| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Vinay Bhupathy |
General Counsel | Profile |
Allakos is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing antibodies that target immunomodulatory receptors present on immune effector cells involved in allergic, inflammatory, and proliferative diseases. The Company`s lead antibody, lirentelimab (AK002), is being evaluated in a Phase 3 study in eosinophilic gastritis (EG) and/or eosinophilic duodenitis (EoD) and a Phase 2/3 study in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Lirentelimab targets Siglec-8, an inhibitory receptor selectively expressed on human mast cells and eosinophils. Inappropriately activated eosinophils and mast cells have been identified as key drivers in a number of severe diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract, eyes, skin, lungs and other organs. Lirentelimab has been tested in multiple clinical studies. In these studies, lirentelimab eliminated blood and tissue eosinophils, inhibited mast cells and improved disease symptoms in patients with EG and/or EoD, EoE, mast cell gastrointestinal disease, severe allergic conjunctivitis, chronic urticaria and indolent systemic mastocytosis.
Alliqua is a provider of advanced wound care solutions. Through its sales and distribution network, together with its proprietary products, Alliqua provides a suite of technological solutions to enhance the wound care practitioner`s ability to deal with the challenges of healing both chronic and acute wounds. Alliqua currently markets its line of dressings for wound care under the SilverSeal® and Hydress® brands, as well as the sorbion sachet S® and sorbion sana® wound care products, and its TheraBond 3D® advanced dressing which incorporates the TheraBond 3D® Antimicrobial Barrier Systems technology. The Company`s Mist Therapy System® uses painless, noncontact low-frequency ultrasound to stimulate cells below the wound bed to promote the healing process. Alliqua also markets the human biologic wound care product Biovance®, as part of its licensing agreement with Celgene Cellular Therapeutics. In addition, Alliqua can provide a custom manufacturing solution to partners in the medical device and cosmetics industry, utilizing its hydrogel technology. Alliqua`s electron beam production process, located at its 16,500 square foot Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) manufacturing facility, allows Alliqua to custom manufacture a wide variety of hydrogels. Alliqua`s hydrogels can be customized for various transdermal applications to address market opportunities in the treatment of wounds as well as the delivery of numerous drugs or other agents for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. The Company has locations in Langhorne, PA and Eden Prairie, MN.
Antiva Biosciences, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, topical therapeutics for the treatment of diseases caused by HPV infection. The company was founded as Hera Therapeutics in 2012 by Dr. Karl Hostetler at The University of California San Diego and builds on his anti-viral expertise as co-founder of Triangle Pharmaceuticals and Chimerix. Antiva`s chemistry platform has yielded over two hundred proprietary pro-drug compounds that are designed to enhance the therapeutic index of known, potent antivirals.
Trait Biosciences Inc. is a leading biotechnology research organization providing proprietary technology to enable safer, lower cost, predictable, and superior quality cannabinoid products. With a world-class team of scientists and PhDs from more than 20 countries collaborating in our state-of-the-art Los Alamos laboratory, Trait Biosciences researchers are unlocking new breakthroughs in cannabinoid science. Trait Biosciences offers transformative technologies that create water-soluble cannabinoids, increase cannabinoid production, protect the plants from disease, tailor the production of cannabinoids and that can assure zero THC for hemp.
Ben Venue-Bedford Laboratories, Inc. is a Bedford, OH-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, & Biotech sector.