Ronald A. Weaver

Centocor, Inc. manufactures healthcare products. Its products include avakine & reopro. The company was founded in 1979 by Hubert J. P. Schoemaker & Michael A. Wall and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Bayer Corp. manufactures and markets pharmaceutical, healthcare, nutrition and materials products. The firm offers consumer care, diagnostics, diabetes and animal health products. It also provides material science products, which include coating, adhesive and sealant raw materials polycarbonates polyurethanes and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Whippany, NJ.

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.

Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America provides pharmaceutical research and biotechnology services. It represents the country’s biopharmaceutical research companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered Washington, DC.

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries & Assns is a trade association that promotes pharmaceutical discovery and development. The non-profit company is based in Brussels, Belgium.

Gilda's Club New York City, Inc. provides support services to cancer patients. Its programs include cancer support for all, offsite program, and programs for children and teens with cancer. The company was founded by Gene Wilder, Joanna Bull, Mandy Patinkin, and Joel Siegel in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops pharmaceutical technology. It develops novel small molecule drugs which targets epigenetic mechanisms for the enhancement of therapeutic outcomes in cancer and other critical human diseases. The company was founded by Ralph Mazitschek, Kenneth C. Anderson, Marc A. Cohen, James E. Bradner, and Walter C. Ogier in October 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Wugen, Inc. develops CAR-T therapy platform for cancer therapies. The company was founded by Matthew Cooper and John F. DiPersio and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

AI Proteins, Inc. is a biotech company based in Andover, MA. AI Proteins is focused on re-imagining protein therapeutics by designing entirely new proteins using an AI-based approach and a high-throughput drug discovery platform. The company's platform enables the development of inexpensive, durable, and highly specific proteins optimized for specific therapeutic applications. These proteins have the potential for oral delivery and can dramatically accelerate the development of lead therapeutic candidates ready for IND-enabling studies. The company was founded by Marc A. Cohen and Christopher Bahl. Noah D. Beerman has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

TORL Biotherapeutics LLC is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Culver City, CA. TORL Biotherapeutics LLC is focused on developing new antibodies, including monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and drug conjugates (ADCs), to transform the lives of patients with various types of cancer. TORL has a strategic partnership with the Slamon Research Lab and has exclusive rights to a program of biologics-based drugs for novel cancer targets. The company's lead program, TORL-1-23, is an ADC directed towards cldn6 for patients with multiple cancers. In addition to this, TORL has four other clinical-stage antibody programs and is building a pipeline of novel ADCs and mAbs for cancers with high unmet medical needs. The company was founded by David Licata, and the CEO is Mark J. Alles.