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Nightstar is a private biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies for retinal dystrophies. The Company’s lead programme is a retinal gene therapy for choroideremia, a rare inherited cause of blindness that affects around 1 in 50,000 people. Gene therapy has the potential to be an effective treatment for choroideremia and a range of other retinal dystrophies. The Company’s lead investors are Syncona LLP and NEA Inc. Syncona is an evergreen investment company, taking an active role in identifying, supporting and developing technologies with the potential to impact significantly the healthcare market of the future. NEA is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies.
Milestone was founded in 2005 with the underlying concept to base its drug development programs on clinically validated mechanisms of action in order to mitigate as much drug development risk as possible. The company has raised a total of $34 million in venture capital financing since 2006. At its founding, the company assembled a panel of leading pharmaceutical R&D executives (“drug hunters”) each with an average of 30 years experience in drug development. The drug hunters proposed NCE projects based on clinically proven science to form the basis of Milestone’s drug development programs. Milestone has a seasoned management team with experience in cardiovascular diseases, drug development and business start-ups as well as world-class advisory boards of key opinion leaders with significant expertise in cardiology, regulatory affairs, as well as formulation and drug development.
Leader in the manufacture of generic drugs, we produce and distribute brand name drugs and over-the-counter drugs. Based in Montreal, Canada, we have about 1 500 employees. Our products are sold in more than sixty countries. Our portfolio of 340 products cumulates 2000 different dosage strengths. We invest $ 30 million per year in research and development. We firmly believe that we must be an example in our community. We support many charities, here as elsewhere. For international humanitarian purposes, we have donated products valued at approximately $ 23.5 million over the past five years.
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