Patricia Kitchen

Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops novel RNAi-based therapeutics. The firm’s products include QPI-1002 and QPI-1007 is being developed as a neuroprotective agent for the treatment of optic neuropathies that result in the death of retinal ganglion cells. The company was founded by Daniel Zurr, David M. Fineman and J. Gregory Swendsen in December 1993 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Sofregen Medical, Inc. develops innovative silk-based solutions for soft tissue defects. Its products: SERI silk derived surgical scaffold is knitted scaffold made from ultra-pure, sterile, silk-derived bioprotein that facilitates neovascularization and native tissue regeneration over time and Sofregen technology a silk derived material for medical application. The company was founded by Anh Hoang and Howard J. Weisman on May 19, 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Silver Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops novel regenerative medicines. The firm focuses on treating cardiovascular disease. Its molecules are designed to promote resilience and regeneration of damaged tissues after acute or chronic injury. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Purdue Pharma LP engages in the development and provision of prescription medicines. It offers a portfolio of medical products in categories, including prescription opioids, sleep, laxatives, antiseptics, and dietary supplement. The company was founded by Raymond R. Sackler in 1991 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP provides legal services. It is a business and litigation firm with a diverse client base, includes business, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations, government entities and individual clients. The firm represents business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. The company was founded by Robert D. Klingler in 1873 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Part of Jacobs Solutions, Inc., Worley Field Services Ltd. is a British company that provides construction services. The company is based in Brentford, UK. Founded in 1948.

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. provides research models and laboratory animal support services. It offers quality research models and support services to the biomedical community. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Wilmington, MA.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

HiFiBiO Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. It specializes in antibodies, that mobilize the human immune system to combat cancer, autoimmune disorders, and other unmet medical needs. The company was founded by Liang Schweizer, Fred Dom, Andrew Griffiths, David Weitz, Bradley Bernstein, J?r?me Bibette, and Robert Nicol and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Entasis Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the discovey, development, and commercialization of novel antibacterial prodcuts to treat serious infections caused by multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Its pipeline includes ETX2514SUL, targeting Acinetobacter baumannii infections; ETX0282CPDP, targeting Enterobacteriaceae infections; a Non-Beta-lactam PBP inhibitor, targeting Gram-negative infections; and zoliflodacin, targeting Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The company was founded by Manoussos Perros in May 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

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.

Axtria, Inc. provides customized analytics software and client consulting services. The firm?s solutions include decision science, commercial operations cloud and cloud information management. The company was founded by Jaswinder S. Chadha and Navdeep Chadha in 2010 and is headquartered in Berkeley Heights, NJ.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts LLC is a pharmaceutical company that provides free medicines and adult vaccines to qualified patients through their Merck Patient Assistance Program. The company is based in Boston, MA and is a part of Merck & Co., Inc. and its affiliates. The company also offers information about insurance coverage and financial assistance options for eligible patients. The company conducts clinical trials and provides medical information covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine through their Merck Manuals. Additionally, they report on their commitment to operating responsibly to benefit society through their corporate responsibility program, which includes their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report. Merck for Mothers is an initiative to create a world where no woman has to die giving life.

marketRx LLC offers analytics, market research and software services to life sciences companies. It delivers sales management and operations, brand marketing and product management, and market research services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Access Closure, Inc. manufactures and distributes medical devices for cardiovascular and peripheral vascular markets. Its products include Mynx ace, Mynx grip, Mynx sealant technology and flash ostial system. The company was in founded in 2002 by Farhad Khosravi and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Incept LLC operates as a biotechnical research company. It focuses in the life-sciences space, and occasional involvement in select information technology opportunities. The company was founded in 1998 by Farhad Khosravi and Amarpreet S. Sawhney and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

A.T. Kearney, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. Its services include strategic, operational and technology consulting executive search services. The company was founded by Andrew Thomas Kearney in 1926 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

TiE Boston is a private equity firm founded by by Desh Deshpande in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Ostial Corp. develops catheter-based delivery system combined with a bare metal stent. The firm allows physicians to perform aorto-ostial interventions with precision and predictability. The company was founded by Fred Khosravi in 2008 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Augmenix, Inc. develops hydrogel technology to improve outcomes in radiation oncology and surgery. Its products include TraceIT Tissue Marker and SpaceOAR System, which is an absorbable hydrogel spacer that reduces radiation injury to the rectal wall in men undergoing prostate radiotherapy. The company was founded by Amarpreet S. Sawhney in 2008 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Instylla, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. Its focus is to leverage hydrogel technology to create differentiated liquid embolics for interventional radiology with a specific initial focus on interventional oncology and peripheral hemostasis. The company was founded by Amarpreet Sawhney and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Rejoni, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology services. It focuses on developing products that improve the outcomes of minimally invasive and other gynecological surgical procedures. The company was founded in June 2020 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.