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Calliditas Therapeutics Suisse SA engages in the development of NOX therapies. Its platform enables the identification of orally available small-molecules that selectively inhibit specific NOX enzymes, which amplify multiple disease processes such as fibrosis, inflammation, pain processing, cancer development, and neurodegeneration. The company was founded Chihiro Yabe, Robert A. Clark, David Lambeth, and Karl-Heinz Krause in 2006 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Audion Therapeutics BV is a biopharmaceutical firm. It specializes in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs and delivery technologies for the treatment of diseases affecting the ear, including hearing loss. The company was founded by Rolf Jan Rutten, Albert Edge, and Helmuth van Es and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

NIBC Bank NV engages in the provision of investment banking and financial services. The firm offers advises on mergers, acquisitions, financial policy, and property financing, lending, leveraged finance, and derivatives. It provides asset financing to corporate lending, leveraged finance, oil and gas services, infrastructure, real estate, and shipping Sector. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Newion Partners BV (Newion) is a private equity firm located in Netherlands. The firm was founded in 2000 by Patrick Polak and Jaap van Barneveld. The firm is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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.

NV Limburgs Instituut voor Ontwikkeling en Financiering (LIOF) is a private equity & venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Government of the Netherlands founded in 1935. NV Limburgs Instituut voor Ontwikkeling en Financiering is headquartered in Maastricht, the Neterlands.

Biogeneration Management is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of BioGeneration Holding BV and was founded in 2006. Biogeneration management is headquartered in Naarden.

Part of GSK Plc, Smithkline Beecham Holdings Corp. produces and distributes pharmaceutical products and dental healthcare products. The company is based in Wilmington, DE.

Founded in 2004, Cellerix is a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative treatments based on cell therapy. Cellerix was founded within the Genetrix Group, group of biotechnology companies specialising in biomedicine. The Genetrix Group began its activities in 2001 at the National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB), which belongs to the Spanish Research Council (CSIC). One of the main objectives of Genetrix is to convert basic research results into therapeutic realities. Cellerix is leading the development of a new generation of medicines using expanded adult stem cells from adipose tissue (eASCs). Development is at a clinically advanced stage and the results from clinical trials in Phase I and II have been very promising. Obtaining these eASCs has big advantages because the process makes use of tissue that is almost always discarded from surgical procedures such as liposuction. eASCs have the capacity to activate physiological repair mechanisms through interaction with affected tissue. This technology represents a revolution in the treatment of some diseases that cannot satisfactorily be cured at present. Cellerix is working actively to adapt this new therapeutic strategy to treat autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease. The main goal of the company is to market new tools for treating these diseases, which have a considerable negative impact of the quality of life of the sufferers. Cellerix also researches and develops medicines in other areas such as the development of skin equivalents, which are initially intended for the treatment of hereditary diseases such as epidermolysis bullosa.

European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises develops biological products. The private company is based in Brussels, Belgium.

The Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency provides business investment services. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the Netherlands.

ViiV Healthcare Ltd. manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products. Its medicine include Triumeq, Tivicay, Selzentry, Celesentri, Epzicom, Kivexa, Ziagen, Trizivir, Combivir, Retrovir AZT, Lexiva, Telzir, Viracept and Rescriptor. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Brentford, the United Kingdom.

Antabio SAS operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops drugs for the treatment and prevention of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. The firm focuses bacterial disease research, drug design, antibiotic combination testing, and in vitro technology development operations. The company was founded by Marc Lemonnier and Aymeric Dugray on October 15, 2009 and is headquartered in Labege, France.

The Alliance for Advanced Therapies’ mission is to improve the legislative, business and science climate for advanced therapies innovation in Europe. In order to do so, AAT promotes the interests of its members and the advanced therapies sector in Europe. AAT coordinates input to, and exchanges information with relevant European authorities. The Alliance also increases awareness of the sector among all relevant stakeholders, with a special focus on investors. Furthermore, AAT promotes increased funding for the sector from public and private sources.

Levicept Ltd. develops a biological therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis and chronic pain. Its treatments include p75NTR-Fc and LEVI-04. The company was founded by Simon Lempriere Westbrook on August 23, 2012 and is headquartered in Sandwich, the United Kingdom.

MeiraGTx Netherlands BV operates as a biopharmaceutical company developing local gene therapy for inflammatory diseases. It is into develop adeno-associated viral mediated gene therapy for patients with rheumatic conditions. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Regionale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij InnovationQuarter BV (Innovation Quarter) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands. The firm was founded in 2013.

Part of TiGenix NV, Tigenix SAU is a Spanish company that collects all the research and development of health, agri-food and industrial products from its partners. The company is based in Tres Cantos, Spain. The company has been driving biotechnology in Spain since 1999 and have more than 300 associated companies, startups, and entities. The group Zendal, a 100%% Spanish biopharmaceutical group, includes seven companies focused on manufacturing and commercializing high-value biotechnology products. Tigenix SAU is a member of AseBio, and the membership fees vary depending on the type of entity and the company's age, annual turnover, and equity. The company offers discounts and economic advantages to their members. The AseBio Investor Day is an investment forum that aims to connect the Spanish biotechnology industry with investors.

ENYO Pharma SA operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm's research and development is focused on human infecting viruses, with the first two programs being dedicated to the treatment of severe and seasonal flu and chronic hepatitis B. The company was founded by Jacky Vonderscher, Jean-Jacques Garaud, Benoît de Chassey, Laurène Meyniel-Schicklin, Patrice André and Vincent Lotteau January 2014 and is headquartered in Lyon, France.

Staten Biotechnology BV develops drugs for the treatment of dyslipidemia. The company was founded by Paul da Silva Jardine, Daniel Rader and Alan Tall in 2014 and is headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Part of GSK Plc, Galvani Bioelectronics Ltd. is a pioneering research and British development company founded in 2016, dedicated to bringing bioelectronic therapies to patients. The company is based in Stevenage, UK. Galvani Bioelectronics combines GSK's therapeutics discovery and development knowledge with Verily's expertise in software and electronics for clinical applications. The company is developing therapies through implant-based direct modulation of specific neural signals to organs central in disease. These therapies are designed to be safe, precise in their therapeutic effect, and minimally invasive in their delivery through the use of small and efficient wireless electronics and keyhole surgery. Connected software will ensure that patients and physicians can effectively control and optimize the therapy.

Immunoprecise Antibodies (Europe) BV operates as a pharmaceutical company that specializes in antibiotics. Its services include antigen selection, antibody generation, antibody optimization, antibody production, antibody processing and assay development. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Oss, the Netherlands.

Sitryx Therapeutics Ltd. Focuses on regulating cell metabolism to develop disease-modifying therapeutics in immuno-oncology and immuno-inflammation. It treats cancer and inflammatory conditions by targeting the metabolism of immune cells. The company was founded by Houman Ashrafian, Paul-Peter Tak, Luke O'Neill, Jonathan Powell, Jeff Rathmell and Michael Rosenblum and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Travis Road Services Netherlands BV engages in the development of booking platform for fleet owners. It offers road services, such as truck washing, tank cleaning, parking, and reparations. The company was founded by Dennis van Veggel in 2010 and is headquartered in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Allero Therapeutics BV is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of immunotherapies. It focuses on the research and development pipeline with a focus on a celiac disease product and a food allergy product. The company was founded by Poul Sorensen, Emil Pot, Federico Grego, and Kees Leenhouts and is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Complement Therapeutics Ltd. develops medicines that target the complement system. The British company was founded by Richard Unwin, Simon J. Clark, and Paul Bishop. The CEO is Rafiq Hasan.