Sharon Cload

Flagship Pioneering (Flagship Pioneering) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Ed M Kania and Noubar B Afeyan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Genetics Institute LLC develops pharmaceutical products through recombinant DNA and other genetic technologies. It develops drugs to make the blood of hemophiliacs clot, as well as substances that stimulate the production of red and white blood cells and proteins that enhance bone growth. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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

Verseau Therapeutics, Inc. provides immuno-therapy services. The company was founded by Daniel Anderson, Robert Langer, Igor Feldman, and Tatiana Novobrantseva in 2017 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

F-Star Biotechnology Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company. It discovers, develops, and manufactures bispecific antibody products. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Exonics Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies for neuromuscular diseases. It also develops gene editing technologies like CRISPR/Cas9 to permanently correct the majority of duchenne muscular dystrophy mutations. The company was founded by Eric N. Olson in February 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Tilos Therapeutics, Inc. designs and develops biotechnology products such as developing new treatments for cancer, fibrosis and autoimmune disease. It develops antibody therapeutics that target key immunological pathways, with a primary focus on regulatory T cells and regulation of effector cells. The company was founded by Howard L. Weiner in 2016 and is headquartered in Lexington, 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.

Avilar Therapeutics is an American biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the discovery and development of extracellular protein degraders. The company is based in an undisclosed location. The company has developed a proprietary discovery platform that includes novel, high-affinity, small molecule asgpr ligands and advanced modeling of the biophysics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of atac mediated endocytosis and degradation. Avilar is developing atacs, a new class of protein degraders that shuttle disease-causing proteins from circulation to the endolysosome where the unwanted proteins are degraded. The company is leveraging their atac platform to create a broad and diverse pipeline of first-in-class extracellular protein degraders. The company was founded by Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz and Jamie Kasuboski. The CEO is Daniel S. Grau.

Abcuro, Inc. develops bio-therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmunity and cancer. the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Avila Therapeutics, Inc. researches and develops covalent drugs. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Summit, NJ.

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.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Civitas Therapeutics, Inc. develops transformative pulmonary delivery therapies. The company was founded by Glenn Batchelder, Richard P. Batycky, Martin I. Freed, Jennifer Fujii, Jeffrey Elton and James L. Wright on June 17, 2009 and is headquartered in Ardsley, NY.

InteKrin Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutics for metabolic and immune disorders. It develops therapeutics for diabetes, insulin resistance and multiple sclerosis. The company was founded by Dennis M. Lanfear and Christos S. Mantzoros in 2005 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

ViaCell, Inc. provides and develops cellular medicine for the treatment of diseases. The firm develops medicines for treatment of cancer, genetic disorders, organ transplant tolerance, neurological disorders, and autoimmune diseases. The company was founded in April 2000 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Outsourcing Solutions, Inc. provides business process outsourcing services. The firm specializes in accounts receivable management services. Its services include asset-backed securities, distressed debt portfolio management, post-charge off recovery, portfolio acquisition & management, legal network management and bankruptcy services. Outsourcing Solutions was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Chesterfield, MO.

Cellarity Inc. engages in the operation of platform to design medicines targeting the full cellular and molecular complexity of disease. The company was founded by Avak Kahvejian, James J. Collins, Noubar Afeyan, and Nicholas Plugis in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Part of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, Integrated Genetics, Inc. is a pharmaceutical preparations company. The company is based in Framingham, MA. The company was founded by Robert J. Carpenter.

Part of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., Primedica Corp develops and produces pharmaceutical products for the biopharmaceutical industry. The company is based in Worcester, MA. Primedica was acquired by Charles River Laboratories, Inc. from rEVO Biologics, Inc. on February 27, 2001 for $42.50 million.

Inhibitex, Inc. operates as an clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm develops differentiated anti-infective products to prevent or treat serious infections. Its research and development efforts are currently focused on oral, small molecule compounds to treat viral infections, and in particular, chronic infections caused by HCV and herpes zoster. The company was founded by Joseph M. Patti in May 1994 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.