dave Ousterout, Chase Beisel, Paul M. Garofolo, Nick Taylor, and Rodolphe Barrangou in 2015 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Sancilio & Co., Inc. operates as specialty pharmaceutical company. It develops and markets based products including those based on the proprietary Advanced Lipid Technologies platform. The company was founded by Frederick D. Sancilio in 2005 and is headquartered in Riviera Beach, FL.

Bausch Health Americas, Inc. manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products. The company was founded on November 29, 2011 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

LongueVue Capital LLC (LongueVue Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Rick S. Rees and John C. McNamara. The firm is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Clinical Ink, Inc. provides electronic source solutions for clinical research sites. Its solutions include data management, monitoring, clinical sites and patient centric. The company was founded by Douglas E. Pierce Jr. and Tommy Littlejohn on July 19, 2006 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals LLC develops pharmaceutical, biotechnology and vaccine technologies. The company was registered on May 5, 2003 and is headquartered in Collegeville, PA.

IPS-Integrated Project Services LLC provides technical consulting services. The firm offers integrated services which focuses on the engineering, construction, project controls, commissioning, qualification, and validation of technically complex facilities in hi-tech and heavily regulated industries. The company was founded by Andrew A. Signore and Joseph A. Blanchard in 1989 and is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA.

xCell Strategic Consulting LLC is a consulting private company based in Paoli, PA. The company provides consulting services to various industries, including pharmaceuticals, bioscience, and healthcare. The company's website provides information about its services, partnerships, and success stories. The CEO of the company is Peter Thomas Bigelow.

Part of Firan Technology Group Corp., IMI, Inc. (Massachusetts) is a company that manufacturers specialty RF circuit board. The company is based in Haverhill, MA. The company was founded in 1971. The CEO is Peter Thomas Bigelow. IMI, Inc. (Massachusetts was acquired by Firan Technology Group Corp. on April 28, 2023 for $2 million.

Istari Oncology, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It focuses on novel immuno-oncology and immunotherapy platforms for the treatment of glioblastoma and a wide variety of tumors. Its core technology assets are PVS-RIPO, a prototypic oncolytic recombinant polio virus vaccine, and a series of antibody-drug conjugates comprising antibodies or antibody fragments to a variety of oncology targets. The company was founded by Darell D. Bigner and Matthias Gromeier in 2016 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

CastleVax, Inc. is an American vaccine platform company based on technology developed at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, headquartered in an undisclosed location. The private company's platform uses a disease virus to induce the human immune system to produce neutralizing antibodies targeted at a range of emerging and pandemic viruses, including SARS-CoV-2. The technology was developed in response to the growing need for vaccine independence and pandemic response preparedness. CastleVax's leading candidate, NDV-HXP-S, is currently being tested in clinical trials in multiple countries around the world. The company was founded by Florian Krammer, Peter Palese, Adolfo García-Sastre.

Crucell UK Ltd. develops, produces, and markets vaccines and antibodies to combat infectious diseases. The private company is based in Bradford, UK.

Part of Kenvue, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Ltd. is a British company that manufactures health care products. The company is based in Maidenhead, UK. Founded in 1987.

Quadria Capital Investment Management Pte Ltd (Quadria Capital) is a private equity firm founded by Amit Varma and Abrar Mir in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Astro Bidco Ltd. is a British biopharmaceutical company founded in 2018 that specializes in integrated drug discovery, design, optimization, manufacturing, and chemistry services.

Amgen Ventures LLC (Amgen Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Amgen, Inc. founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.

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.

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides pharmaceutical products for gastro-intestinal disorders. The company was founded by Lisa A. Conte in November 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Biotechnology Institute is a non-profit organization, which engages in designing and managing programs about biotechnology research. Its programs include BioGENEius Challenges, leadership awards, and Adopt-A-School. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Scripps Research Institute is a private, non-profit research organizations that performs basic biomedical research in molecular & cellular biology, chemistry, immunology and neuroscience. They receive the majority of its funding from federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health. The organization also partners with pharmaceutical companies and is affiliated with the Scripps hospital group. The organization was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in La Jolla, California.