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Dianthus is a biotechnology company dedicated to designing and delivering the next generation of best-in-class monoclonal antibodies with improved selectivity and potency. Led by a multidisciplinary team of seasoned biotech entrepreneurs and scientists, we are pioneering selective antibodies of validated and emerging complement targets to allow people with rare and severe autoimmune diseases live healthier lives to their fullest potential.
Capital Genomix (US Headquarters) is a Gaithersburg, MD-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Symic is developing a new category of therapeutics that offer an exciting and biologically innovative approach to treating disease. While it is clear that cells play an important role in tissue inflammation and regeneration, it is also known that the extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an equally critical role in maintaining healthy tissue. The ECM is the non-cellular component of the body’s tissues, and proteoglycans are important structural and functional macromolecules native to the ECM that are known to protect against tissue degradation and promote healing during illness or injury. Recognizing the importance of proteoglycans in many acute and chronic disease states, Symic developed a library of proprietary, ECM-specific compounds that mimic the protective effect of natural proteoglycans. For controlled injuries (e.g. incisions, balloon angioplasty), Symic’s ECM-specific compounds allow for local application, enhancing their ability to attenuate inflammation and reduce scarring only at the site of injury. In disease states known for chronic inflammation involving the ECM (e.g. cartilage in osteoarthritis), Symic’s technology can disrupt the cycle of degradation-inflammation by directly targeting and protecting the injured ECM. The ECM plays a critical role in many acute and chronic disease states, many of which have limited or no effective therapeutic options. Symic plans to advance its compounds in a variety of therapeutic areas with unmet clinical needs.
CymaBay Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in the San Francisco Bay Area focused on developing therapies to treat metabolic diseases with high unmet medical need or serious rare and orphan diseases. We are committed to developing breakthrough medicines that improve the lives of patients and their families. CymaBay was seeded with the assets from an earlier metabolic disease company in which more than $120M was invested to produce a robust pipeline.
AlloVir, formerly ViraCyte, was founded in 2013 and is the leader in the development of novel cell therapies with a focus on restoring natural immunity against life-threatening virus-associated diseases in patients with severely weakened immune systems.